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51658, Good but Bad
Posted by Jon, Mon Mar-26-07 03:44 PM
made sense, rhymed with the theme

made me feel like shit

edit: i feel i should elaborate with this one.

one of the major things people criticize is that it dragged on way too long...i emphatically disagree. to me, all that dragging-out was part of the experience.

the part that bothered me immensely, was how they sort-of "brought back" his mother at the end, but he'd only get to spend one day with her, and it ends with him snuggling with her at night (as she'll be gone FOREVER tomorrow)

that made me feel awful

but the fact that they presented this part as a fairy-tale happy-ending (when you knew it must suck tomorrow, but temporarily, there's happiness) served as the perfect punctuation on the whole "artificial" theme of the film. and they did it well, with the narrator, music, and teddy bear climbing into bed at the end...perfect form....and you KNEW the shit wasn't a REAL happy ending. just the best they could manufacture.