…about that ending…

A quick post on my thoughts about the second half of Jennie.
After seeing that storm scene, I can see entirely why they would win for best special effects, especially in lieu of the curtains sliding further back to creat more image space. Something I found very interesting, however, was the green tint; why green? It isn’t red, the color of passion, blood and danger. They didn’t go with blue, even darker shades, though that would have been the realistic choice. Instead, they went with green, a color typical of Restoration Hardware home accents and nature (though not usually bodies of water), also tied to tranquility. I will admit that this green was bright, even had an olive hue to it, but even so…green? I guess I’m wondering if anyone has any thoughts on that! 🙂
Also, I found the ending to be depressing, not even so much for the loss of Jennie, but because we find that no one really believes him (along the lines of, “Well if you believe it, then that’s all that matters) though it seems that in the last few seconds, Miss Spinney believes because of the scarf. What I’m getting to, is the fact that this ending is lonely, with hope-I believe that this is what the film (and novel) is about; not finding your one love and traveling through time and distance, but maintaining hope. Eben hopes for some direction at the beginning, then Jennie every time she leaves, then again after she dies-he is constantly hoping (and, it seems, that as long as he has hope, he is never let down, despite the mystery/time restraints/distance he must wade through).
But hope aside, the ending also made me ponder just how lonely everything could be if no one really gave you credibility (though these circumstances are a little extreme). I don’t know-I suppose I felt sorry for Eben even if he has hope at the film’s end, because I’m seeing him as others do; though he has hope, he really just appears to be holding onto nothing, something nonexistant. And until that very last second, it seemed that everyone else within the film felt it too.