when the credits roll and the final music plays, that's my problem

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2006)

One thing I find objectionable in movies, and not only this one, is the desire on the part of someone (i.e. director? producer?) to have some ending music that attempts to sum up the movie for me. Now I love Willie Nelson, own a bunch of his music, and think he's a cool guy. However, the song he wrote that plays while the credits roll, in essence tries to summarize the film for me--the audience--and I found it gratuitous. Why not let us decide what we feel and think on our own and don't force a musical narrative on us at the very moment the film ends. Like I say, this is not restricted to this film, but I found this example really broke the spell of the film for me. Too bad because it was a beautiful movie.