I find that sad endings are clichéed. Too many works of fiction have an overall good ending with the death of a character pretty much superimposed on top of the actual story just to tug at everyone's heart strings. The Matrix Revolutions suffered massively from this. I just couldn't stop laughing out loud in the cinema when that particular main character died completely out of the blue.
Why does the death have to be at the ending? There could be tragedy leading to final victory, sacrifices made during parts of the protagonists' final operations, but not at the final step, not unless it's extremely well done.
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