Empire Strikes Back ended with the Empire winning, Han Solo being taken by Jabba the Hutt, and Luke Skywalker
facing his darkest moment, and the next
film more or less reversed all
of that
over the
course of its running time.
It's unfortunate that we've gotten so few Lonergan
films over the
course of such a long time, especially when you can't turn around without another superhero extravaganza smacking you in the
face, but if it takes this long for him to consistently deliver at this level
of quality, then it is damn sure worth the wait.