Worth watching, not sure about revisiting

Rating: 6/10 (17 February 2019)

I've just finished watching this film for the first time -- almost 20 years after its release, without prior reading of neither any reviews, nor the original book.
Cinematography-wise, it's really good. Plot-wise, well... that depends on what you expect. Noticing "a cult classic" coming from a big Hollywood studio made me feel suspicious. Half into the film, I felt it was going a bit too far with craziness. Closer to climax, I felt fooled and robbed. An hour later, it all started to fall into place. :-)
Upon watching, I've read some of the reviews here, both positive and negative. They gave some food for thought. Some people liked 1/3, 1/2, or 2/3 of the film. Some considered it a work of a genius. Others called it dumb and unrealistic.
My opinion is that of course it is not a real-life story that is portrayed. It's more of a pitiful, somewhat infantile fantasy running through the head of, or just a dream of, an average person who is injured, tired, exhausted. And when viewers are engaged into the story, the film suddenly says: "I have just sold you a ***cheap furniture brand name here*** of philosophy, you miserable average nobodies. Look -- it's you in all of the scenes!" A bold statement to make in a mainstream product, I would say! :-D
More on plot holes and lack of realism --
Speaking of dreams and nightmares, there is usually not much logic/consistency in those. They just symbolically reflect daily life. On the brink of waking up, people try to force events in dreams sometimes for a satisfying outcome, and fall flat at that. The latter easily explains film's finale, for example.
Conclusion: It's worth watching for all the good bits that it has. Not sure if it's worth revisiting once you feel you understand what it is all about.