I was happy with the movie and actors until that ending. Not because it's sad, but because it was tacked on, made zero sense, is not explained, revealed nothing at all....and was simply there to hurt the audience. Shame on the cynical writer.
When you offer a love story about two really sweet people who take care of others and are devoted to one another, you do not then tack on a deliberately hurtful ending without explaining anything at all. Nothing. We don't know why he died. We don't know why the writer killed him off almost immediately, and we don't know why she never tried to find him, ask about him. For so many years......Nothing. Yet the couple the writer and crew taught us to love never would have done that to one another, nor would a good writer have done it to the audience who loved them. Shame!
When you offer a love story about two really sweet people who take care of others and are devoted to one another, you do not then tack on a deliberately hurtful ending without explaining anything at all. Nothing. We don't know why he died. We don't know why the writer killed him off almost immediately, and we don't know why she never tried to find him, ask about him. For so many years......Nothing. Yet the couple the writer and crew taught us to love never would have done that to one another, nor would a good writer have done it to the audience who loved them. Shame!