Let's stop giving genius credit to abrupt endings with loose ends

Rating: 7/10 (24 December 2007)

Lots of deep thoughts here. I put the most stock in the theories of those who've read the book.
Personally, I don't like this trend lately of abrupt endings with lots of loose ends and multiple interpretations. The first major one was The Sopranos finale ending. Now this.
I don't mind being challenged and forced to think a little bit. I don't have to be spoon fed every little detail, but come on...at least finish the story! I'm worried every time someone wants to be considered a genius from now on, they're going to start using this tactic. After that much investment in a story, the audience deserves some type of resolution.
For those who say that's how real life works, with no tidy endings, well these are books, movies and TV series. We pay to be entertained: surprised, scared...but not confused and frustrated.
But now this precedent is being set that if someone can't figure out how to wrap it all up, they can just stop and leave everyone hanging and be hailed for doing so. I don't think that's clever. That's just a cop out.