A great classic

I already saw this movie, I even saw it in the movie theater when it was released, but I was quite eager to check it out again after all these years. I have to admit it, I was actually slightly worried about re-watching it. Indeed, when I first saw this movie, now almost 20 years ago, the twist at the end really blew my mind. But, then, since I knew beforehand what would eventually happen, how was I going to enjoy this movie? The fact that Roger Ebert, my favorite critic of all time, really didn’t like it at all didn’t help either. Well, I always thought that it was a movie you could really enjoy only the first time and, obviously, before watching this flick, you should be completely unaware of the twist occurring at the end but, fortunately, I was wrong. Indeed, this movie had a lot more to offer and, after all these years, I still really enjoyed the damned thing. In fact, even the first time around, you can sense that there is something fishy going on. What triggered me at the time was the fact that Pete Postlethwaite was playing a character called ‘Kobayashi’ which didn’t make sense since there was obviously nothing Japanese about Postlethwaite. Of course, at the end, you realize that what you saw was just some complete nonsense or, at least, a good chunk of it but isn’t it actually the case with most of the movies that you watch? Eventually, some viewers like Ebert argued there is actually nothing to understand in this plot and, therefore, it all felt really pointless but I think that’s exactly the point of the whole thing, its pointlessness. I know, it does sound really cryptic but there is no denying that this flick really impressed me, especially the first time around, I think it is a classic and it is definitely worth a look.