First off, anyone that says this is an intelligent film and that you have to be smart to get it is only showing their ignorance. A third-grader could have figured out the end of this movie about half way through.
I have to agree with a previous comment by find-something: "The twist is just not tight enough. If you're going to write a story where ultimately nothing happens, then the twist better be brilliant, I mean perfect."
EXACTLY. There is no intellectual payoff in this movie. All style, no substance. Look at how many people like this "intelligent" movie... doesn't that tell you something? I know this probably sounds elitist or something, but I guess I just expect my art to actually try to say something. This is just a marginally smarter version of a Hollywood blockbuster -- great cinematography and effects, wonderful acting, clever writing (too clever, I'd say) -- but in the end, it just cops out and lets all the dramatic tension drift away into nothingness. A lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
I have to agree with a previous comment by find-something: "The twist is just not tight enough. If you're going to write a story where ultimately nothing happens, then the twist better be brilliant, I mean perfect."
EXACTLY. There is no intellectual payoff in this movie. All style, no substance. Look at how many people like this "intelligent" movie... doesn't that tell you something? I know this probably sounds elitist or something, but I guess I just expect my art to actually try to say something. This is just a marginally smarter version of a Hollywood blockbuster -- great cinematography and effects, wonderful acting, clever writing (too clever, I'd say) -- but in the end, it just cops out and lets all the dramatic tension drift away into nothingness. A lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.