Am I the only one not disappointed by the Lost finale?
Seriously. Almost all the comments I’ve seen from friends are about how much they were disappointed with the finale. I have a guess as to why. They were expecting too much.
I would say 90% of your enjoyment 0f a TV show or movie comes from one thing: your expectation.
My expectations for the final season were different when it started than when it ended. I started season 6 expecting all the mysteries of the Island to be explained. As the season progressed, I realized that there was no way that the creators could do that. Answering every single question was simply not possible.
Lost has never been about answering questions. With every question they answer, they give you two more questions. Sometimes I fondly look back to season 1 when the biggest question on everyone’s mind was “who are the Others?” Frankly, I think it would be an insult if they did answer all our questions. Some things are better when you can create your own theories. (Ask me about my dual purgatory theory)
Lost was never about the Island. It was about the people on it.