Thanks for the comment!
Polychruncher - I couldn't agree more with your crits. Except for the hand held cam which I AM a fan of
Some of the reasons for ending the movie the way we did and not having a huge show down, besides the fact that we wanted people to want MORE of it, is that we were working largely in our spare time and didn't have a proper budget for this project.
Craig - you're also right. My two biggest personal conclusions from the compositing of this are that a. compositing is no substitute for proper lighting, no matter what render passes I have, and b. DOF is cool, but has to be used subtly.