Viewing the emotional differences of the two characters in relating to the mysterious apocalypse they were living through, I was hoping for an ending more in line with the most optimistic of the two characters, but the bleak ending was both devastating and beautiful, bringing an overwhelming feeling of loss and loneliness to the very end.
shareI would have thought they would have done it together
sharehe should have ended it as well but he couldn't do it.
share1.5 hours of nothing.
sharePrecisely. I get it, they were trying to be deep and artsy, showing these manufactured differences of how two people take "the world ending".
But I'd hardly call the ending "beautiful". It was pointless. The guy just kept saying "at least we have each other, WE will find a way, WE can make some kind of life together." And she was selfish, and depressed, and obviously didn't care as much about him as he did about her, and decided to end it all, because why not?
Yeah, all I could think at the end when he pulls her out of the water was that she just didn't love him enough. He wasn't enough for her, in any way. Not enough to make a life with, not enough to keep herself alive so that he wouldn't be left completely and terrifyingly alone. She just didn't really love him and that's why it ended the way it did. Perhaps because she had other family etc. It was horrible when she got that email and was so anticipating it could be from someone else, but seeing it was from him, it was almsot like she was like 'Oh great, this jerk is all I have to look forward to for the rest of forever.' Even though he was trying to be sweet and positive.
And then leaving him all those pictures of herself before going off to end her life, that was just cruel. I didn't get why she dud that - here, remember me with these, or see? you loved me way more than I loved you, hopefully you can now understand why I can't bear the thought of living with just you for the rest of my life. Bye! Ugh.
Yes!
Wasn't there a message from another man on the voicemails she played back near the end?
They weren't the last two. Remember Nils?
I think his quote about the feeling of "longing for a home that never was" is what finally got to her. He mentioned it twice, so I think the filmmaker wanted us to pay attention to that thought.