When it comes to Netflix, the grass is always greener on the other side. Other countries have access to different movies and TV shows, and it hardly ever seems fair.
But instead of feeling jealous of the UK's Netflix, we're actually feeling kind of sorry for them.
See, they uploaded The Notebook to Netflix, but they were apparently supplied the version with an alternate ending.
You can probably imagine how people reacted to this. It wasn't good.
...And probably continued to sob long after the movie was done, and every time you think of it for the rest of your life.
If you haven't seen the ending, that probably means you haven't seen any of the movie.
I'll try to sum it up!
It's one of the most, if not the most romantic movie of our time.
It blows When Harry Met Sally and Titanic right out of the water.
But against all odds, they fall crazily in love over the course of one summer.
But when summer's over, Allie's parents force her to go to school in another state.
They get married, have kids, the whole nine yards.
But then Allie gets falls ill to dementia, and completely forgets who Noah is.
But every day he re-reads her the story of how they met, fell in love, and ended up together, in the hopes of her remembering who he is, even if it's just for a moment.
One night, Noah sneaks into Allie's room while she's asleep.
When she wakes up and sees him, she doesn't panic (suggesting that she recognizes and remembers him). So he lays down next to her.
A nurse finds them dead the next morning, still holding hands.
And that's how the real ending goes.
I get it. It's emotional.
I'm on the verge of a meltdown just thinking about it.
But it turns out there's another version that basically none of us had ever heard about until now.
I'd like to speak to a manager, please? This is outrageous. Who is your distributor?
Public outrage seems like a totally appropriate response to this madness.
And that's exactly what happened.
The ending that we expect when we watch The Notebook is the thing that makes it a staple in romantic film history.
Not these two birds flying over a lake together.
I'm not paying $14 a month for this garbage. Show me two old people dying, holding hands!
Better yet, give them what they are subscribed for.
If Netflix is going to be going around switching up endings to our favorite movies, I'm hitting that unsubscribe button!
Who am I kidding? I would do the same thing.
Go big or go home, amirite? The internet is the ultimate place to voice complaints. Utilize that!
Whenever I have some pent up emotional energy and I need something to trigger an outpour of tears, I watch The Notebook.
How dare they try and take that away from us!
I want to know why an alternate ending even exists.
There was literally never a time in history where there was a demand for that. We were happy with the ending we were given.
Whoever the person was that had the authority to agree to an alternate ending is the one we should be channeling our complaints to.
But we're all too upset to think rationally right now, so let's just blame everything on Netflix!
Death is a scary thing. But when I go out, I wanna go out right next to my one true love. That's the ideal way to die, if I had to choose.
Then Netflix swoops in and takes that away from us.
Looks like The Notebook with the alternate ending will be making its way to American Netflix in less than a month.
Hopefully, by then Netflix is able to resolve this issue!
Okay, so it's not really their fault.
Or so they say...
I don't know what to believe right now.
I mean, unless you scratch the back of the disk...
But other than that, the original ending is protected for all time. The way it should be.
