Deeper than you think?

Rating: 5/10 (11 May 2008)

I was very confused at the peculiarity of the movie and the way it ended so abruptly. I felt that it probably missed a few details which peaked my curiosity to read the book, but it also left me in search of answers for questions like "What the H--- happened?" After searching, I formed my own theory, so for those in need of an explanation, here's mine.
I was baited at the beginning because of all the action. Halfway through the movie the scenes became undeveloped and choppy, dropping my hopes of a good end. Right about then the credits started rolling. I was disappointed when evil prevailed, but half expected it to with such a dominating killer and some bad decisions on Llewelyn's part. What had me confused was the dream. Older people always say the world is getting worse, but to me the dream didn't go with the theme. Normally I would dismiss a bad movie and be done, but something tore at me find an explanation. My conclusion is that in the dream the mountain pass represents life's hard road, and as the road got longer (he got older), his guidance (father holding light) in the quest of triumphing over evil faded. He follows the path of his father with confidence of the reward of a warm fire waiting, which portrays his hope for goodness. (This brought to my mind the scripture,"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me." Psalm 23:4) The last line, "And then I woke up." leaves me thinking that we were meant to draw our own opinions about good and evil or heaven and hell.