major letdown

Rating: Null/10 (10 January 2003)

I want that 2 hours and 25 minutes of my life back...wait, I think I'll keep the lesbian sex scenes. OK, before all you "yah" intellectuals start chastising me for not getting it, or for getting it, or for trying to get it, or whatever, i understand now (only after fevered research) that I'm not supposed to try and get it.
This movie had dazzling images. It had more-than-competent direction. It had a fascinating noir feel to it. It had some interesting characters. It had some good (and some bad) acting. It had more than its fair share of suspense. BUT: being incomprehensible does not equal brilliance. Having no meaning is almost equal to having no point. I spent the entire movie thinking that any minute it would make sense...any second it would all come together and I'd breath a sigh of relief and understanding. Needless to say that never happened.
I hated this movie for making me question my intellect. I hated this movie for making me frantically scour the web for the epiphany that doesn't exist.

Its the equivalent of sitting through a 10 minute joke only to find out there is no punchline...the punchline was the mere fact that you sat through it.