the last winter be a movie that start up promise with an oil field expedition in the arctic plain . the atmosphere of coldness and emptiness and isolation and the resulting paranoia be capture perfectly . basically the movie start off a lot like the thing with some modern ecological theme mixed in . there be something under the melting ice . be it nature take revenge on man and be it ghost and be it just the paranoia of the crew turn on each other or be it seep gas from the ground cause hallucination like the ecological adviser of the team suspect . we do not know . but i do not care because the atmosphere and music and beautiful picture of the white nothingness be just too grip . until 2/3rds into the movie i really love it and be wait for something to drop the curtain for applause . but it do not happen . the finale be a mix of all those idea mention and unsure if the thrown in cgi animal ghost be just product of imagination or nature wrath or whatever . you just get some theme throw in that never be mention before ( so what be the childhood picture suppose to mean and why be the strange box introduce into the plot heavily in the beginning to be drop off in the end ) plus a totally open and disappointing end that i have the impression to have see more than once before . honestly i be angry there about a great movie be ruin so heavily . sit there and kind of scream zoomout and pan and goddamnit to the camera man . but he do not . i can not believe how stupid the last shot be . watch the first half of the movie and turn it off and leave the rest to your imagination . i think then it could be a lot good than with the director imagination lead nowhere .