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This is one of those movies you watch, you keep watching, your brain really starts to hurt as you TRY really hard to figure out what is going on. Half way thru you're really frustrated because NOTHING makes any sense yet you keep watching it coz it's beautiful to look at. You're jonesing for the plot, to figure out the meaning, to go 'Oh, I GET IT!', but nothing... so by now, you figure that might as well watch the whole film, because it is sure to have a bit revelation at the end that puts everything in focus. Instead, the ending takes your confusion and multiplies it even more.
grrr... I mean, yeah, the movie is visually stunning, has outstanding acting, and the theme is very intriguing, as it deals about life, death, love, eternal life, eternal love... but one shouldn't have to go to IMDB forum boards to try to get even a slight idea of what the film was about, and even there, you have like a dozen 'theories' of what it might've been about.
I think it could've been a real masterpiece, if only a bit more of the director's vision was explained. I consider myself a fairly smart fellow, and 'get' most films usually with ease, but this one is just way out there. The 'present' storyline made sense, and I understand that one, and even the past storyline somewhat made sense, although I still don't know if it was just a story that the wife started writing, or flashbacks to real past events. and then the 'future' story line, with the tree and the bubble and floating in space, that's what was completely lost on me. what that story meant, or better yet, how it related to the other two stories, is so cryptic that one can only offer theories.
Overall, I 'think' I liked the film, but I just wish it was a bit more coherent. I'm not looking for cookie-cutter-plot Hollywood film, but come on, director, throw us a friggin' bone, will ya?
6/10
