Finale Screentime Minutes, and Deep Thoughts
So, here I am...finally. This is a hard review to tackle. For one thing, its like two episodes. For another, its the end. Obviously. And so I understand the desire to just want to let it alone. It is what it is, and all that. But, that just wouldn't be very me. And besides, I think a series finale should get a little of the microscope ( Read more... )
LOVE this idea. You so have to do it. My life is kinda erratic these days but if I'm able to be online, you know I'll be there.
I completely agree with everything in your 'The Good' column.
//Lois' look of awe and delight, and Clark's look of pride//
The vows were lovely, the door scene was gorgeous, as was the walk, and their last scene all kinds of sexy, but this scene. This is their IT moment of the ep, I think. Because it marries the past with the future, y'know. Because that look wouldn't have been able to come about, had it not been for their shared past and history. It was everything that got them there that led to these two characters being able to emote that way to one another in/to that situation that they were in. And the actual beauty of the look? That's all about the future, because as many times as it'll happen again, Lois will still feel that awe, and Clark will still feel pride not only in what he does but in sharing it with her.
//For me, Clex will always be the OTP on the show, and this scene further cemented that for me.//
Oh yeah. Big time. I love that you found that last line from Clark to be so poignant, because I thought so too. And it was so masterfully delivered by TW - nothing over the top about it, just raw, gut reaction/emotion.
//fitting ending for a great character.//
That final asskicking she did? Some of the best action stuff this season and definitely up there with the series best action moments too. And wow, oh, Tess. She broke my heart in this ep, several times. That she was isolated in a way, and yet kept fighting and for that one goal - Clark. It was tragic, but like you said, so fitting.
//But still, I couldn't help but be glad that Aaron Ashmore could actually say he played Jimmy Olson now.//
Aw, I hadn't thought of that - of course!
//And I thought it very fitting that only those 2 got those sorts of scenes.//
Wonderfully observed and ITA.
//For a show thats taken so much time to tear down its main character, it was a delight to see it actually put real effort into celebrating him for who he is, and his accomplishments. Clark got wonderful Superman moments, and it has nothing to do with any silly suit. His helping Oliver, his resistance to Smokeseid, his taking to the air (finally!), him saving a plane, pushing a whole planet away...all Superman to me. And since I would've been totally pleased with nothing but a shirt rip showing the the suit, I squeed in delight at that being the final scene in the episode.//
I know I shouldn't quote all of this, but I have to because---guh. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. For all the problems and issues flying about in the ep, and it had its share, the finale still felt about CLARK and never took away focus from that. And that's why I'll remember it fondly. All those moments the ep gave him that you described - amazing, and what sealed the deal for me was that his first flight was All.About.Him. How long some of us have championed for this, (well, y'know, you and I at the least, amongst ourselves anyways, heh ;-) and the show delivered on this front. Major Kudos.
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The dialogue in the Clex scene really worked for me. I liked that they kept the hostility at bay. And I really thought they pulled back some of the layers, and got to the heart of things. Envy was always such a big issue for Lex in regards to Clark, and I'm not sure thats been talked about enough. Lex wanting to be Clark, wanting to have what Clark had, has always been a recurring theme. And I liked how TW played that scene too. A nice mixture of determination, with a tinge of sadness and regret. The only thing that would've made it better would be for it to have occured btw Clark and real Lex.
You know what moment of Tess' broke my heart? When she was struggling to get off the table after being drugged by Lionel, and she says "He needs me". Its both happy, and sad, that Tess found so much purpose in her life in the idea that Clark could actually need her. But there was always something so beautifully tragic about Tess, I think.
I do agree that the focus of the Finale was on Clark, and I do give them props for that. And I LOVED that his first flight was all about him, and him saving the world. I was sure they would make it about Lois, and I was so relieved that they resisted that temptation.
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