I'm surprised more people aren't talking about the unintentionally funny ending. My partner and I were rolling around laughing for a solid fifteen minutes.
I'm talking about literally the last thirty seconds of the movie. Betty walks through a large yard and sees three girls standing in shin deep water. "Be careful," she calls out "it's deeper than you think!" Roll credits.
It doesn't fit with the preceeding movie at all! Is it meant to be a metaphor? The water is clearly incredibly shallow. Why is she so concerned? I can only imagine the director walking away saying "Yes! Nailed it".
It would have made a nice ending to a surrealist film. Absolutely completely inappropriate for an intrigue/mystery film. The film ended with a lot of confusing, poorly explained plot points. A suitable ending would have been to try and pad those out a little. Something that fleshed out Betty's feelings for Roy maybe.
Following on from the flimsy, convoluted reveal, the ending scene gave a sense that the crew really just didn't care anymore. It was like they just wanted to finish the film with any old random scene and get out of there. Further, the bright sunshine and colours, and Betty's fresh hairstyle were so absurdly at odds with the muted tones of the film. We burst out loud laughing and it was a good long laugh.
I'm surprised the ending hasn't become a meme.
I'm talking about literally the last thirty seconds of the movie. Betty walks through a large yard and sees three girls standing in shin deep water. "Be careful," she calls out "it's deeper than you think!" Roll credits.
It doesn't fit with the preceeding movie at all! Is it meant to be a metaphor? The water is clearly incredibly shallow. Why is she so concerned? I can only imagine the director walking away saying "Yes! Nailed it".
It would have made a nice ending to a surrealist film. Absolutely completely inappropriate for an intrigue/mystery film. The film ended with a lot of confusing, poorly explained plot points. A suitable ending would have been to try and pad those out a little. Something that fleshed out Betty's feelings for Roy maybe.
Following on from the flimsy, convoluted reveal, the ending scene gave a sense that the crew really just didn't care anymore. It was like they just wanted to finish the film with any old random scene and get out of there. Further, the bright sunshine and colours, and Betty's fresh hairstyle were so absurdly at odds with the muted tones of the film. We burst out loud laughing and it was a good long laugh.
I'm surprised the ending hasn't become a meme.
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