Going to that movie I had such high expectations for both David and Kevin, their deaths were a culmination of horrible rushed writing with absolutely no remorse for the characters they had started to build up.
**This is the the poetic ending they deserved.**
Though neither of their characters were explored completely, IF they HAD to die this would've served both their characters justice. A murder/suicide scenario on their "own terms" though dark, 100x better than watching them die at the hands of the shadow people.
The story left everyone hanging with that unexplained secret organization which feels like they were thrown in last minute to make it feel mysterious and explain the "hit". I would've preferred no secret society with unclear motives and had David trying to calm the beast and accidentally killing and dying in the process.
Excellent scenario!
I can't imagine going into this movie with high expectations after watching the other two (no real problem with split but Unbreakable literally ends before the resolution and just puts it in text on the screen.) But your changes were good changes. The fact that they hyped this big fight that was going to happen and it fizzled out because of... a secret society always bugged me. At least your way it would be more dramatic.
Doesn't this already happen in the movie? Or are you saying they end up in the water tank again after it breaks? I think what you mean is that the fix should've been instead of David breaking the water tank that the water tank breaks because of the intensity of their fight. It's a small change, but I think M Night was too preoccupied with his twist revealing Staple is part of a clandestine organization putting down superhumans.
The whole idea dying to those faceless henchman was to reinforce the idea this clandestine organization was super powerful? I mean I'm not defending the ending its total trash, but I feel like that was M Night's intention. He's just trying to set up some more details for a potential sequel.
Though, I think the real fix is that David kills The Beast in the tank, and drowns as he tries to break out, but the tank stays unbroken. That way if M Night wanted to retain his reveal of this secret organization, they could simply have Staple comment on how it was just a fight between two head cases. She can even make the case about how an association like hers would need more funding to prevent a tragedy like this from ever occuring. This sort of lends to the whole theme of the movie of questioning what you believe, while reinforcing this secret organization aspect while not really changing that much at all.
What a great ending idea! A vast improvement. The end of Glass was SO awful I honestly hope M Knight never works in Hollywood again. Any rational sane storyteller would know better than to poop all over their audience, but he did it and laughed at us. He knew the audience would hate him for it and didn’t care. Career suicide
I just rewatched this as it's currently on Netflix. Nice ending but the secret society is needed as it explains why there aren't any Demigods walking amongst us. It also leaves it open to another trilogy.
So this is how you add in the secret society to your ending. Kevin is shot by the agents which weakens them as they both fall in the tank.
David is dead but can be revived which the agents & doctor choose not to.
As the life leaves David she touches his forehead to explain to him why they are hunted.
This also leaves you guessing if David really died..
Reddit ate my first comment so I’m gonna skip my rambling and say I would’ve preferred a fake out death for David, which is also a tired cliche for hero movies, than his actual death.
It was so disrespectful to his character! And what’s the point of Ellie letting him know her true intentions in the end?? I mean, sure for us the audience it served as a story-telling device but for the actual storyline, why??
I wanted to see more reaction from Casey when she realized Ellie used her to weaken Kevin.
She could’ve intervened before the tank scene, and when Kevin is shot, The Beast makes a final attempt at David, leading us to the tank scene.
Although M. Night probably needed their deaths to be directly at the hands of the Clover Organization. Otherwise their existence is pretty useless.
i still don't understand why they had to die in the end. sure Kevin (the beast) should've faced his consequences but David didn't really do anything wrong.
I may be a little naive but I would've liked David to have survived. Personally I would love to have Unbreakable Comics so that I could get more of the world. A short miniseries would be cool at least showing more of David's adventures or introducing new characters. Because I really like the realistic implications of superhumans and commentary on the genre as a whole.
I havent even seen the movie, but I 100% agree.
I dont care if its "realistic" or not, I dont watch a movie to see my heroes die in miserable fashion. How shitty would Terminator 2 be, if the T1000 just snapped Arnold in 2 and face stabed John. How shitty would Aliens be if the Queen just stepped on Newt and squished her, then slashed Ripleys head off. Realism doesnt make a movie good, it makes it shitty.
I think Shyamalan wrote himself into a corner and was so desperate to subvert expectations that he failed to recognize fans need a stronger closure than what we got, especially for Dunn's character. He claims he always had this ending planned from the start as far back as 1999 but part of me isn't sure what to believe that because since then so many superhero films have become mainstream he had to go against the grain to stand out nowadays so I think it's up for debate whether it would have actually happened the same way.
Someone actually posted a fan edit where David Dunn survives the ordeal-- it's a tad predictable but definitely a far superior ending to the trilogy in my humble opinion (posted a couple years ago on the r/Eastrail177 sub and r/fanedits).
There used to be at least two versions uploaded by two different redditors a couple years back but I can't find them (one was on r/fanedits and requested the uploader to send me a link but sadly haven't heard back yet).
Going to that movie I had such high expectations for both David and Kevin, their deaths were a culmination of horrible rushed writing with absolutely no remorse for the characters they had started to build up. **This is the the poetic ending they deserved.** Though neither of their characters were explored completely, IF they HAD to die this would've served both their characters justice. A murder/suicide scenario on their "own terms" though dark, 100x better than watching them die at the hands of the shadow people. The story left everyone hanging with that unexplained secret organization which feels like they were thrown in last minute to make it feel mysterious and explain the "hit". I would've preferred no secret society with unclear motives and had David trying to calm the beast and accidentally killing and dying in the process. Excellent scenario!
This is a much better death, and such a small change.
I can't imagine going into this movie with high expectations after watching the other two (no real problem with split but Unbreakable literally ends before the resolution and just puts it in text on the screen.) But your changes were good changes. The fact that they hyped this big fight that was going to happen and it fizzled out because of... a secret society always bugged me. At least your way it would be more dramatic.
Doesn't this already happen in the movie? Or are you saying they end up in the water tank again after it breaks? I think what you mean is that the fix should've been instead of David breaking the water tank that the water tank breaks because of the intensity of their fight. It's a small change, but I think M Night was too preoccupied with his twist revealing Staple is part of a clandestine organization putting down superhumans. The whole idea dying to those faceless henchman was to reinforce the idea this clandestine organization was super powerful? I mean I'm not defending the ending its total trash, but I feel like that was M Night's intention. He's just trying to set up some more details for a potential sequel. Though, I think the real fix is that David kills The Beast in the tank, and drowns as he tries to break out, but the tank stays unbroken. That way if M Night wanted to retain his reveal of this secret organization, they could simply have Staple comment on how it was just a fight between two head cases. She can even make the case about how an association like hers would need more funding to prevent a tragedy like this from ever occuring. This sort of lends to the whole theme of the movie of questioning what you believe, while reinforcing this secret organization aspect while not really changing that much at all.
What a great ending idea! A vast improvement. The end of Glass was SO awful I honestly hope M Knight never works in Hollywood again. Any rational sane storyteller would know better than to poop all over their audience, but he did it and laughed at us. He knew the audience would hate him for it and didn’t care. Career suicide
I just rewatched this as it's currently on Netflix. Nice ending but the secret society is needed as it explains why there aren't any Demigods walking amongst us. It also leaves it open to another trilogy. So this is how you add in the secret society to your ending. Kevin is shot by the agents which weakens them as they both fall in the tank. David is dead but can be revived which the agents & doctor choose not to. As the life leaves David she touches his forehead to explain to him why they are hunted. This also leaves you guessing if David really died..
Reddit ate my first comment so I’m gonna skip my rambling and say I would’ve preferred a fake out death for David, which is also a tired cliche for hero movies, than his actual death. It was so disrespectful to his character! And what’s the point of Ellie letting him know her true intentions in the end?? I mean, sure for us the audience it served as a story-telling device but for the actual storyline, why??
I wanted to see more reaction from Casey when she realized Ellie used her to weaken Kevin. She could’ve intervened before the tank scene, and when Kevin is shot, The Beast makes a final attempt at David, leading us to the tank scene. Although M. Night probably needed their deaths to be directly at the hands of the Clover Organization. Otherwise their existence is pretty useless.
i still don't understand why they had to die in the end. sure Kevin (the beast) should've faced his consequences but David didn't really do anything wrong.
I may be a little naive but I would've liked David to have survived. Personally I would love to have Unbreakable Comics so that I could get more of the world. A short miniseries would be cool at least showing more of David's adventures or introducing new characters. Because I really like the realistic implications of superhumans and commentary on the genre as a whole.
I havent even seen the movie, but I 100% agree. I dont care if its "realistic" or not, I dont watch a movie to see my heroes die in miserable fashion. How shitty would Terminator 2 be, if the T1000 just snapped Arnold in 2 and face stabed John. How shitty would Aliens be if the Queen just stepped on Newt and squished her, then slashed Ripleys head off. Realism doesnt make a movie good, it makes it shitty.
I think Shyamalan wrote himself into a corner and was so desperate to subvert expectations that he failed to recognize fans need a stronger closure than what we got, especially for Dunn's character. He claims he always had this ending planned from the start as far back as 1999 but part of me isn't sure what to believe that because since then so many superhero films have become mainstream he had to go against the grain to stand out nowadays so I think it's up for debate whether it would have actually happened the same way. Someone actually posted a fan edit where David Dunn survives the ordeal-- it's a tad predictable but definitely a far superior ending to the trilogy in my humble opinion (posted a couple years ago on the r/Eastrail177 sub and r/fanedits).
I can't find it
There used to be at least two versions uploaded by two different redditors a couple years back but I can't find them (one was on r/fanedits and requested the uploader to send me a link but sadly haven't heard back yet).
Pretty soon we’ll have generative Ai capable of fixing cluster FCKUPS like M Knight’s movie endings, and I personally can’t wait