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I rewrote the ending of 'The Dark Knight Rises' and it actually made the movie better for me
Everyone seems to love that final shot of Alfred seeing Bruce at the cafe, but I always thought it was too neat. Last weekend, I wrote a version where Bruce actually dies in the bomb blast, and Alfred's cafe vision is just him imagining a happy ending for the kid he raised. It made the sacrifice feel real and heavy. The whole 'Batman lives' thing undercuts the legend for me. Has anyone else tried a more tragic ending for a hero story?
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elliotw372mo ago
You know, I read a whole thing once about how heroes dying can make their story stick with you longer. Isn't that the point of a sacrifice, that it costs everything? Your version sounds like it actually means something. I get what @the_hayden is saying about it being more powerful. The happy cafe ending always felt like a studio note to me, like they were scared to let the legend just be a legend. A sad ending makes you feel the weight of it all.
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wade43827d ago
The cafe scene with Alfred is the whole point though. Three movies of watching Bruce destroy himself for the mission and the movie finally gives him a win. That's not a cop out, that's character growth. He earned that happy ending after everything he went through. Batman has been a symbol of fear and pain for so long that letting him have a quiet life feels like a reward for finally letting go. A tragic ending would just be another dark ending in a franchise that already had plenty of darkness.
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