THE FNAF MOVIE ENDING EXPLAINED...

20 years!!!!!

Just a side note, I think the production team made a good choice by taking the red eyes out until the very end to show how angry the animatronics were about the truth being revealed to them and how they were lied to for 20 years.

Some people were saying it was stupid that a drawing saved the day but to me it was so powerful. Especially since the doctor said earlier how important pictures are to children. As a kid I drew all day everyday and now I’m in college for animation so it made me feel…not useless. That drawings are powerful and can show people things that you can’t tell them. Idk I just loved that in this movie 💖

I love that they showed the humanity of the ghost children, playing, being antagonists but not evil.

Can you explain why my father didn't come home...

Can I just say, Matthew Lillard, AMAZING performance. He REALLY committed to the role. At first, I didn't see how he would fit in the role, but he's far more talented than I thought, because he made the role his own, without changing the character too much.

The fort scene confirmed what I always felt. The animatronics only attacked certain people not everyone. It's not a typical wrathful ghost lashing out it's against targets.

Honestly, explaining the FNAF lore to newcomers is really heartwarming.

I do want to say that the springlock scene was incredible to see happen! To see something that we've only read about/seen play out in 8-Bit happen in live-action was something many have wanted to see ever since FNaF 3. But I have seen a lot of people who are disappointed that Afton didn't scream or go crazy when the springlocks initially activated. However, I found Lillard's acting here to be very realistic, as that's likely how someone would behave when being stabbed in the abdomen like that. Shock, adrenaline, and gasping/gargling noises as you deal with the sudden intrusion/pressure of large pieces of metal piercing your organs. Due to Lillard's portrayal, I think the scene is even more impactful this way than if he had just screamed in pain. It's also very similar to the FNaF 3 minigame. Springlocks go off, Afton stands shaking in shock, and he slowly falls down as his brain/body processes the sudden injuries.

Although a lot of people disliked this first movie, I think it did an amazing job in World Building, especially for the Sequel coming up, which makes me incredibly more excited for it.

Vanessa at the end of the movie is in a perfect position for a fnaf 4 type nightmare situation, having grown up with all the trauma and fear of the animatronics + all the recent events to induce such a nightmare during her coma

If Garrett is the puppet, the “come find me” message could be directed towards Mike. I think that would be a pretty cool plot point

I hate that people don't like the movie just because of the fort scene. When it's trying to show us (and not tell us verbally until later when Vanessa says it) but it's trying to show that they're kids inside the animatronics. Their souls, their bodies. Everything

I think the other value of the fort scene, that I think makes me particularly sad as a writer that people don't like the fort scene, is that it's part of the strong visual storytelling going on. When we first see Abby, she's in a fort in her room, feeling safe with her stuffies. When Abby spends the night at the pizzeria, where is she staying? In a fort in Mike's office, nestled in safe where he can keep an eye on her. It doesn't come out of nowhere, we see the fort again and again throughout the movie. The fort represents a child wanting to feel safe, and the spirits of the kids just want to feel safe with their new friend. It doesn't just make sense because they're kids, it makes sense because it's been intentionally set up in the film to mean something. Love your takes here!

2 things I have to say: One, THANK YOU for giving more context for the fort scene. It gets to show that the animatronics aren't just brutal killers haunted by children but ARE still children, and just want someone to play with after 20 years Two, this is a friend's theory, but it's VERY highly believable that Henry could be Mike's dad, except the last name is changed from "Emily" to "Schmidt" in this AU. William couldn't have kidnapped Garrett for no reason, so it's highly likely that he's the version of Charlie in this universe, since William had a personal grudge against Henry, and Garrett would eventually become the Puppet. Plus, there's also the part where Mike says his dad disappeared for an unknown reason. I think either he walked out on the family because he couldn't handle the pressure of losing Garrett, or it might be like the silver eyes trilogy where he offs himself. And one more thing, William pauses when he reads Mike's last name and looks at him with some sort of familiarity, because he already knows he's Henry's son and that he kidnapped and killed Mike's brother. But, we'll just have to see what happens in the 2nd movie and I'm SUPER hyped for it

Don't care how many people disliked certain scenes. The whole film is amazing. I absolutely adore how they portrait the dead kids. I'm exited to develop the theories for that new universe

Dawko, you summed it up perfectly with the kids and the fort. With your telling of how these animatronics are really just kids, the fort scene becomes one of the most powerful. I will never forgive any of the big reviewers on saying that these kind of things are bad or goofy. This movie was incredible in every way as a FNAF fan, and it will always stay that way.

Okay consider, we're shown in the games that when the springlock suits are inactive, they lean to one side. Assuming the suits were made from natural animal materials and there's at least a bit of leaking like the games, it would be reasonable to assume that a bit of decay would occur, particularly on the side slumped inward trapping moisture and stuff.

I really like everything surrounding William Afton in this movie, everything he says and does, and some of his foreshadowing are SO GOOD. Especially his lines and how they are delivered, like him telling the kids “Look at how small you are!” Is just sociopathic manipulation 101 it’s just all handled really well

It's strange to me that so many people just wanted everything spelled out to them. A lot of the stuff I hear people being confused about was hinted or foreshadowed in previous scenes. With the exception of Golden Freddy. This was great exercise in having the setting and character tell the story just as much as, if not more than, dialogue. So much dialogue was able to be cut because the setting and characters were able to foreshadow so much.