Alternate ending? (Imaginary Spoiler)

Rating: 3/10 (22 November 2000)

I had very few ideas what this movie was going to be about before walking into the theater. I knew from the trailers that it was about a man who is the sole suvivor of a train wreck and that it was written and directed by the same person who did "The Sixth Sense". I liked "The Sixth Sense" and I knew I'd have to see this movie early on to avoid spoilers. I was unexpectedly embarrassed.
My first hobby was comic book collecting. This movie was painfully handled for me. Samuel L. Jackson's lines concerning comic books made me cringe! I kept slumping in my seat because I felt like I was being singled out for ridicule. I knew the director liked twist endings, but I felt humiliated by the time the credits roled.
Here's how I would have twisted the subject: (WARNING there is a mix of REAL SPOILERS and IMAGINARY SPOILERS ahead)....... I would have flashed back to Bruce Willis' character, as a child, being in a coma. One which had been caused by his accident at a swimming pool. The frequent hospital-bound Samuel L. Jackson's character (still a young boy) would be growing up using comic books as a crutch for handling his unfortunate physical reality. Jackson would have read comic book stories to the Bruce Willis character. Even though the Willis character is in a coma he would still have brain function. Bruce Willis character would have used his imaginary to escape his reality. We would learn that the entire plot of the movie was how Willis envisioned his life. His wife would be the nurse who took care of him. His amazing ability to be unbreakable would be his dream life.
Such an ending would be grounded a bit more in reality thus becoming a bit more palatable. You see, the mind is the most powerful part of the human body. It can be unbending in it's ability. It can create a more tolerable existance for one when the odds are against someone. The mind gives one hope to carry on. The mind gives one strength to carry on. The mind is unbreakable.