Its a bit difficult to comment without spoiling it for anyone else so generally speaking I thought the ending was deliberately created to make you think more about the film and what it was actually about rather than a conventional ending where you just walk away from it.
For example using the political metaphor I mentioned then Obama is still in power and the journey has not yet ended, trust has been passed but the goal has not been reached though there are signs of an improvement (the tree).
Just to really play mind games then the 'Ashes to Ashes' scenario when initially they pass over the river (death) having perished in the main Wagon Train and are picked up by their Indian Guide and transported through their confusion to the Tree/gateway of knowledge/life at the end. Meek may be a fellow traveller or someone more sinister in that scenario who has entrapped them between "heaven and earth".
Or maybe its just a film about the hardship of Settlers and an over exuberant film editor
Originally Posted by Alf
Its a bit difficult to comment without spoiling it for anyone else so generally speaking I thought the ending was deliberately created to make you think more about the film and what it was actually about rather than a conventional ending where you just walk away from it.
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