LOST
This is my little shpeel (how do you spell this word btw?) on the finale. I can’t critique the finale objectively. I’m too intertwined in the theories/mysteries/characters, and after 6 years of it, I just can’t plainly say, “That sucked”.
I think, no matter what the ending was, no one would be totally satisfied. Everyone hoped for that ultimate perfect ending, but just like anything that is described as “ultimate” and “perfect”, it doesn’t happen a lot. Even when important questions, like the origin of “Adam and Eve”, were finally answered after 6 years, my reaction wasn’t the mind-blowing, shivers-down-the-spine event that I expected it to be. Instead, I just processed it, and continued watching the episode like nothing happened. That alone told me I was not going to be satisfied with the ending that I expected to get. I was right, not completely satisfied, but not upset. With all that said, I really enjoyed the finale. It was an emotional roller coaster, and I didn’t realize how attached I was to the characters. I guess that was the real “twist” for me in the finale. This whole time, I thought LOST was a show that focused more on the story than the characters. I sense a lot of “No durrs” out there, but honestly, the mystery of the island was what drew me in week after week. It hooked me so bad that I couldn’t even let go of the show when it decided to suck in season three. When Jin and Sun died, I wasn’t sad, but instead thought to myself, “Jin should’ve left to at least take care of their daughter”.
However, the finale wasn’t even about the island. They brought the focus back on the characters. Every time a character “remembered”, I had a lump in my throat. I don’t know if it was the music or the pure joy in seeing two characters reunite, but kudos to the editor/producer/cinematographer. You got me every time. I don’t think I’m even going to comment on the afterlife/heaven stuff except that I thought the final scenes of Jack walking on the island coinciding with the characters reuniting in the afterlife was a perfect way to end it. The eye closing…then we see “LOST” one last time. I can’t believe it’s over, and I still think it’s the greatest TV series so far.
Still, they better answer most of these in the DVD features.