Wednesday, May 23, 2007

two hours, four stars

You really have to admire the hell out of the Lost finale. The one major thing TV has over movies is how much time they get to tell a story. I think this is part of the impulse to make sequels and part threes, and what makes them so succesfully commercially, if not artistically. TV is just the better format for more in-depth and multi-layered storytelling.

The hiatus is going to be brutal. Though I'm sure Matthew Fox's (in a perfect world) inevitable (mostly because of this episode) Emmy nomination should help make up for it...

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