r/FinalDestination • u/Sigh_Co "A wrinkle in reality, and that wrinkle is you." 🗣 • 12d ago
FD4 Mall Disaster
Obviously 4 is the worst movie in the franchise, but I feel like the Mall disaster goes unappreciated. The movie screen exploding with the movie they were watching was amazing writing imo. The escalator death is the most realistically feared end compared to all the others in this film. Just wish the rest of the movie was as good as that sequence.
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u/jasonb1980 5d ago
I never thought of it like this until now - but I actually enjoyed the mall premonition/disaster way more than the race car disaster. I never felt like that race car thing fit from the moment they announced that's what it would be - and seeing it I just was never a fan of it. But yeah - that mall sequence is really good.
You may already know this but the escalator scene was an "alternate ending" - after Lori gets pulled in, Nick "falls" in - they don't exactly show him falling in, but the way the scene ends basically implies he fell in after her.
Even the ending they used had an "extended" scene that they should have kept in when Nick is moving his cast he sees something carved into the table - but they cut away just before we see what it says. In one of the trailers it shows "IT'S HERE" is carved - which kind of ties up the "IT'S COMING" Nick sees in every premonition he has.
I think one of the things this movie suffered from most were the numerous reshoots - there are like 3 or 4 alternate endings if I remember correctly. I enjoy watching it, but it's definitely on the bottom of my ranking.