Poem: Well Walked Paths
Finch: A discussion of the ending. (SPOILERS)
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 ...