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Hello again Ty, Without specially citing spoilers, I do think a movie should not change the climax, or ending of a film. A nihilist classic story such as Maugham's "The Birds" should not end as portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The whole point and force of Christie's 1939 classic "And Then There Were None" (to use an acceptable title) was ruined by its filmed ending. Thankfully these same screenwriters didn't get their hands on "On the Beach" or "Dr. Strangelove" to name just a few.
Hello again Ty, Without specially citing spoilers, I do think a movie should not change the climax, or ending of a film. A nihilist classic story such as Maugham's "The Birds" should not end as portrayed in the Hitchcock film. The whole point and force of Christie's 1939 classic "And Then There Were None" (to use an acceptable title) was ruined by its filmed ending. Thankfully these same screenwriters didn't get their hands on "On the Beach" or "Dr. Strangelove" to name just a few.