As a lifelong fan of smallville, having seen all except one episode, I can honestly say I enjoyed the finale, but at the same time, there wasn't enough: we didn't really see any clear shots of CK in the cape, not enough time on lex (Rosenbaum is the best lex I have seen), and I dunno, there was something else missing, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
I just don't feel they can do the whole 10 seasons justice in a 2 part finale, which is what they tried to do. They did close all the threads, in an *ok* manner (could have been done more satisfyingly I feel), and perhaps they could have spent a few more minutes on the 7 years flash forward (which I liked), so we could have seen more of "superman".
I thought the transformation into superman was well done, but we didn't really get to see him once he arrived.
Lots of satisfying if short scenes where bad guys get killed (and big bad planets get pushed away) and people in peril get saved. I thought all the various crisis were solved a little too easily; they could have been a bit more drawn out.
I thought they did Jonathan and Martha justice, but not so much Jor El The series has been thoroughly enjoyable, if a bit too sentimentalist, with characters doing lots of implausibly stupid things and some terrible plot lines (which seem to have become a hallmark of the series I feel). For all its flaws it has an exciting, optimistic tone, with enough good plots (to balance the bad ones out) and enough good acting and dialogue to balance the bad acting and dialogue out. There were plenty of things which I didn't really understand over the series, which was frustrating.
I'd say, to some extent, the finale was a microcosm to the whole series. In the end it did just enough to leave me feeling (mostly) satisfied.
I guess they crammed what they could into the 2 episode finale, but it just wasn't quite enough to push it into the 7-9/10 bracket. Bah, in conclusion, I think they should have just made it longer, and put more stuff in really. As it stands I give it 6.5 out of 10.
(Not a particularly well structured review I know, I have just splurged out my immediate thoughts after just having seen the finale)
I just don't feel they can do the whole 10 seasons justice in a 2 part finale, which is what they tried to do. They did close all the threads, in an *ok* manner (could have been done more satisfyingly I feel), and perhaps they could have spent a few more minutes on the 7 years flash forward (which I liked), so we could have seen more of "superman".
I thought the transformation into superman was well done, but we didn't really get to see him once he arrived.
Lots of satisfying if short scenes where bad guys get killed (and big bad planets get pushed away) and people in peril get saved. I thought all the various crisis were solved a little too easily; they could have been a bit more drawn out.
I thought they did Jonathan and Martha justice, but not so much Jor El The series has been thoroughly enjoyable, if a bit too sentimentalist, with characters doing lots of implausibly stupid things and some terrible plot lines (which seem to have become a hallmark of the series I feel). For all its flaws it has an exciting, optimistic tone, with enough good plots (to balance the bad ones out) and enough good acting and dialogue to balance the bad acting and dialogue out. There were plenty of things which I didn't really understand over the series, which was frustrating.
I'd say, to some extent, the finale was a microcosm to the whole series. In the end it did just enough to leave me feeling (mostly) satisfied.
I guess they crammed what they could into the 2 episode finale, but it just wasn't quite enough to push it into the 7-9/10 bracket. Bah, in conclusion, I think they should have just made it longer, and put more stuff in really. As it stands I give it 6.5 out of 10.
(Not a particularly well structured review I know, I have just splurged out my immediate thoughts after just having seen the finale)