The damn ending...

Rating: 8/10 (25 January 2015)

OK, so there I am watching this movie, heavily engrossed in the story and loving it for the most part. Then the film did something really cool towards the third act of the film. I had no idea how this was going to end, and neither did the writers apparently...
When this drama has been building up for nearly two and a half hours, you'd almost think that it would be impossible for the films ending to be bad. I was ready to accept whatever it was that was shown on screen before the end credits, however, the film doesn't end (in terms of the story). It leaves you sitting there with an underwhelming feeling. I get that there is supposed to be an underlying message behind it but it doesn't work for what Fincher set out to do. When you have all this build up throughout the film, its hard not to be disappointed with a film just cutting off without resolving anything.
It's really hard to give a rating for this film as I loved all of it, apart from the last minute, literally. Just before the film finished, I was thinking to myself; "what would I rate the the film out of 10?" And I could only think to give it an 8 or above, but then the ending happened, the damn ending! 5/10.
I'm not blaming David Fincher for this, the book its adapted from is obviously the culprit but I would still advise people to see it. Maybe others will love the ending. Having said all that, I did enjoy the vast majority of the film so I cant complain too much, its just a shame as it could have been so so much better, had it ended properly.