Movies deceive us, don't they?

Movies conclude. In a way, don't they spoil us? By showing the end of the story? But -- in life, things do not end, do they? Characters live, memories stay, and emotions are more than a letterboxd review -- they are carried a lifetime. Movies end, because writers want to show the whole, and we do want to see it end. After all, we are good at inventing things to see the ending -- religions, the…