Good adaptation, terrible ending

Rating: 8/10 (5 March 2015)

I won't go into details (you can find those elsewhere), but I'll guarantee that most poor votes are at least in major part- a result of the terrible ending. Therefore, I'll grade it higher than I feel it deserves as a stand-alone movie. A surprise (in a timing sense), abrupt ending isn't what viewers were expecting or wanting. It left you wanting more- but in an empty, unfulfilled way. I do hope that the sequels get made- I have no doubt that as a complete trilogy- the reviews will be much better than the current 4+/10 grade it is getting. Is this an Oscar-worthy movie? Not by any stretch of the imagination. Is it entertainment? Of course. It's place in history will probably be one of those films that help to start a 'movement' with a small segment of the population that finds the subject matter worthy of personal exploration.