Explanation of ending

Rating: 9/10 (23 March 2009)

Overall the movie was very well put together, the acting was great, music was awesome, and the story keeps you on the edge of your seat. But I want to talk about the ending of the movie, I felt most people were a little confused about the ending. Basically the story is based on the prophecies of the Old Testament Prophet Ezekiel. He speaks of a giant wheel with lights coming down from the sky like the spaceship shown at the end of the movie. He also talks about 4 angelic beings in it he doesn't specifically say if they are aliens or angels. They aliens/angels do not take the kids but let the children decide if they want to go with them before the earth is destroyed by fire. In the end times in the book revelation God will destroy the earth with fire, just as he destroyed it with water but saved Noah. Whether the director was trying to say that there are angelic or alien beings that chose the fate of the beings of earth or trying to interpret the vague prophecy of Ezekiel is unknown. But at the end the children are dropped on a perfect planet with a tree possibly representing the Tree of Life like the one in the Garden of Eden. Whatever his reasons the director used biblical references to make the movie some true some not true. If you are further interested dive into the book of Ezekiel and read over some of the chapters he refers to.