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Happy Ending

posted 5 years ago by moogie (205)
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Reading over all the posts, I found I loved the thought of Frederick De Grandpre'(Sean) appearing in Colter's place in the original freeze-frame ending! However, as we've all warmed up and developed empathy for Colter throughout this film, I think the alternate ending worked best watching Colter per se continue on with the girl. Also as another post pointed out, it's possible that Colter died the instant the button push/freeze-frame happened, thus everything after that point is in Colter's imagination for a happy ending.

[–] moogie (205) 5 years ago

to elaborate further - for the Original ending, I think the freeze-frame scene where the camera slowly pulls away should be Sean and Christina kissing, but not continued on into the Alternate ending. We all traveled the rough ride with Colter and want to watch 'Jake's' expressions as he experiences happiness and wins with Christina, not have to get used to a new person for the final 5 minutes. It would be like 'Beauty and the Beast' where Belle spends the whole story getting to know and falls in love with the beast only to immediately have accept a brand new image, thus her comment "how would you feel about growing a beard?" Both endings are good.