It’s more where the book leaves off than the ending, it leaves you to imagine how the animals reacted and we know in real life Stalin’s regime didn’t last forever.
The part that always gets me emotional is when he “deals with” the guy in the basement, that has to be one of the most poignant father-daughter scenes in film.
I always thought it was really good, the ending is straight from the book so it doesn’t make sense that people see that as a weak point. It also deconstructs the whole macho retaliatory mindset we had after 9/11.
She was also involved with EcoQuest, right?
Which was written by a socialist.
Any kid would be shrieking in those circumstances.
It’s a cheesy message to hammer in a horror series, it’s not like Carrie ended with a “power of friendship” moral.
Alternate ending:
His EcoQuest score was excellent.
The part where Ray takes out the guy in the basement while his daughter sings the lullaby is definitely one of the most intense scenes I’ve seen in a PG-13 film. There’s something hauntingly reverent about the way he prepares her for it.
