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Finch: A discussion of the ending. (SPOILERS)

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I don't have to tell you that this is a good film. It has Tom Hanks in it.  The acting, of course, was incredible. The story was heartwarming and the character of Jeff was developed with enough subtle robot-learning realism to appease sci-fi buffs like yours truly.  Where it fell short was in the ending.  The whole film is very 'close'. Hanks is the only human apart from a girl in a short flashback and the unseen driver of a menacing car. This closeness is maintained throughout, all the way to the end.  The idea of life finding a way is a theme but it is not developed very far. The end sees Jeff and Goodyear going off into the sunset with nothing having changed. Apart from the loss of Finch.  I think  Craig Luck and Ivor Powell missed out on an opportunity to 'widen' the scope at the end.  I thought that the relationship between Finch (Hanks) and Goodyear (Seamus) was a metaphor for stewardship - stewardship of nature.  The apocalypse ...
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Why Poetry?

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