That's a good point... the murder then probably would've been linked, in the viewer's mind, to all the other murders in the movie, leaving a sour feeling.
I do wish though, that the ending could've somehow been something other than what it was.
Still, I've seen it a number of times; thought all the acting was great, loved the music and thought the editing was first rate, I love what Soderburgh did with time: the flashbacks and flashforwards.
A superior work, where multiple viewings are rewarded.
PS-- It must've been tough to lose to AFFIRMED three times in those Triple Crown races, no?
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Alydar (March 23, 1975, Calumet Farm – November 15, 1990) was a chestnut colt and an American Thoroughbred race horse who was most famous for finishing a close second to Affirmed in all three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a feat not achieved before or repeated since. He has been described as the best horse in the history of Thoroughbred racing never to have won a championship.[2]
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carrps
12 years ago
No let down at all. I LOVED the ending.
He didn't kill Terry because he realized his (Wilson's) own complicity in his daughter's death. When he had the flashback of his daughter as a kid with the phone in her hand saying she was going to call the cops and Terry said that "she had the phone in her hand," Wilson knew that morally he was at least a little bit responsible for everything eventually ending up the way it did.
I found it extremely powerful and SO much more satisfying that some gory shooting/beating.
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nutsberryfarm
11 years ago
enjoyed it.
and terry's ankle injury was so bad...he probably drowned at high tide.
Where there's smoke, there's barbecue!
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