8 Science Fiction Movies Ruined By Their Twists

Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds is more than your average formulaic alien attack movie. It has some genuinely unnerving sequences, some great acting, and a bunch of original movie monsters that set the scene admirably - based on H. G. Well's novel of the same name.

Sparking controversy ever since it was adapted into a radio play that had people truly believing an alien force was invading Earth, the filmic adaptation has followed suit, dividing audiences on the twist that the end of the film has had since 1897. Poor Spielberg can't really do much about that now though, can he.

When the alien forces turn out to be susceptible to human illness, they begin to die out - and whilst the direction of the movie has been a hard-hitting, horrifying representation of events up until the final ten minutes, Spielberg takes it all back in one of the most jarring narrative left-turns ever, literally parting the clouds and revealing all is mysteriously well. Even the son who was presumably dead comes back to life for the nauseous happy ending.

War of the Worlds is a film that maybe gets too much criticism, but it's undeniable that the ending isn't played out in any sort of logical fashion. There's keeping an original ending, and there's giving up on making the transition there appropriate.