Have I just been insulted?

Rating: 7/10 (16 July 2008)

The plot contained in the 2:23 runtime of this movie could have been compressed into three fifteen minute episodes, and still been as confusing as the full 2:23. At the end of it, one has a vague concept of a fantastic history of human cosmology, but that's it.
That said, the remaining hour and a half of stubbornly stunning and gratuitous visuals of space features, spaceships, and people walking in zero-G make up an overstuffed, artery-clogging rich sci-fi environment -- one which anyone living on the planet earth after 1977's Star Wars will find entirely unnecessary, and pale in comparison.
All of this together leaves one feeling they've been insulted or tricked out of a small chunk of their life, in a relatively effective and intriguing way. Some movies leave you feeling that was cheaply. This movie did so with extravagant style.