Please see this!

Rating: 9/10 (20 September 2017)

This film just might be a masterpiece. This film is a complete original. Unlike anything you've ever seen before. It keeps you thinking long after it's over and it keeps you wanting to search for more. I went into this film knowing almost nothing about it at all, which is such a treat and also a testament to the marketing of this film which revealed very little about the plot or the characters. But by not divulging anything about the plot or the characters, it has lead to a stream of regular movie goers hating this film. Why the hate? Simply put, people don't understand the film upon first viewing. Not to say that people are stupid or unwise (I didn't truly understand what the movie was actually about until the climax began), because there is a lot to take in upon first viewing. I do believe that if people go into this film knowing what it is actually about than I think the cinema score would surely be at least an "A" instead of that ridiculous "F" it received. It would certainly be certified fresh by rotten tomatoes instead of the middling score it's currently holding. No one likes to admit it, but sometimes the critics are 100% correct in what is a great film and what isn't. In this case, please-please-please listen to the critics. This a film they used to make back in the 60's and the 70's. When they used to let auteur directors make their passion projects and show us something completely unique. There are so many films like this one where they bombed at the box office and then some years later more and more people see it and ultimately decide that it is indeed a masterpiece. Think Donnie Darko. Think Blade Runner. Think Sorcerer. Think Fight Club. Think Idiocracy. Think Dredd. Think The Iron Giant. Think The Shawshank Redemption. Think Children of Men. Think even The Wizard of Oz. Don't be late to the party. Be the one who gets to say, "I saw that in theatres when it first came out and it blew me away!" Don't be surprised if this film gets nominated for a slew of academy awards. And if it does, it would be absolutely justified. Thank you, Darren Aronofsky, for making something brave and different. Thank you for making me excited to delve deeper into the meaning of things and keep hope alive that film doesn't have to just be cookie cutter nonsense that we are all so used to seeing.