mystery masterpiece+ social behavior traits analysis.

Rating: 10/10 (23 May 2008)

this movie proves to be one of the most popular ever, just check the on-going discussion thread, at the bottom of main "imdb" movie summary page.and for good reason; the movie, just like the novel, is ambiguous at best. myself i have just run across this title 8 years after its original release, and i can not believe HOW possibly could i had been missing or at least taking note of such masterpiece. obviously, any movie is never as good as the book its made after, but in this case the feature can very much "stand alone" and give greater mind-blowing pleasure for mystery-thriller fans.
the utmost original aspect of the whole plot is that you can PREDICT, and maybe even PROVE general personality traits(including defined personal individualistic main character(S)) of ANYONE that has been watching the movie or read the novel. simply ask your friends HOW they understood, and especially PERCIVED the story as a WHOLE. to me, this is an excellent diagnostic tool that a psychologist or psychiatrist could use (off the record)in making the right patient assessment.either way you interpret the "grand finale"(and then the details upon re-watching) it is IMPOSSIBLE to come to a definite conclusion from a LOGICAL POINT OF VIEW, yet at same time it makes PERFECT SENSE once you are using your subconscious( gut instinct).do not get me wrong, this is NOT a mystery-thriller made for possible sequels at all...
at face value and first impression this seems something sort of a "mental" thriller as the title suggest. but only after a few minutes one can see how the whole "charade" is specifically tied to the wealthy wall-street class.particularly the 80's when the most present "self-made" billionaires were maid. the sarcastic tone of the movie does not just resumes to such "observations" but ties very well the relations between the superiority complex that such "characters" NEED, in order to survive and FEEL alive. and its very "complexity" could easily prove to be the doom itself. it is like an exercise of the mind; the more you do it, the more you find out and then even MORE remains to be discovered. while critics apparently disclaim it as a "self-hating" cynical melodrama, however i think that it is anything BUT that for any of the "ordinary" "citizen" that have no such lifestyle as portrayed in here...there were a couple of real cases as depicted here that i think the book itself might have found its origins in the first place; self absorptions with the INNER life( conscious and unconscious). nevertheless its cycle of reflections on the outside world as a whole and the private one (circle of friends or family) as an ego-fed illusion.
this feature demands FULL ATTENTION, there is no other way around that. there are many details to keep count off regardless of what conclusion anyone would reach( upon reading the discussion threads i noticed that i missed some regardless of how much i was paying attention and that i DID).
as much as i could add, that will only prove to be my perceptions that might completely differ from yours. if you are a person that "thinks too much" sort of speak, this would be right up your alley regardless...