We all know why this movie is great, but I have a problem with it, the last hour. It's all done, written and acted very well, but it's just too darn long. So long that about half way through I was no longer caught up in the drama but was just waiting for it to end. And what makes this even worse is that up until this point the movie had such a great flow and then it comes to a dead stop and drags for a very long time. It doesn't help that the shots go on for a very long time before cutting and that there's no music.
The director and writer knew that the scene was going to feel like this and did it anyway. Many things could have been done to assuage this but they didn't do that. I get the temptation to show off the writing and the acting, but for me it ended up working against the movie and not for it. And a director could have done many things to get the same effect in much less time.
Again, nothing bad, just too long at the end. Even the ambiguous ending was good. At first I didn't like it but then the more I thought about it the more I guessed what could likely happen..
The director and writer knew that the scene was going to feel like this and did it anyway. Many things could have been done to assuage this but they didn't do that. I get the temptation to show off the writing and the acting, but for me it ended up working against the movie and not for it. And a director could have done many things to get the same effect in much less time.
Again, nothing bad, just too long at the end. Even the ambiguous ending was good. At first I didn't like it but then the more I thought about it the more I guessed what could likely happen..