Movie ruined by ending

Rating: 1/10 (5 March 2008)

I just saw this movie last night, and have to say I really hated the ending. But before we go further, let me explain:
First of all you had to have seen the film to understand everything stated bellow.
Despite what one may say about the rest of the film; bad soundtrack, some bad acting, unconvincing CGI, It is an excellent film. It does run kinda slow in some places, but overall it gets you VERY involved with the characters. It traps you and by the time you get to the face off between Ollie and Carmondy, You are pretty much emotionally involved, making this scene in particular a very climactic moment.
But the ending... Let me say I was really satisfied with the film. It seemed that for the first time I would see a movie where the US army or superman or some other half ass-ed force would NOT save the day. Finally it was the end of the world and no one could do ANYTHING about it. Had the ending stayed faithful to the Novella, the film would have been a truly innovating and excellent story. I would have seen it again and probably had bought it on DVD. It would have been right up there with Shawshank and Green Mile as good Darabont stuff. But the ending to this film is just disgusting and morbid. While it IS innovative and shocking, it just isn't satisfying. It makes me feel like I just WASTED 2 hours of my time, it was something I could have done without.
Darabont is an excellent director, he is a true artist. But that is what makes the ending to this flick an even bigger insult. I, for example, am a painter. I can paint a person and make it look like a photograph. I'm THAT good. but what if I were to use all my skill to paint a little girl getting raped? or a little boy being mutilated? Even if the paintings were done with superb technique they would still be trash! That is what Darabont did to us with this film. He used all his skill to create a disgusting, awful film ending. It was dismal and unrewarding in every sense. I don't pay good money to leave the theater in a bad mood! the damn thing was just BAD because the ending destroys it! Period!