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I watched it last night. It was a bit of a letdown for me. After 2.5 hours, the movie ended and I know I might be in the minority but I feel like the movie was
by goldenkey 5y ago
I watched it last night. It was a bit of a letdown for me. After 2.5 hours, the movie ended and I know I might be in the minority but I feel like the movie was ending at a beginning, it could have been longer.
I suppose the cheap cliffhanger ending is meant to sell tickets to the sequels. But it felt even cheaper than Star Wars in terms of summation and closure. I felt like after that much investment of time, the ending could have been a little bit more resolved rather than "New Beginning!" vibes. The movie isn't really notable in my mind without seeing the sequels. I surmise that once sequels come out, watching them back to back, will be a satisfying experience. But this movie, in isolation, is a bit too void of what a movie ought to contain.
- scrollaway 5y agoThis wasn’t a cliffhanger ending, it really wasn’t. There were so many points where the movie could have ended on a cliffhanger and it didn’t, instead it ended on a propre “pause”: things aren’t over but they’re also not left hanging. I was really afraid of it ending like the golden compass movie’s cliffhanger which left me with such an awful taste in my mouth and then didn’t get a sequel…
- goldenkey 5y agoI suppose it wasn't a cliffhanger, but it just felt a bit like the start of a movie rather than the end. Star Wars has done that a bit, but I felt like Dune did it in more of a suave, almost perfect way, which kind of made me sad there wasn't another 2 and a half hours to watch. I suppose I'll wait for the sequel. Reflecting back on the movie, I really like the aspect of surviving in a desert, and flowing, becoming one with the Dao, the energy of the universe. It was really well done, and even if that's the only thing the movie provided, that is a sage adage that I will hold in my heart for years to come.