we get to win this time
two endings are better than one
sometimes welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 alternate movie endings for
this list we’re choosing film endings
that were actually shot but then
rejected for the final project for
various reasons obviously major spoilers
lie ahead so spoiler alert mrs. peacock
was a man number 10 unlikely hero Rocky
Balboa for most films it’s a general
rule that the protagonist emerges
victorious for his efforts especially
since it’s consistent with all the
overcoming adversity themes of this
boxing saga what’s crazy about standing
toe-to-toe saying I am well but times
have changed and while it’s rough to see
rocky lose his big fight because of ring
rust the theatrical defeat scene in
Rocky Balboa was much more realistic and
original it was to me back to me this
alternate ending in which the tables
have turned and rocky is the champion
looks like a safety precaution for
anyone too sensitive to handle a
bittersweet conclusion
unlikely perhaps but also probably more
true to the series
okay
number nine The X Factor Scott Pilgrim
vs. the world many fans are split on
which ending they prefer to this flick
the original or the theatrical version
and most debates cite the chemistry
between Scott and Ramona as seen in the
graphic novels Scott Pilgrim vs. the
world is based on
oh I got in the original conclusion Scot
ends up with his first love instead of
the woman he’s been questing for and
while this makes sense as an insightful
character revelation it’s a little too
awkwardly executed director Edgar Wright
has stated that he prefers the ending he
delivered to the one in which Scott
reunites with knives and test audiences
also agreed
number eight death and dystopia 28 days
later brazen this was apparently too sad
and tragic to test audiences especially
for a post-apocalyptic zombie horror
film kid great-great-great-great when
Jim dies on the operating table Hanna
and Salina armed themselves and
courageously leave the hospital the
director was going for illusions of hope
and empowerment but preview audiences
interpreted the footage as bleak because
their survival didn’t seem likely well
become attuned now however according to
the DVD commentary both the writer and
director still prefer this scenario to
jim survival
number seven happily ever after
Terminator 2 Judgment Day 1997 came and
went
nothing much happened Michael Jackson
turned 40 there was no Judgment Day an
ending scrapped because it was too happy
this wind-up also killed all hopes for
terminator sequels with its scarless
John Connor as a senator daddy a smiling
Sarah as a granny and a world without
Skynet John fights the world differently
than it was foretold here on the
battlefield of the Senate his weapons
are common sense though it’s decades
later and blue skies green grass and
happy children surround her Sarah still
laments the dystopia that could have
been with the dark future which never
came still exists for me and it always
will
like the traces of a dream test
audiences hated it but this alternate
ending still shines for being
interesting and detailed despite its
faults luxury and hope was given to me
by the Terminator
because if a machine can learn the value
of human life
maybe we can do number six don’t feed
the plants Little Shop of Horrors
hey this musical comedy lives up to its
name
by delivering horrors of epic and
expensive proportions but preview
audiences didn’t like the 23 minute
original ending that featured its
protagonists and townspeople dying
darker and truer to the off-broadway
musical it was based on the cutscenes of
the Audrey – apocalypse show how power
greed and the pressure of capitalism
corrupt
but it was the reshoots that made the
Hollywood happy ending we now know that
turned out to be the People’s Choice
number five cutting room floor
paranormal activity studio executives
can be fickle and that might be why the
original ending of Katie getting shot at
by police and this supernatural horror
was rejected its gory er alternative her
throat slice to the camera also saw its
release only on home video formats
instead paramount went for a horror
movie staple that’s tried and true the
jump scare of its character throwing
bodies at the camera her own included
more sequel options this way after all
make money with this number for making a
statement first blood sometimes it’s a
bad you think going crazy immediately
following a passionate monologue about
the horrors of war Rambo makes it clear
that he can’t bear the psychological
trauma of a veteran begging his colonel
to shoot him you only test when the
request is denied Rambo pulls the
trigger himself and dies
it’s an overload of tragedy and
emotional impact but an instant’s equal
killer the suicide was nixed for a
police arrest instead and allowed first
blood to become the first of the Rambo
series it’s when you’re on
and it hurts me they tear you dreams up
our number three self-sacrifice the
butterfly effect anyone fine says it
means that my plan didn’t work
and I’ve already dead there are four
endings to this film but it’s the
director’s cut that is the most
interesting and disturbing one in a
moment of futility Ashton Kutcher’s
time-traveling character goes back to
when he was in his mother’s womb to take
the opportunity to strangle himself to
death with his umbilical cord you have
no life life no soul you will never
meant to be choking yourself this
sacrifice ensures happier lives for his
loved ones and indirectly addresses a
plot point about his mother’s recurring
stillbirths
before you were born I was pregnant
three times but they were all still
births I’ve kind of thought of you as my
miracle baby ever since
number two slept in army of Darkness you
know that story about how you could have
been king oh yeah I think it’s kind of
cute yeah the theatrical run of army of
Darkness featured Ash’s antics and
wisecracks in a shopping-center after
returning home safely from the Middle
Ages lady I’m afraid I’m gonna have to
ask you to leave the store good eye–you
name’s ash housewares but this darker
ending in which ash overdoses on a
sleeping potion and doses for one
century too many was included on the UK
VHS release as well as on later DVD
releases in it our hero awakens to a
post-apocalyptic wasteland and cries in
despair before the credits roll
no rice left
however the studio demanded a more
positive conclusion which prompted the
changes and gave us the theatrical
version of the ending we know today hail
to the king baby
before we reveal our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
Oh
I don’t see him man over there look
right over there look oh that guy yeah
Claire Alex was right
it did skip us there was a design and we
beat it number one legendary I am Legend
there are their survivors the alternate
ending for this post-apocalyptic piece
of sci-fi is slightly more faithful to
the book it’s based on in the sense that
it plays with the themes of Robert
Neville being legendary instead of the
other way round it is he who is the
actual abomination in a world occupied
by the infected dark seekers his
failures at recognising the intellect
and emotion these things possess
comes forward in full force for some
much-needed depth and drama
and unlike the theatrical ending he
doesn’t die keep listening
you are not alone do you agree with our
list which alternate movie endings are
your favorite as if we did the movie
like that
sure for more top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
two endings are better than one
sometimes welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 alternate movie endings for
this list we’re choosing film endings
that were actually shot but then
rejected for the final project for
various reasons obviously major spoilers
lie ahead so spoiler alert mrs. peacock
was a man number 10 unlikely hero Rocky
Balboa for most films it’s a general
rule that the protagonist emerges
victorious for his efforts especially
since it’s consistent with all the
overcoming adversity themes of this
boxing saga what’s crazy about standing
toe-to-toe saying I am well but times
have changed and while it’s rough to see
rocky lose his big fight because of ring
rust the theatrical defeat scene in
Rocky Balboa was much more realistic and
original it was to me back to me this
alternate ending in which the tables
have turned and rocky is the champion
looks like a safety precaution for
anyone too sensitive to handle a
bittersweet conclusion
unlikely perhaps but also probably more
true to the series
okay
number nine The X Factor Scott Pilgrim
vs. the world many fans are split on
which ending they prefer to this flick
the original or the theatrical version
and most debates cite the chemistry
between Scott and Ramona as seen in the
graphic novels Scott Pilgrim vs. the
world is based on
oh I got in the original conclusion Scot
ends up with his first love instead of
the woman he’s been questing for and
while this makes sense as an insightful
character revelation it’s a little too
awkwardly executed director Edgar Wright
has stated that he prefers the ending he
delivered to the one in which Scott
reunites with knives and test audiences
also agreed
number eight death and dystopia 28 days
later brazen this was apparently too sad
and tragic to test audiences especially
for a post-apocalyptic zombie horror
film kid great-great-great-great when
Jim dies on the operating table Hanna
and Salina armed themselves and
courageously leave the hospital the
director was going for illusions of hope
and empowerment but preview audiences
interpreted the footage as bleak because
their survival didn’t seem likely well
become attuned now however according to
the DVD commentary both the writer and
director still prefer this scenario to
jim survival
number seven happily ever after
Terminator 2 Judgment Day 1997 came and
went
nothing much happened Michael Jackson
turned 40 there was no Judgment Day an
ending scrapped because it was too happy
this wind-up also killed all hopes for
terminator sequels with its scarless
John Connor as a senator daddy a smiling
Sarah as a granny and a world without
Skynet John fights the world differently
than it was foretold here on the
battlefield of the Senate his weapons
are common sense though it’s decades
later and blue skies green grass and
happy children surround her Sarah still
laments the dystopia that could have
been with the dark future which never
came still exists for me and it always
will
like the traces of a dream test
audiences hated it but this alternate
ending still shines for being
interesting and detailed despite its
faults luxury and hope was given to me
by the Terminator
because if a machine can learn the value
of human life
maybe we can do number six don’t feed
the plants Little Shop of Horrors
hey this musical comedy lives up to its
name
by delivering horrors of epic and
expensive proportions but preview
audiences didn’t like the 23 minute
original ending that featured its
protagonists and townspeople dying
darker and truer to the off-broadway
musical it was based on the cutscenes of
the Audrey – apocalypse show how power
greed and the pressure of capitalism
corrupt
but it was the reshoots that made the
Hollywood happy ending we now know that
turned out to be the People’s Choice
number five cutting room floor
paranormal activity studio executives
can be fickle and that might be why the
original ending of Katie getting shot at
by police and this supernatural horror
was rejected its gory er alternative her
throat slice to the camera also saw its
release only on home video formats
instead paramount went for a horror
movie staple that’s tried and true the
jump scare of its character throwing
bodies at the camera her own included
more sequel options this way after all
make money with this number for making a
statement first blood sometimes it’s a
bad you think going crazy immediately
following a passionate monologue about
the horrors of war Rambo makes it clear
that he can’t bear the psychological
trauma of a veteran begging his colonel
to shoot him you only test when the
request is denied Rambo pulls the
trigger himself and dies
it’s an overload of tragedy and
emotional impact but an instant’s equal
killer the suicide was nixed for a
police arrest instead and allowed first
blood to become the first of the Rambo
series it’s when you’re on
and it hurts me they tear you dreams up
our number three self-sacrifice the
butterfly effect anyone fine says it
means that my plan didn’t work
and I’ve already dead there are four
endings to this film but it’s the
director’s cut that is the most
interesting and disturbing one in a
moment of futility Ashton Kutcher’s
time-traveling character goes back to
when he was in his mother’s womb to take
the opportunity to strangle himself to
death with his umbilical cord you have
no life life no soul you will never
meant to be choking yourself this
sacrifice ensures happier lives for his
loved ones and indirectly addresses a
plot point about his mother’s recurring
stillbirths
before you were born I was pregnant
three times but they were all still
births I’ve kind of thought of you as my
miracle baby ever since
number two slept in army of Darkness you
know that story about how you could have
been king oh yeah I think it’s kind of
cute yeah the theatrical run of army of
Darkness featured Ash’s antics and
wisecracks in a shopping-center after
returning home safely from the Middle
Ages lady I’m afraid I’m gonna have to
ask you to leave the store good eye–you
name’s ash housewares but this darker
ending in which ash overdoses on a
sleeping potion and doses for one
century too many was included on the UK
VHS release as well as on later DVD
releases in it our hero awakens to a
post-apocalyptic wasteland and cries in
despair before the credits roll
no rice left
however the studio demanded a more
positive conclusion which prompted the
changes and gave us the theatrical
version of the ending we know today hail
to the king baby
before we reveal our top pick here are
some honorable mentions
Oh
I don’t see him man over there look
right over there look oh that guy yeah
Claire Alex was right
it did skip us there was a design and we
beat it number one legendary I am Legend
there are their survivors the alternate
ending for this post-apocalyptic piece
of sci-fi is slightly more faithful to
the book it’s based on in the sense that
it plays with the themes of Robert
Neville being legendary instead of the
other way round it is he who is the
actual abomination in a world occupied
by the infected dark seekers his
failures at recognising the intellect
and emotion these things possess
comes forward in full force for some
much-needed depth and drama
and unlike the theatrical ending he
doesn’t die keep listening
you are not alone do you agree with our
list which alternate movie endings are
your favorite as if we did the movie
like that
sure for more top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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