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So what happens at the end? SPOILERS

posted 14 years ago by jeebusenroute
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They deliberately left it open-ended (or not). Ming gives birth, and Chen writes a letter to his daughter. At the end, I get the impression they're still together, and as they agreed, Fitz would have no contact with the child.

I don't know. I found it kind of cliche - the idea that all this sound and fury was done all for a child. Just nothing ground-breaking. And the ending was a little underwhelming.

I'm not expecting that Ming leaves her husband for Fitz - a childish dream/first love. Too many movies do that. So I give them credit for that. However, but what? Would Chen ever be that honest with his daugher telling her all (ALL) the events that transpired? I doubt it.

Anyway, for the few people who frequent this board:

1. Did you like the ending? Why/Why not?

2. Would you like to have changed the ending? How?

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[–] jeebusenroute 14 years ago

Unfortunately, I have to agree. I so wanted to like this mini-series, because I thought the book was flawed but something special, but as you said, it was very underwhelming. I kept waiting for something to happen, to make me feel something.

I felt a lot of it had to do with the writing of Ming's character, where I couldn't see the appeal of her, other than the fact that she was technically attractive. I think if we were to get flashbacks, we should see more of the buildup of the relationship between her and Fitz. We kept getting the same regurgitated scenes. I thought Fitz and Chen were more complex.

I thought that the SARS episode had the potential to be great, but as always, the ending was fvcked up and left too vague. In my opinion, that short story was part of why that book was great - it was relevant and heart-breaking. They missed an important part, where they interviewed Chen afterwards that should have hinted at his inner turmoil, as opposed to using fantasy sequences, which I thought was forcefed to us.

Truthfully, I expected more from this series, as they also had Vincent Lam as a consultant.

Finally, isn't the last fantasy scene an inconsistency? It seemed to be a merger fantasy of both the characters, Ming and Chen. How would Chen know that Ming slept with Fitz, even if he did suspected it? And why would he fantasize about her saying that it was over between them after the fact? And I don't think that Ming ever suspected that Chen was unfaithful, so it wouldn't be her fantasy sequence.

Ugh.