The Descent - 2 different Blu-ray versions CONFIRMED (MPEG-2 vs AVC encoding) - Page 19

anything after Sarah escapes and sees Juno in the passenger seat next to her. Escentially it ruins the end in that viewers are left thinking she really escaped, which she did not in the uncut version

seeing Juno in the seat was pretty cheesy way to end it. It might have been cool to see her crawl just out of the hole and flop down in exhaustion then see a hand of one of the crawlers drag her back in or something.

It's not a given that there is a survivor just because there is a sequel.

It would have been harder for them to make a sequel with the Australian ending since all the characters were dead, but they could have come up with something.

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... ''It's a visceral ride, and by the time you get to the ending you're drained,'' says Lionsgate marketing chief Tim Palen. ''Marshall had a number of endings in mind when he shot the film, so he was open [to making a switch].'' The director's ultimate solution? Sub in one of his alternate shots, and cut the last minute or so of the movie. Of course, both scenarios are expected to make it to DVD, giving fans an opportunity  Ã* la 28 Days Later  to choose the heroine's fate for themselves. And if you decide to check out The Descent in theaters, remember: Even though the story has been perked up, that doesn't mean everything is sunshine and lollipops. In fact, Marshall likens the denouement to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: ''Just because she gets away, does that make it a happy ending?''

So the way I read the above is that, Lions Gate forced the director to change the ending. Kind of a cop-out on the director's part, but I probably would have done the same thing to get the US distribution with Lions Gate. On the other hand, I would have ended it as some other posters have suggested: When she finally makes it out of the cave, she collapses, and the movie ends.

IMO, I also think that the alternate ending to 28 Days was much better too.

I thought that that ending where she's still in the cave on her own in the gloom was one of the best things about the film.

I've never seen the American ending (that cut doesn't exist in the uk) but it sounds to me like a typical Hollywood upbeat ending, having her escape in the end.

when she looks over and see's Juno right beside her in the truck and screams in horror and it ends, that also can make you think...its says TO ME that Juno is not really there (obviously), its just her concious, the guilt from the results of what just transpired, they're suggesting that THAT is the way she is gonna have to live her life from here on. Not a pretty thought IMO, and in some ways, just as dreary an ending as the original because she is now basically back to the basket case she was when we found her at the start of the movie - full circle.

The rated cut makes no sense. Juno would have had to make it out before Sarah, then choose the same vehicle, but sit in the back seat. Then Sarah would have to get in the car without either noticing the other (which is possible), but after Sarah drives off and stops to puke, she would have to somehow get into the passenger seat.

I dont remember exactly, but it also appeared that Sarah fell prior to going unconcious, but when she "awakes" she's about 20-30 feet from the entrance/exit. If that were the case, she would have had to fallen upwards.

The dream sequence is the only one that makes sense (of the two endings). Of course, the entire thing being an hallucination may perhaps have worked as well, but I think it's best they left it as an interpretation.