which meant some people left the theater feeling like "yeah, back to the land!," in that special strain of ludditism that seems to have infected some of the upper class (let's all be libertarians and eat a paleo diet, because that's "real").
Understood. Also, argh. I would have thought that wistful flutter of a Cornetto wrapper (if nothing else) made the filmmakers' feelings toward that particular fantasy clear, but: if the tone was ambiguous and most people are lousy close readers, I can see how that happens.
By saying the ending didn't quite stick, what I meant was more along the lines of "fantastic dismount, but a bit of a stumble which makes it a 9.5 instead of a 10."
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Date: 2013-09-03 05:55 pm (UTC)Understood. Also, argh. I would have thought that wistful flutter of a Cornetto wrapper (if nothing else) made the filmmakers' feelings toward that particular fantasy clear, but: if the tone was ambiguous and most people are lousy close readers, I can see how that happens.
By saying the ending didn't quite stick, what I meant was more along the lines of "fantastic dismount, but a bit of a stumble which makes it a 9.5 instead of a 10."
Fair enough!