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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:00:11 PM EDT
Someone posted last week that the movie was up on YT. I've had it running the background working the last few days.
This popped up in my recommendations today.  Secondhand Lions - Original Full Ending |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:11:25 PM EDT
[#1]
I love that movie and watch it a couple times a year.
However, that's the ending they should have used. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:14:06 PM EDT
[#2]
It is such a great movie, I like that ending better, the would be bad boys showing up, shows how big of an impression that Hub put on those boys after the fight.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:21:49 PM EDT
[#3]
If you haven't seen it, Big Fish is also a very good movie.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:22:25 PM EDT
[#4]
I guess I’m not crazy after all. I could have sworn that the “thugs” came to the funeral. I guess I’ve seen this before somewhere.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:23:13 PM EDT
[#5]
Never seen that ending but it's great. Ending reminds me a lot of Big Fish where his family finds out all his tall tales were true when all the characters show up for his funeral. Both are amazing movies.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:38:10 PM EDT
[#6]
Much better ending and ties the movie together.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:43:00 PM EDT
[#7]
It's been probably 20 years since I've seen this movie so I don't remember a whole lot of details about it. How is this ending different than another ending?
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:50:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By officerX: It's been probably 20 years since I've seen this movie so I don't remember a whole lot of details about it. How is this ending different than another ending? |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:51:48 PM EDT
[#9]
Should have meshed both endings together.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:01:46 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Ending on the DVD has the son of the bad guy land in a helicopter. I've only seen it a couple times, DVD only. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:07:49 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Torf: Doesn't a young prince guy show up too? I've only seen it a couple times, DVD only. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Torf: Originally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Ending on the DVD has the son of the bad guy land in a helicopter. I've only seen it a couple times, DVD only. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:09:53 PM EDT
[#12]
I think the theatrical ending had the son of the sheik arrive in a helicopter.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:11:08 PM EDT
[Last Edit: medicmandan]
[#13]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Ending on the DVD has the son of the bad guy land in AirWolf. Fixed it for you.  |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:14:48 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BloodRaven: Should have meshed both endings together. I've always thought that as well. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:15:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By akcaribouhunter: That is the prince in the helicopter. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Originally Posted By Torf: Originally Posted By akcaribouhunter: Ending on the DVD has the son of the bad guy land in a helicopter. I've only seen it a couple times, DVD only. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:15:42 PM EDT
[#16]
I love that movie. Never seen this ending before. So much better.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:20:26 PM EDT
[#17]
That's a more believable ending than putting a megayacht in a pond.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:25:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Triggerstuck]
[#18]
No yacht in the lake, so more money for Walter and his family. I thought this ending was a little cheesy.
ETA-Beat by five. Well, there was this one salesman. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:30:14 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Triggerstuck: No yacht in the lake, so more money for Walter and his family. I thought this ending was a little cheesy. ETA-Beat by five. Well, there was this one salesman. People still look at me funny when I tell them to, “Chunk that lever back, there”. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:34:08 PM EDT
[#20]
Special feature on the DVD.
Lame ending. A highly overrated movie. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:34:27 PM EDT
[#21]
They should’ve made a sequel or a prequel. There was so much material there. All of the adventures that the brothers had when they were young could’ve spawned quite a few amazing movies. But I guess not every great movie can be a franchise. And what’s that old vaudeville saying? “Always leave them wanting more”.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:35:53 PM EDT
[#22]
nah, the theatrical ending was better. It provided the same conclusion without hitting you over the head with it, and it did it in less time with less silliness.
First of all, this ending takes 10 minutes to communicate what the other ending does in just a couple minutes. This ending also treats the audience like idiots, with the speech about how the stories were all fake, and then all the visitors showing up at the same time to prove him wrong, then the kid pointing it out in case the audience missed it - it was all true, wasn't it dad?! The sheik himself shows up with his harem, to PROVE absolutely that he was real. with his harem... and some random French military unit that showed up at the same time... with horses... all the way from France (?) It's all too on the nose and too specific and ridiculous. Like the audience can't connect any dots if they're not spoon fed. The theatrical ending plays on the audience's own curiosity about how much of those stories were true, and just when it seems like it's going to "let you decide what to think", a random helicopter shows up with not the sheik himself, but some random arab guy that reveals he also grew up hearing stories he thought must be made up about the uncles, and now he finds out they were real, which then serves as the protagonist's (and audience's) revelation that his uncles' stories were true all along. It's a reveal of enough periphery to make the point without showing it directly, and it's shorter, more concise, and highlights the mystery and unbelievability of their exploits, even to the family on the other side of the coin. Whoever decided to cut this spoon-fed Big Fish ending (which worked for Big Fish, incidentally), in favor of the nuanced, subdued ending in the official version knew what they were doing and it was a great decision. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:36:03 PM EDT
[#23]
One of the best movies I've ever seen if not the best. Love alternative ending.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:37:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: TheRealBluedog]
[#24]
Shut your whore mouth!
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:38:43 PM EDT
[#25]
Now I need to watch that movie again.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:46:12 PM EDT
[#26]
Whoever thought Haley Joel Osment would grow up to look like Josh Lucas must be kicking himself.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:52:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MadMonkey]
[#27]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TheRealBluedog: Shut your whore mouth!https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/99594/IMG_7942_jpeg-3208832.JPG He's not wrong. In GD, Secondhand Lions gets its balls gargled only a little less than Tool. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 2:02:43 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hobs98: I love that movie and watch it a couple times a year. However, that's the ending they should have used. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 2:16:44 PM EDT
[#29]
The ending I'd love to see is Hub presenting the entire "speech he makes to young men."
It's needed in this day and age. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 2:23:29 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Boomer]
[#30]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: I get why they didn't go with this one. It makes it too fantastical and cheapens the story. Seems like that’s exactly what they do with movies too often these days. No real creativity. Leave little to nothing to the imagination or interpretation. Don’t require any thought, just explain and show everything. Also an after effect of having to keep pushing the envelope, going to greater extremes in what can be shown. Probably explains modern porn pretty well as well. Back on topic, never did see this movie but I see it’s available on YouTube TV so maybe I’ll get a watch later this evening. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 2:46:23 PM EDT
[#31]
That was pretty stupid.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 3:26:00 PM EDT
[#32]
6 of 1, half a dozen of the other. It was pretty good though.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:15:07 PM EDT
[#33]
That alternate ending was kind of weak actually, agree the theater version ending could have been a little better but the one linked is not it...
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:27:46 PM EDT
[#34]
Actually preferred the theatrical over this. Just my take but they should have cut the yacht scene, kept the funeral and thugs, and have the Shiek's son fly in with a helicopter rather than the Shiek himself. Would have been the best of both but either way a great movie.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:33:17 PM EDT
[#35]
Yes and the director managed to get the Bloom County cartoonist to do the cartoon artwork for the movie.
The original ending should had been used because it ties up the all the loose ends better. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:46:41 PM EDT
[#36]
I really liked it and made my wife watch it with me once.
Her reply at the end? " Hmmmm. A Hallmark movie for guys."  |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:47:00 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NVCapCop: Special feature on the DVD. Lame ending. A highly overrated movie. It's a kids movie, and a pretty good one, I put it up there with Stand by Me, and The Explorers |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:58:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bubbatheredneck: I really liked it and made my wife watch it with me once. Her reply at the end? " Hmmmm. A Hallmark movie for guys." Huh. She ain't wrong. I don't know how the edgelords can not like this movie. Too much straight white dude toxic masculinity? |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 5:02:24 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Daggertt: nah, the theatrical ending was better. It provided the same conclusion without hitting you over the head with it, and it did it in less time with less silliness. First of all, this ending takes 10 minutes to communicate what the other ending does in just a couple minutes. This ending also treats the audience like idiots, with the speech about how the stories were all fake, and then all the visitors showing up at the same time to prove him wrong, then the kid pointing it out in case the audience missed it - it was all true, wasn't it dad?! The sheik himself shows up with his harem, to PROVE absolutely that he was real. with his harem... and some random French military unit that showed up at the same time... with horses... all the way from France (?) It's all too on the nose and too specific and ridiculous. Like the audience can't connect any dots if they're not spoon fed. The theatrical ending plays on the audience's own curiosity about how much of those stories were true, and just when it seems like it's going to "let you decide what to think", a random helicopter shows up with not the sheik himself, but some random arab guy that reveals he also grew up hearing stories he thought must be made up about the uncles, and now he finds out they were real, which then serves as the protagonist's (and audience's) revelation that his uncles' stories were true all along. It's a reveal of enough periphery to make the point without showing it directly, and it's shorter, more concise, and highlights the mystery and unbelievability of their exploits, even to the family on the other side of the coin. Whoever decided to cut this spoon-fed Big Fish ending (which worked for Big Fish, incidentally), in favor of the nuanced, subdued ending in the official version knew what they were doing and it was a great decision. This. The theatrical ending also implies that the uncles had an influence on how the sheik eventually raised his family through the introduction of his grandson and great-grandson reinforcing the "lessons worth handing down" arc of the movie. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 5:47:50 PM EDT
[#40]
That ending is so much better. I wonder what slack jawed faggot picked the other one.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 6:51:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: sitdwnandhngon]
[#41]
I like the other one better with the small little nod to the stories secondhand (see what I did there) from the sheik's grandson.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:10:50 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hobs98: I love that movie and watch it a couple times a year. However, that's the ending they should have used. I've never seen the movie but have always wanted to. I bought the DVD a couple months ago. I hope it has this alternate ending. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:11:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hobs98: If you haven't seen it, Big Fish is also a very good movie. Yup. Great story. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:16:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MadMonkey: He's not wrong. In GD, Secondhand Lions gets its balls gargled only a little less than Tool. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MadMonkey: Originally Posted By TheRealBluedog: Shut your whore mouth!https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/99594/IMG_7942_jpeg-3208832.JPG He's not wrong. In GD, Secondhand Lions gets its balls gargled only a little less than Tool. 
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:19:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Hobs98: If you haven't seen it, Big Fish is also a very good movie. I find it really depressing |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:22:31 PM EDT
[Last Edit: LordEC911]
[#46]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By firedog51d: That ending is so much better. I wonder what slack jawed faggot picked the other one. Supposedly runtime. The general rule for the average movie runtime is ~100mins. Early screenings happened with the original longer ending and the runtime for the entire movie was over 120mins. After the early screenings, the studio asked for the runtime to be closer to 100mins. So they cut a couple of smaller scenes and used the shorter ending for the theatrical release. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:06:46 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BloodRaven: Should have meshed both endings together.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:11:07 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Daggertt: nah, the theatrical ending was better. It provided the same conclusion without hitting you over the head with it, and it did it in less time with less silliness. First of all, this ending takes 10 minutes to communicate what the other ending does in just a couple minutes. This ending also treats the audience like idiots, with the speech about how the stories were all fake, and then all the visitors showing up at the same time to prove him wrong, then the kid pointing it out in case the audience missed it - it was all true, wasn't it dad?! The sheik himself shows up with his harem, to PROVE absolutely that he was real. with his harem... and some random French military unit that showed up at the same time... with horses... all the way from France (?) It's all too on the nose and too specific and ridiculous. Like the audience can't connect any dots if they're not spoon fed. The theatrical ending plays on the audience's own curiosity about how much of those stories were true, and just when it seems like it's going to "let you decide what to think", a random helicopter shows up with not the sheik himself, but some random arab guy that reveals he also grew up hearing stories he thought must be made up about the uncles, and now he finds out they were real, which then serves as the protagonist's (and audience's) revelation that his uncles' stories were true all along. It's a reveal of enough periphery to make the point without showing it directly, and it's shorter, more concise, and highlights the mystery and unbelievability of their exploits, even to the family on the other side of the coin. Whoever decided to cut this spoon-fed Big Fish ending (which worked for Big Fish, incidentally), in favor of the nuanced, subdued ending in the official version knew what they were doing and it was a great decision. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:19:01 PM EDT
[#49]
That ending was better than the original shown in the movie.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:23:45 PM EDT
[#50]
Thanks for this, OP. I liked both endings.
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