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[Rusty100]

Originally Posted by James Luckard

I just respectfully couldn't disagree with that more strongly. This movie is effectively a pilot episode. It sets up a bunch of conflicts, but doesn't give them any resolution. Only one major plot strand is resolved:

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[Show spoiler]the boy and his mother

- resolved

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[Show spoiler]the boy and his father

- clearly unresolved
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[Show spoiler]the uninfected baby of the infected mother

- unresolved
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[Show spoiler]the villain from the cold open, who reappears at the end

- barely started
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[Show spoiler]Ralph Fiennes's character

- unresolved, and

[Show spoiler]based on the title of film 2, he'll be a huge part of it

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[Show spoiler]the conflict with Alpha

- unresolved, and

[Show spoiler]since the baby was brought back to the island, it's clearly going to just get bigger

I wish I had known going in that this is just 1/3 of a 6-hour movie, like the first episode of Kevin Costner's Horizon. It would have helped me process the movie as I was watching it.

I was expecting a standalone feature film, and I don't think that's what this is, in any way. Not a bad thing, just a very surprising thing.

Agree to disagree on some of these. I don't think you need to resolve every single idea and thought in a film. But that said, I think there's plenty of resolutions in the film to most of these ideas.

[Show spoiler]the boy and his father -
there's a heavy theme of lies and exaggeration in the film. the kid expresses how much he hates his fathers warping of the truth and outright lies. he lies about what they did on the mainland, he lies about the doctor, and later on we find out he's likely lying to his son about his mothers' sickness. it's pretty evident to anyone from a pre-zombie world that the mum likely has brain cancer. nosebleeds, headaches, memory loss, mood swings, lethargy. even the mum suspected it.

so the story here is about the discovery of truth and the harm and impact of lies and silence. it's his fathers lies that sends that send the kid into the mainland. as a result, a father loses his son to distrust. that feels enough like a resolution of that concept to me. it's not a happy resolution but it's clear cause and effect. as a result of discovering a kind truth teller on the mainland, the kid chooses to stay in the real world he finds True, rather than the false one lived at home.

the infected baby -
the kid leaves his island with a dying mother, and returns with a newborn baby, whom he gives her name. a clear and obvious example of the cycle of death and birth. you don't really need a resolution to this imo.

ralph fiennes character -
like i said, he served as a parallels to the kids father. a kind and caring truth teller. while his father is in denial and is likely lying about his mother, and sleeping around behind their backs, ralph offers them both the truth, and an end to their suffering. where there was uncertainty, fear, and hiding, he offers peace and resolution. to me that feels very resolved, we don't need his life story, he perfectly serves his place in the narrative.

[yetanotherone]

I didn't like the beginning and end, but the rest was overall really good. Looking forward to buying the UHD as well now!

[jddf]

Saw it last night, but.... didn't work for me like I expected. Too much Alex Garland across the film, they should have stayed with the original concept. Very disappointed.

[emailking]

I pre-ordered.

[Lionel Horsepackage]

Originally Posted by jddf

Saw it last night, but.... didn't work for me like I expected. Too much Alex Garland across the film, they should have stayed with the original concept. Very disappointed.

What do you mean by the "original concept"?

Anyways, finally had a chance to go see this, and wow -- I think it might end up taking over the top spot as my favorite entry in the series to date. Gonna go see it again this weekend. And man, that final scene was freaking WILD. Can't wait for the sequel in January.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Lionel Horsepackage

I think it might end up taking over the top spot as my favorite entry in the series to date.

I was starting to feel like the only one.

[roscoe88]

A trilogy to cap the trilogy, call it trinception. Personally, did not enjoy Years, though the first two are peak horror to me. Boyle still has innovative style, but Garland's script is incoherent and half-baked. The whole thing felt like a layup for the next film and its director. Marvel movie 28 universe vibe. I will go see it just because I want to see Cillian return in 28 Years: Endgame, but still a bit disappointing.

[Gojira-96x]

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[Gojira-96x]

Originally Posted by Gojira-96x

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[Gojira-96x]

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[MifuneFan]

Shame they ruined the title compared to the original poster for it.

[BluBonnet]

I wonder if there's any chance this might include an alternate ending...

[TheNickSweat]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

I wonder if there's any chance this might include an alternate ending...

We can only dream. If you would've told me a month ago that this would be up for preorder and I'd just pass it by, I'd say you were crazy. I'm glad others enjoyed this one, but it's really surprising how much it disappointed me.

[BluBonnet]

Well I'm gonna wait to see the Bone Palace to see how it flows into the middle of the trilogy - fingers crossed!

[Rusty100]

imagine being pissed off at a cliffhanger with another confirmed movie on the way

[TheNickSweat]

Originally Posted by Rusty100

imagine being pissed off at a cliffhanger with another confirmed movie on the way

I don't really care about it being a cliffhanger. I care about how terrible of an ending it was in comparison to the rest of the film, and then the terrible camera quality of the rest of the film on top of that. You don't have to agree with me or anything. That's just the way it is...for me.

Glad you liked it!

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Rusty100

imagine being pissed off at a cliffhanger with another confirmed movie on the way

And the next movie is only about 6 months away....

[Rusty100]

Originally Posted by TheNickSweat

I don't really care about it being a cliffhanger. I care about how terrible of an ending it was in comparison to the rest of the film, and then the terrible camera quality of the rest of the film on top of that. You don't have to agree with me or anything. That's just the way it is...for me.

Glad you liked it!

Terrible camera quality is kind of a funny complaint for this franchise, considering how the original looks

[SymbioticFunction]

Originally Posted by Rusty100

imagine being pissed off at a cliffhanger with another confirmed movie on the way

I think it's more the nature of the cliffhanger that people are annoyed at. Not that a cliffhanger existed at all. It really was an odd cliffhanger, totally different in tone and quite at odds with the rest of the film.

[TheNickSweat]

Originally Posted by Rusty100

Terrible camera quality is kind of a funny complaint for this franchise, considering how the original looks

It worked for the first film. It didn't for this one.

Once again, my opinion. You're not wrong and neither am I. Film is a beautiful thing like that.