I saw The Village in the theater when it first came out. At the time I enjoyed most of it, but the ending was kinda meh to me. The more time that has gone by, the worse the ending has become. It's just distinguished mentally-challenged, let's be real. And thus I have spent much of the last decade trying to figure out a better ending, that could exist without making any major changes to the rest of the film. Well after much thought and consideration I finally figured it out this year.
Picture this: young, blind Ivy enters the woods with her companions, who abandon her. She is confronted by a hooded being, and ultimately manages to trick it into falling into a deep ditch. Just as in the original, the culprit is revealed to be the simpleminded Noah Percy.
She exits the forest and comes across a paved road, and eventually hears a foreign sound (a car driving by). Just as in the original. A security guard walks up to Ivy and asks what she's doing, tells her she's not supposed to be there etc; the camera only reveals the legs and torso of the security officer. Ivy explains her plight, asks for medications etc and asks if he will help her. At this point the camera pans up to reveal:
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It's an ape. This is a Planet Of The Apes soft reboot. Ivy can't see him, so she assumes he's a man. The village commune was founded by a group of humans who were forced to entertain the apes in the big city. They ran away and founded the village, far away from the apes. The security guard ape takes pity on Ivy and gives her the medications, then quietly helps her return to the forest. The end.
I feel this ending is FAR better than the original and is actually a twist that makes you go oh shit. It's also kinda like two twists because not only is it really present day, it's ALSO apes.
I haven't shared this with many people, but I'm pretty confident this is the best idea I've had in my life.
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