Marley and Me (Extended Ending)

The amazing thing about movies is that they can scare us, make us laugh, have us on the edge of our seat or make us cry to no end. Movies usually don't make me cry at all, but there's one movie that I had the displeasure of hysterically sobbing through.

And that is of course, Marley and Me.

Everybody knows it, and you should too. It's the movie where the dog dies at the end. The moment the ending came on, I vowed to never watch it again due to how sad it made me feel. It is my absolute least favourite dog movie of all time because of that reason.

The extended version, However, is even worse and more painful to sit through. I'll discuss it now:

One evening, I was flipping through TV channels because I wanted to watch something. It was a Friday and since I had no school the next day, I could stay up until 1:00 o' clock in the morning. At that moment, there was absolutely nothing good on TV. There was mostly news about the latest Covid 19 and the new episodes of the Simpsons which were lame.

I flipped to Foxtel Movies and something caught my eye, Marley and Me was playing. I grabbed a box of tissues so I could cry my lungs out.

It started off with John saying goodbye to Marley and the kid watching memories of the dog on his TV. Only problem was: This scene was longer, and the kid seemed to get progressively more emotional every minute.

The camera also zoomed into Marley's eyes as they did that slow eye close. The moment Marley went to sleep, John went into a sobbing mess. He ran out of the vet's office and immediately drove off. He started to listen to "Angel - Sarah Mclachlan" in his car. Which gave me horrible memories of those Sarah McLachlan ASPCA commercials.

Tears starting streaming down my face, but I fought the urge to cry.

When John arrived home, he was completely calm. He told his wife and his kids the devastating news that Marley had passed away. Before any of them could get even the slightest bit emotional, the scene cut to Marley buried in the family backyard. The scene played as normal, with Marley running through the field to see John. John, however, was nowhere in sight.

Suddenly, Marley tripped over a rock causing him to collapse onto the ground. He crawls against the floor, begging for his life by barking until he was unconscious. The screen then slowly zoomed out while some extremely melancholic music playing in the background.

I couldn't take it anymore, I was at the point of being hysterical. My eyes became extremely red from my tears. Eventually, John discovered his body and checked his pulse. He then started screaming with sadness, but it wasn't too loud. It just sounded like a man screaming with coughs in between. He then started to feel the same emotion I did. After a few minutes, he turns his head towards the camera and stares at the viewer for a little while. He then goes back to crying a few minutes later.

The screen faded to black, and the text "Dedicated to all our fur buddies that have crossed the rainbow bridge" faded in. Then it started showing images of dogs who have passed away. These were but are not limited to:


 * 1) Shelby. A Labrador who passed away on March 8, 2008
 * 2) Zack, a Bull Terrier who passed away on April 29, 2010
 * 3) Gumby, A German shepherd who passed away on June 11, 2011
 * 4) Dyllon, a golden retriever who passed awayon May 1, 2014
 * 5) My dog, Lilly, a mutt who passed away November two years ago.

The credits then rolled.

I was crying so hard that I couldn't even see the tv screen anymore, I ripped all of the tissues out of my tissue box and started to wipe my tears away.

Then I watched some videos of dogs being alive and healthy and that cheered me up a lot.

I'll never understand why people love that movie, let alone like it in the first place.