I don't get it

Rating: 10/10 (5 February 2005)

I don't get it. Not the movie--I get that. I don't get the almost universal disregard this film engendered upon its release and then the widespread adulation it has gained after it was summarily drummed out of the theaters. I know there's no accounting for taste, and mine is probably as bad as anyone else's, but there is so much that is wonderful in this movie--so much that stays with you after you leave the theater--that it deserves a better fate than what it may become--a cult classic.
And yet, it's kind of fun, isn't it, to like something that the masses thumbed their noses at? To be part of a little coterie that does appreciate imaginative writing, inspired directing, amazing cinematography, and remarkable acting? Of course I'm not denying the possibility that our little coterie is way off base, but I don't care.