Disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (22 August 2018)

When you promise so much to the audience in the first half of the film, and you deliver absolutely nothing, it's a crime. Then again, I hear more than 20 minutes were cut out by the studio, so we will never know what the film was supposed to look like.
But as it is, it's utterly empty. It appears to be deliberately confusing, and not in a way that stimulates people to reflect over what's going on. Is it about genuine Satanic elites and their rituals? Is it more metaphorical? Is it all a dream? Why is it so focused on sex? Frankly, I don't care.
Now, I like the tone of the film, I like its style, and I like the acting. But I am not too impressed with direction. Some of these scenes really could have been directed a lot better. Has Kubrick never watched Hitchcock?
All in all, I enjoyed watching the film. Watching it is a good experience. But when you reach the end, you are just disappointed. And that really pisses me off.