The Ending. . .

Rating: 6/10 (14 October 2006)

Let me preface this post by saying that I LOVED the movie. Loved it until the last 15 minutes.
Don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining that the hero died, or anything along those lines. I'm usually a big fan of the surprise shock ending, and I hate the way Hollywood films tend to follow an established norm... But to me the ending just felt rushed.
Did they run out of time!? "Damn it! We have 10 minutes to go... lets just introduce a new character, have him shoot Dicaprio and blah blah blah kill everyone" It just didn't work for me...
And the final shot with the rat? Pure cinematographic masturbation. Seriously! We get it, you want to be deep guys, don't be such cop outs! The story is left hanging and all we get are corpses. I felt bad... people literally giggled at the shallow attempt at metaphor.
*sigh* ALSO! This movie had more false endings than the last LOTR. If i'd have left after the first ending, i'd have been much happier with the film as a whole. I'd have been much happier if the story wasn't resolved at ALL and the film ended after Dicaprio ran off.
Oh well... can't win em all I suppose.
The acting was brilliant, the directing was brilliant, the cinematography was brilliant... the ending was a huge let down.