What was that about the ending?

Rating: 9/10 (7 November 1999)

I will take the high road here and not mention by name the reviewer who wrote that the (I'm quoting directly) "retard squealing" made him not enjoy the film. But I would like to take issue with those who feel the ending is a letdown.
I recently had a debate with a friend who felt that "The Blair Witch Project" was a disappointment only because of the ending. Her position was that the film was utterly pointless because the ending was ambiguous, whereas my point of view has always been that (for horror films anyway) an unexplained ending is often the key to a frightening film. To me, the ending of "Cube" has that sort of feel. Sure, one character does offer some sort of plausible explanation, but I'm not sure I trust it, and I think the explanation is more to provide the film with an extra layer of metaphoric significance than to explain the origins of the "cube". No, the actual ending is not exactly profound, and I don't believe it has any religious symbolism attached to it. But doesn't anyone but me find a bit of Rod Serling irony in it?
Overall, I was rather surprised at the vitriolic attacks on the movie appearing in this review section. It is not perfect, but the movie is more original in theme and structure than virtually any science fiction film of the last ten years ("12 Monkeys" excepted). And to respond to the reviewers (more than one) who claim that this is not worth watching because "Lifeboat" was so much better: It's a shame we shouldn't watch "Goodfellas" because "The Godfather" was there first.