Series finale of LOST?

I was disappointed with the series finale. I think the writers bottled it! Until a few episodes before the finale, there were still really interesting possibilities associated with the apparently parallel worlds of the last series. There was the potential, in my view, for a thought provoking finale which would might not have explained the island, but which could have allowed it to serve as a metaphor for our lives. (E.g. we all, I think, are torn between the lives we live and those we might have lived, we are shaped and sometimes haunted by the choices we make. We wonder whether we live freely according to our choices, or whether our lives are shaped by fate, by personality traits, formative experiences, DNA, etc. Lost could have beena mirror to our lives.) Instead, the interplay between the parallel worlds was revealed to have no significance as such. The island becomes something that happened to a group of people, and what becomes important is how they struggled and grew, etc. I found that powerful in itself, but the island itself seemed incidental. We were left with a rather traditional TV/movie ending.

the last episode of lost finale really touchable... i mostly cry because until the end of life only we knew there are so many people accompanied to fighting

I was very unhappy with the ending and think it did not do the show justice. A movie would be a good idea if it gave a totally different alternative ending as if the one televised never happened and was able to bring all the important characters and actors back to be in the movie.

Triselle, The series finale was certainly two of the most amazing hours I've ever watched on TV. I was introduced to the show at the end of season five, but I can't wait to go back and watch everything over. I still can't watch the last 35 minutes without bawling. Here's to hoping the show kicks major tail tomorrow night at the Emmys.