What a let down in the writing department. Did the brain juices run dry in the last 5 minutes of this film?
Aside from the very slow pace, this film of 1:46 should have been edited and cut down to about 1:20-1:25.
Now back to the writing; Director and writer Robin Swicord did an outstanding job in the directing - very visually masterful and well put together. The writing was outstanding - until the ending. To put it in simple terms, she attacked and challenged your senses, intellect and sensibility, and then flushed it all down the toilet with the worst (and laziest) ending possible. Very insulting.
Here's an idea: what if he walked in and he was invisible i.e. he died in the train (crash) that led to the black-out. There are so many better endings this film could have had, but instead, Robin Swicord picked the worst (and laziest) possible ending. Yes, I had to say it again... it was that dumb and made me feel that I wasted investing my time from the start in looking forward to a great (at least a decent) ending. Nope. The exciting roller coaster ride ended at the kids basket weaving class.
It even makes me feel sour at Bryan Cranston's outstanding performance, wasted with that infantile ending dialogue. The success of a film is how you feel when you leave the theater. This left me feeling mad - and it wasn't an angry movie. Even with the slow place (of which I hate) that I put up with, I still had a smile on my face most of the time with Cranston's humor and brilliant performance, and was thoroughly getting right into the film anticipating a grand finale. I had already rated this prematurely as an 8-9/10, until the ending. Because of that fail, it's only a 5/10. What a waste a a potentially great film... shame.
Aside from the very slow pace, this film of 1:46 should have been edited and cut down to about 1:20-1:25.
Now back to the writing; Director and writer Robin Swicord did an outstanding job in the directing - very visually masterful and well put together. The writing was outstanding - until the ending. To put it in simple terms, she attacked and challenged your senses, intellect and sensibility, and then flushed it all down the toilet with the worst (and laziest) ending possible. Very insulting.
Here's an idea: what if he walked in and he was invisible i.e. he died in the train (crash) that led to the black-out. There are so many better endings this film could have had, but instead, Robin Swicord picked the worst (and laziest) possible ending. Yes, I had to say it again... it was that dumb and made me feel that I wasted investing my time from the start in looking forward to a great (at least a decent) ending. Nope. The exciting roller coaster ride ended at the kids basket weaving class.
It even makes me feel sour at Bryan Cranston's outstanding performance, wasted with that infantile ending dialogue. The success of a film is how you feel when you leave the theater. This left me feeling mad - and it wasn't an angry movie. Even with the slow place (of which I hate) that I put up with, I still had a smile on my face most of the time with Cranston's humor and brilliant performance, and was thoroughly getting right into the film anticipating a grand finale. I had already rated this prematurely as an 8-9/10, until the ending. Because of that fail, it's only a 5/10. What a waste a a potentially great film... shame.