Lost!

[Pirate Bill]

Am I the only one that was really annoyed by what seemed like extra commercial breaks? And yet when I do the math it had the typical amount of commercials (Actual running time: 105 minutes. A typical 1 hour show has a 42 min runtime. So 105 minutes would be right for a 2-1/2 hour block.) But boy, all the commercials were ruining the experience for me.

Maybe it's because a 1 hour show has a 7 act structure (with 5 breaks) while movies with no breaks have a 3 act structure. This was movie length with more breaks than I bothered to count. Structure? It was painful. I need to watch it again without all the breaks.

Other than that it was pretty satisfying. It seems like most of the mysteries have been left unsolved. Not that I need to have them all solved, but I mean, we still don't know MIB's name. But I seem to be okay with that.

The sideways world seemed a little bit too much like a reunion show. Lots of "good to see you again," and "you did great," and "I've missed you so much." It just seemed too meta. The flashes where they remembered their previous life were touching though.

I want to see the Hurley and Ben spin-off series.