Suffers from the same problems of all films of this era

Rating: 4/10 (6 August 2007)

People may say that in film everything does not have to be about plot, that some how you can just have pretty images on the screen and it is thus a good movie. Me? I don't think so this movie was too ahead of its time, not in visuals, but in audio any movie from this era suffered from the fact that any sound that can be made no matter no pleasant or unpleasant, can be made into the most shrill, annoying sound you will ever hear, and in this movie there is plenty of that not only do you get to listen to heavy breathing for about 20 minutes, but you also get to hear the air hose, which was extra special.
Again like all movies of the time the score sucked, the classical music that was pared up with the scenes conjured up an air of fantasy, something you don't want to do in a film about the future.
Yet again another movie killer, the acid trip scenes, what is with those, was every one high in the 60's 70's? I mean come on, did people back then really want to see 20 minutes of what looks like what happens if a clown exploded. yea all the colors are pretty, but enough is enough.
The end puts you at a loss for words, I honestly believe the director just made up a random ending and said "Interpret this, I'm not telling you what it means"
One last thing, the pace of this movie was SSSSSSSSSLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW there are so many pointless scenes in this movie, if I was watching it in theaters I could go home , cook dinner, bring it back to the theater and then eat while I wait 10 minute for something to happen. But, some people may argue that the scenes where long and boring because of the "beauty" and that every scene (no matter how long, and I mean long) has to be part of the plot, well WRONG, every scene longer than 10 seconds HAS TO be part of the plot, otherwise it's "I have a huge budget, look what I can do." Its a movie, if you want beauty go to your local science center there are plenty of movies without plots but beautiful scenery,(and some with beautiful scenery AND plot, who knew you could do both"
The good parts of this movie that didn't have me reaching for my ear plugs where actually quite decent and if the whole movie has like these few parts it would have gotten an 9/10, but all this is, is 1 hour of movie one hour and a half of visual effects. I just with they made the movie part longer.