More than meets the eye

Rating: 9/10 (6 December 2014)

The first time I saw this film I wasn't too excited about it. It may have had something to do with the Cruise-Kidman story, which has nothing to do with the film's content.
But watching it recently I just fell in love with it. It absorbed my total attention, it guided me along this journey to which I didn't know where it would lead, it isn't a straightforward story. Kubrick takes us through this film in a way I feel I have never experienced before with any film. So fluently and smart and you are never sure of where it is going or what it is you're watching. It's really about what goes on in the mind, not everything can be taken literally, it may be a dream or not, but you don't know which part is which. You're constantly being challenged as to your beliefs and values. The story, the images and the music captivate unlike anything ever has in film. This is film at it's best in opinion.
And after watching it, reading about it, you just know this film contains a labyrinth that is almost fathomless and fascinating to depths beyond the film itself.
Someone said, you get something different from this film depending on where you are in your life, your age, your experience, relationships. I think that's very true for this film. A kaleidoscope from the very best filmmaker.