The Most Controversial Movie Endings Of All Time

It has been said that you can't please everyone all the

time

. This is especially true of

movie

endings

. Hollywood history is full of shocking

endings

that have left people confused, angered

movie

goers, or sparked fierce debate among critics. From decades-old movies to modern-day blockbusters, these are some of the

most

controversial

movie endings of all

time

. Obviously, major spoilers ahead. Monty Python's Life of Brian Want a sure way to stir up controversy? Make a movie about Jesus. It worked for Mel Gibson, Martin Scorsese and, of course, Monty Python. Well, technically Life of Brian isn't about Jesus at all.

It's about a guy named Brian who is mistaken for a messiah and ends up crucified. And as our reluctant hero dies a painful death, all the boys hanging from crosses around him launch into a joyous musical number. "Always look on the bright side of life!" Needless to say, Life of Brian upset some people quite a bit. Protesters sang anthems in front of cinemas and the film was banned in some countries for decades. The Catholic Church stepped in and invented its own rating for Life of Brian: a "C" for Condemned. Hard. But despite the notoriety, or more likely because of it, Life of Brian has since become a comedy classic.

Titanic Sure, Titanic is still the second highest-grossing movie of all time, but those billions of dollars couldn't save the movie from endless scrutiny. According to countless fans around the world, the ending of Titanic is nothing short of a disaster. After the ship sinks, Jack and Rose find themselves trapped in the frigid waters of the Atlantic. Then, Jack freezes to death. It is this scene that has caused the greatest outrage. Was there no room on that piece of wood for both of us? The debate was so intense that in 2012, Mythbusters dedicated an entire episode to discovering the answer.

With the help of director James Cameron, they determined that if Rose had tied her life jacket to the bottom of the door, there would have been enough buoyancy to hold them both up. But Cameron doesn't buy that argument, saying, "The script says Jack dies, he has to die. Maybe we were wrong. The board should have been a little smaller. But the guy is falling." In other words, true love is a lie and you should never expect happiness. Geez, Cameron... Blade Runner At this point, there are seven different versions of Blade Runner available to watch, and thanks to all that tinkering, science-science fans have spent countless hours arguing over whether Rick Deckard is actually a replicant or No.

So what is the correct answer? Well, if the original ending is anything to go by, it's a resounding "no." The theatrical cut ends on an optimistic note, with Deckard and his robotic beloved escaping to the mountains to live a long and happy life. However, all that changed with the director's cut. That's the version where Scott added Deckard's unicorn dream and cut out the Hollywood happy ending. This time, the movie ends with our protagonist finding Gaff's origami message, implying that the cop knows what Deckard is dreaming about, because Deckard's memories are implants, making him a replicant. Since then, people have argued about Deckard's true nature.

Not even Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford agree. The director firmly believes that Deckard is a machine, while the actor struggled to keep his character 100 percent human. "So I resisted the idea of ​​being a replicant, I guess, like a replicant would." That solves it then. Or not? The Mist The ending of The Mist is one of the bleakest endings ever filmed. Directed by Frank Darabont, The Mist centers on a group of New Englanders trapped in a grocery store by a mysterious fog. The titular fog is full of horrible monsters, but things aren't so great inside the store either.

Once people start being slaughtered, Thomas Jane's character, David Drayton, makes a break for freedom with a small group of survivors, but unfortunately, there's no happy ending here. Lost in the fog and with no hope in sight, David performs a mercy killing to save his friends (and his own son) from the approaching creatures. And then, just a few painful seconds later, a group of military personnel shows up to save the day and search for survivors. Yes, it's bleak, bleak, and completely different from Stephen King's novella, but the author loved Darabont's twist, saying, "Frank wrote a new ending that I loved.

It's the

most

shocking ending ever." Watchmen Although Alan Moore's Watchmen is widely considered the best graphic novel ever written, it took quite a while to get a film adaptation on the big screen. At one point, Terry Gilliam tried the material, but when that didn't work out, it was ultimately up to Zack Snyder to make the product. The result was a movie pretty faithful to the book...except for one giant, important change. In Moore's original story, the villain Ozymandias destroys New York with a model of an alien squid. The monster's arrival convinces the world's superpowers that aliens are going to attack, forcing the United States and the USSR to put aside their differences and unite to confront the otherworldly enemy.

However, Snyder abandoned the alien sea beasts angle entirely. Instead, Ozymandias blows up New York and frames the omnipotent Dr. Manhattan, tricking the United States and the Soviet Union into becoming friends to defeat the naked blue superhero. "Millions of lives ended suddenly, in an act of evil perpetrated by Dr. Manhattan himself." Snyder has since said that the squid was removed so he could spend more time building the Manhattan and Rorschach characters. For his part, he also acknowledged that the altered ending was "the biggest knock against the film." So there's that. The Dark Knight Rises Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Rises trilogy changed the game for superhero movies, and as the final film in the series, The Dark Knight Rises had a lot to live up to.

But instead of plunging headlong into darkness, Nolan's third film ended on a much happier note, with the Caped Crusader saving Gotham from a nuclear bomb before giving up his vigilante ways to travel the world with Selina Kyle. . As a result, many fans wondered if this was some kind of Inception-style dream sequence. After all, the scene plays out exactly like a fantasy described by Alfred earlier in the film. "He had a fantasy of looking across the tables and seeing you there with a wife." Christian Bale, for his part, insists that Batman's happy ending is completely real: "My personal opinion is that no, it was not a dream, that it was real." Some people thought the movie should have gone in a more depressing direction by killing off the superhero, while others were glad that Bruce Wayne finally got a happy ending.

And really, we shouldn't have been surprised by the film's upbeat ending because, as Harvey Dent once explained, "The night is darkest just before the dawn." This was the dawn that had been promised to the audiences. The Gray Set in Alaska, The Gray follows a hunter named John Ottway, played by Liam Neeson, who is stranded in the desert with a group of oil workers. As the film begins on a suicidal note, Ottway slowly regains the will to live, which is a shame since he ends up in the middle of a den of wolves. Ready to fight, Ottway sticks a knife and broken bottles to his hand, but before he can begin the final confrontation, the screen fades to black.

The movie has finished. "THAT?!" "THAT?!" "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..." The audience was sharply divided. Some people thought the ending was perfect, while others felt cheated. As for director Joe Carnahan, he cut the wolf fight ending because the film had already reached its "emotional conclusion" and he was also concerned that the sight of CGI canines might ruin the scene. However, Carnahan admits that the promotional material "was the enemy of the movie in many ways. I guess it created a promise that people felt the movie didn't deliver on." Snowpiercer Directed by Bong Joon-ho, Snowpiercer is set in the middle of a post-winter apocalypse with the last of humanity on a train traveling around the world.

Unfortunately, living conditions do not reflect equality. The people in the back are treated like prisoners, while the people in the front live like kings. So a group of rebels, led by Curtis, played by Chris Evans, make their way to the front of the train, hoping to overthrow the bosses. But when Curtis arrives at the locomotive, he discovers that the train is powered by child slave labor. Realizing that the entire system is corrupt and unsalvageable, Curtis destroys the train, possibly killing everyone on board except two children. Emerging from the rubble, a teenage girl and a young man encounter the Adam and Eve of a frozen world.

And as they head out into the snow, they see a polar bear, a sign that the world is thawing and that maybe there is hope after all. Well, that's what Bong Joon-ho intended anyway, saying, "It's a very hopeful ending...those two kids will extend the human race." But many people had trouble overcoming certain plot problems. As many critics have pointed out, those two children have lived their entire lives on the train, so they would have no hope of surviving in the frozen wasteland. That is, if that big bear didn't eat them. He must be very hungry.

Passengers On paper, Passengers should have been one of the biggest box office hits of 2016. It starred Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, two of the biggest stars in the business, and was based on a script that many hailed as one of the best. . in Hollywood. But the sci-fi film was a flop, grossing $100 million domestically on a $110 million budget. So what went so horribly wrong aboard Passengers? Well, moviegoers were hoping to see a story about two beautiful people who accidentally wake up from suspended animation while traveling to a new planet. Unable to return to their capsules, the two are destined to spend their lives together on the spaceship.

But the trailers were more than slightly misleading. It turns out that Chris Pratt's character, Jim, wakes up after his capsule malfunctions. Unwilling to spend his life alone, he selfishly frees Jennifer Lawrence's character, Aurora, against his will. Even the robot bartender was surprised. "Who is the lucky one?" "This is Aurora." "Aurora..." Admittedly, the movie could have done something interesting with this premise. But instead of addressing Jim's decision in a mature and complex way, the filmmakers have Aurora fall in love with the boy and decide to spend her life with him... even though he essentially kidnapped and murdered her.

When the rest of the passengers wake up almost 90 years later, they discover that Jim and Aurora lived a long and happy life and grew many trees on their spaceship. As a result, critics harshly criticized the film and audiences decided to stay away from theaters. Thanks for watching! Click the Looper icon to subscribe to our YouTube channel. Plus, check out all these cool things we know you'll love too!