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Pretty good, but with a common flaw.

posted 11 years ago by TxMike
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The sisters wrote and directed a very intricate, very clever, very entertaining movie, a dark comedy of sorts. I enjoyed it, but it has one glaring flaw that unfortunately is too common in certain movies.

Recall how the last couple of scenes took pains to explain to the viewer what all happened? A really good movie doesan't have to do that, the scenes and dialog leading up to the end are put together so well that the viewer understands it all WITHOUT the need to explain it.

Take "Fargo" for example, a movie that looks and feels a lot like "Thin Ice." When it ends we know everything with no need for it to be explained to us. Or another of my favorites, "Pleasantville". Yes, the occasional unattentive viewer will ask "What exactly happened there?" but for the most part really good, well-crafted movies do NOT need an explanation at the end.

The fact that this one does simply means the sisters were not clever enough to pull together the whole story without the explanation at the end.

TxMike
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[–] Hollywoodshack 11 years ago

I missed a couple of minutes at the start and the credits were rolling. I didn't see the hint it was all fake in Kinnear's speech. I was truly devastated by the long narrative ending of what would have been perfect played out as real events.

[–] Yorick_Brown 11 years ago

No way we could have inferred all all what went down without the ending narration.

It all tied back to the hero telling another story.

It didn't seem random and tacked-on like "Minority Report" did.

Here it comes
The unavoidable sun
Of what's just happened
And what's been done

[–] jawebster2000 11 years ago

This was a con movie where in the end I think the ultimate con was on the viewing audience. Thankfully, the only thing we were conned out of was our precious or, as the case may be, our not so precious time.