10 Movie Endings With Disturbing Implications You Totally Missed

1. The Iron Giant Could Have Easily Been "Reset" - And Was Just One Of Many, Many Giants (The Iron Giant)

The Iron Giant tells the classic story of boy meets giant metallic alien monster, and also happens to be one of the most underrated animated movies of the '90s (and ever, really).

When said huge giant crash lands on Earth, it smashes its head and accidentally turns "good" (it's an animated movie, c'mon), knocking out its programming to "destroy the planet and everybody on it." That's when the giant befriends Hogarth, a nerdy kid with a passion for science-fiction. The movie ends with the giant having to sacrifice himself to save the world, despite the fact that everybody on Earth wanted to murder him dead.

Hogarth awakes one night a few weeks later to discover that his new friend is reassembling himself and will soon be back together. We cut to the giant's head, now in Iceland, which smiles as the movie ends...

But Wait... The giant's original programming could have easily been knocked back into place again, given that this time the guy got exploded into fifty pieces - it that's not a "reset," then I don't know what is. I mean, being exploded by a missile - that's no minor bump on the head, is it?

And, if we glance back at some of the earlier scenes in the movie where the giant shows just how destructive his powers are, we know that his turning "evil" gig would mean death to the planet in its entirety - especially if this type of sentient monster can reassemble itself after being blown up by a nuke.

This danger is made especially more apparent when you consult the deleted scenes on the DVD, which heavily imply that there are more giants waiting for this one's return journey home. So it can, you know, tell them how easy the planet is to destroy and stuff. Gulp. Let's hope that smile we witnessed at the end of the movie wasn't an evil one after all, huh?

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