User blog comment:BrianBerta/Top 20 Favorite Movies of All Time/@comment-28266772-20160905201807/@comment-24466828-20160905202429

I do prefer tragic endings.

Imagine we have an action film about, let's say, a cop who has to kill a group of murderers who killed his family. After he kills the last one of them, he succumbs to his injuries during the final fight he had with them and dies. On my 2nd viewing, I would feel sad coming up to that scene as I would know how it would end.

Now, imagine that the cop survived. On my 2nd viewing, I wouldn't feel any suspense/sadness as I would already know that he's make it out okay.

I would prefer the sad ending. I feel this with a lot of tragedies that I watch.