Passengers, Rearranged

Peter Sciretta's overview of how the original script was different from the movie:

MUSIC:

Kevin Macleod, "Arpent"

[Clayray]

Not gonna lie, the ending where she is contemplating the exact same decision hits so good.

[milkboxshow]

The ending where Jen does not forgive him, but then a year after his death begins to contemplate waking someone up would have been poetic.

[MT-zyil]

After watching this made me realize how important it is for writers to withhold information, rather than laying everything out from the beginning.

[averyeml]

The creep factor of Pratt’s character once you rearrange it is honestly stunning. The look in his eyes makes it obvious he’s done something, and normally we know what and we’re feeling his inner turmoil, but when you theoretically don’t it could be ANYTHING.

[harastid]

Holy shit the ending with her crying, thinking about waking someone else just blew my mind.

[reneep]

This hammers in a lesson one of my professors said: "If you're having trouble with plot, think about whether you have the right view point character."

[DandiLion]

I need a rerelease with the story from Aurora's point of view now because this sounds a million times better.

[Fredfredbug]

Damn everyone’s talking about the twist but that alternate ending concept just sends chills down my spine

[charcharmunr]

Just the fact that it'd be Chris Pratt as the villain would make it very intriguing, because we're USED to seeing him as the goofy, charming good guy. Seeing him be a... Mentally unstable, selfish but sympathetic-ish villain would be interesting because it'd subvert the general expectations we have of Chris Pratt as an actor.

[CoushattaL]

I would have loved if it had ended with Pratt being a scary villain. And then a year later she's faced with the same decision because she's so lonely. Would have been quite a Twist and so good!

[LONNE]

Having it from Jennifer’s perspective and then ending it with her waking someone up would’ve genuinely been so cool.

[UnderYourPresence]

Chris's acting reveals its subtlety much more through this edit...
Literally how creepy, troubling and confusing can he look from Jennifer's perspective... Great acting

[FilleIceRises]

Damn, you’re right. I actually liked Passengers but the reveal of him having woken her up coming later on in the film would make for a much more intriguing story. Passengers could have been a sci-fi classic instead of the slightly above average popcorn version we got.

[holyflutterofgod]

"Did you wake me up?" "I tried not to." SUCH A POWERFULLY SUBTEXTUAL LINE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE FULL STORY

[CzechRiot]

This is actually a very good example of the importance of EDITING, something which is mostly perceived as just “cut here and there, remove this scenes, merge this, etc.“

[JackHoward]

I love these suggestions. Jennifer's character being left alone and being forced to make the same choice as Pratt's is really intriguing.

[blazejp]

I wish I could watch this movie over the first time with this plot.

[ryanmcgowan]

Chris Pratt would have got an Oscar for best villain had it been edited this way.

[Accolonian]

I love the idea of the crying ending here. She cries, not because she is about to wake somebody up, she can't imagine doing that to someone else. She is crying because deep down she knows that the strength of that moral choice will deteriorate over time, and that one day she will do it.

[miawallace]

I literally cannot unsee this edit. I’m actually really irritated that they didn’t make the movie this way. It’s utterly brilliant. I would suggest we start a petition to have THIS movie made but everyone already knows what would happen, thus maintaining the predictability we were trying to avoid.