Changes That Ruined Movies

Pain is temporary. Films forever. However, sometimes you just don't have it in you to go the distance

Well, today we're counting down the top 10 times last minute changes ruin movies

Halal, no! As voted on by you, the viewer. Welcome to Total Nerd Ranked. The show where we rank nerdy stuff

Number 10. Blade Runner. Ridley Scott's sci-fi noir classic has been a beloved stylistic template for any movie making the

it's the future but neon type of movies. From Harrison Ford's grumpy Deckard to the rain-soaked Roy Batty

there's so much to love about Blade Runner. But you know what's not so stellar

The theatrical cut of the film, which has a really weird voiceover throughout the entire film

They don't advertise for killers in a newspaper. And the most forced, in air quotes, happy ending in almost any film

Why do Sean Young and Harrison Ford drive off into the distance for a life full of love and happiness

Well, maybe it's because the producers felt the original ending was too dark. Thankfully, this beloved classic has been recut and re-edited six ways from Sunday

So you can have your very own Blade Runner that's just tailored exactly to your tastes

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Number nine, I am legend

The Richard Matheson novel has a twist ending which we won spoil here However let just say that the Will Smith vehicle that has a running motif of butterfly and weird CGI Michael Berryman looking dudes was decidedly a different twist

One that was added in post and reshoots. One that goes against everything the original book aspired to

One that just, well, honestly, it sucks. Number eight, Daredevil. The theatrical cut of Ben Affleck's Daredevil was a toned-down PG-13 version

of The Guardian of Hell's Kitchen. So much so, in fact, that when it underperformed at the box office

Sony released an R-rated cut of the film on DVD in an attempt to woo over fans

that had skipped the theatrical run. It worked out about as well as you'd think

Number seven, Suicide Squad. Suicide Squad was released in the wake of Guardians of the Galaxy

So what did Warner Brothers do? They recut the entire film, which was originally intended to be

a dark, military, urban, dirty dozen style movie into a lighter, popcorn-fueled superhero flick

I got this. Let me show you what I really am. The end result of which is confusing

has characters being introduced around seven times, and is tonally all over the place

Yeah, you are. However, it didn't stop the money-making train. It's one of the few entries on this list

that actually made its money back. Number six, live free or die hard

John McClane is the 80s action hero that could, when other franchises like Rambo and Death Wish faltered I gonna take care of your dandruff probably Die Hard kept on proving that it was unkillable

But in the fourth installment of the franchise, Live for Your Die Hard, the studio decided to back things up a little bit

They wanted a family-friendly Die Hard film. So they pulled it back from an R to a PG-13

despite set pieces that include John killing a helicopter with a car

and running up a jet fighter. There were no F-bombs or gory kills

which left the end product feeling fine. It's still better than a good day to die hard

Do you think I understand a word you're saying? Fee! Number five, Superman II

Superman the motion picture is one of the best superhero films ever made. Superman II

Well, it's a movie. Technically. Richard Donner quit the film halfway through production

and Richard Lester, the director of Hard Day's Night, was brought in to finish the film

And it's pretty apparent what scenes he shot versus Donner. Anytime someone's wig flies off or an ice cream cone hits someone in the face

that's Richard Lester. Disorders to go. Oh, Richard Lester. Number four, Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead is one of the most acclaimed horror pictures of all time. Its ending is also great, where the two remaining characters

flee hordes of zombies via helicopter. However that was a last minute change The original ending had everyone killing themselves which did that change ruin everything No But man that downer ending sounds great World War Z And from one of the greatest

zombie movies ever to a zombie movie. World War Z originally ended with Brad Pitt running through

Red Square in Moscow, hacking and slashing zombies. However, the producers felt like it wasn't working

So, they reshot the entire ending of the film after bringing Damon Lindelof in to rewrite the ending to a more grounded and character-based direction

The Finnick product is fine. It's a movie with zombies in it

Number two, Justice League. Here it is, the one you've been waiting for

We all know the stories, the behind-the-scenes drama, the tragedy, but it is kind of fun to laugh at this movie, though

Yes, yes, we all know that Henry Cavill couldn't shave his mustache because he was in Mission Impossible and it was a contractual obligation for him to keep it

Do you bleed? But man, you just can't make this up. What a weird movie

It's kind of mesmerizing how terrible it is. Number one, Fantastic Four

Josh Trank's notoriously troubled Fantastic Four reboot seemed doomed from the get-go

A dark, brooding, body horror version of Marvel's First Family? No thanks

That sounds not great. A dark, brooding, body horror version of Marvel's First Family

that gets shoehorned into a weird, light, happy family film? That sounds even worse

Because it is. If you like watching movies that are more of a game of telephone than an actual narrative

then this is the movie for you. Best of luck, friend