Too many loose ends again

Rating: 5/10 (3 March 2011)

I liked this film a lot for its wonderful recreation of time, place and mood.
I know when I sit down to watch one Haneke's films I'm going to end up annoyed. I know he teases his audience and wants us to really 'think about' things and likes to challenge our expectations, especially of passivity as viewers blah blah blah
I know all of that, but I also know that if you are going to make a film that sits within the genre of a whodunit, then some answers would be appreciated.
Too many characters, too many houses that looked the same, too many kids that looked terrified and too many angry adults.
The scene with the boy and the bird cage was really wonderful and touching though.
And as far as the bigger picture goes - war etc - sorry, but does he think we're so thick we needed quite so many reasons 'WHY'?
The film is about a very old world, a world that had remained unchanged since Medieval times. Men were dominant, women were oppressed, children were beaten and the rich stayed safe. So what!
He could have made a film about the emotional journey of 2 or 3 characters, instead he made a film about making films - as usual.
Reluctantly I have to admit, that because he's so good at making 'weird' films, I will naturally hopefully see them all, in due course.
(What did happen in the end to the boy that was going blind??)