Empire Falls (2005)
6/10
OUTSTANDING 80% ...but it FALLS SHORT of being the EMPIRE it should have been!
2 June 2005
Let me state first off like most of you I am not a 'movie critic' however felt lead to share some thoughts. Both my husband and I sat through this 'mini-series' together and neither of us missed a scene thanks to TiVO which meant something huge… we BOTH were drawn in by part ONE! FIRST BY The actors, story, marine hometown, setting, then we actually even chatted briefly while going to bed how we were enjoying this little mini-series and looked forward to finishing it later. So, Tuesday night we settled in late and finished it off. We were shocked, sucked in by the drama of the shootings, I actually sat up in my chair…."NO!" My whole mind 'got into this story".

For what? The whole story ended… Dad and daughter drives home after… not exactly sure how much time they were in Martha's Vineyard, if that's where they were, with Grandpa. And….

Then the narrator tries to nicely close up some characters lives and Walla… the mini-series is OVER??? I don't think so! Didn't work for us! My response? WHAT THE HECK? THAT'S IT? THAT CAN'T BE IT!!!! THAT'S RIDICULOUS!!!! THAT IS THE SHORTEST "MINI-SERIES" I HAVE EVER HEARD OF! Which is the reason I actually found this web site, I put in "EMPIRE FALLS" in my Google search and found this web site, because I had to find out if truly their wasn't another part, like PART 3!? I am really disappointed. So much detail was put into this obvious labor of love, to fall so short at the end leaves both my husband and I sadly dissatisfied.

Let me say there are many times my hubby & I do not agree on which movies to watch; much less we truly ENJOY what we choose to watch together, so this was so unusual that we both enjoyed this. Then we both were so disheartened. Will there be a sequel?

SO FOR NOW >>> EMPIRE FALLS ….. HAS FALLEN!
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