Stupid ending ruins another possible great

Rating: 6/10 (8 January 2004)

The first ending, where everything was resolved was great. The movie seemed great, I was ready to say "great movie" 10/10. But then the second ending came along and made me feel nothing. This totally subverted the movie making it seem a mere trick of the director to frustrate the audience. 6/10.

All the symbolism became mere gimmickry. The movie led us down a clear and intelligently presented thread, only to abruptly change its course in the last few minutes. This is incredibly annoying. Oh wow, the ring is a ring - it has no ending... gee the symbolism! bleh.
It left me feeling the way as the movie "Adaptation," which I thought was brilliant until the single/signal word "kill" is uttered by the lead actress. It was so wrong and so forced and so awkward that it left me feeling nothing for the "first" movie.
-Zafoid