I felt like the film could have been more effective if it ended on a darker note. If not with Adam's death, then something more ambiguous. I'm aware that it's a true story and being unnecessarily dark is...well...unnecessary, but I still feel like the film would have stuck with me more if it was darker. It's still an excellent film. A classic.
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No. It would of made the movie too dark and depressing, the audience gets attached to the character and the scene before the surgery and him dying would of been too depressing, the movie is a feel good comedy, the ending would of been out of place. The ending it already has is perfect. It was also based on a true story where Adam lived, even though the real Adam isn't called Adam
shareI thought it was great and made it less predictable. I think they were going for a somber comedy, not an Oscar season drama. In those movies, protagonists like Adam would generally die.
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I agree with the OP. If he died at the end, the audience would have left the theatre upset yet more satisfied and the the Imdb rating would have been slightly higher.
Excuse my English please, not a native speaker.
I don't think they should have killed him, but I wouldn't have minded if they left it ambiguous.
It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but if I remember, one of the final scenes is him waking up in recovery from the surgery with the therapist there, and no one really saying yet whether or not the surgery had been successful.
I would have ended the movie there. I mean, they named the movie 50/50 ... maybe he lives, maybe he dies. But we've seen him through (essentially) his entire course of treatment.
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Horrible idea if you want to make a movie that people actually like.
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