A Great Movie Despite Conceptual Flaws (No Spoilers)

Rating: Null/10 (3 November 2000)

I rate movies mainly on how entertaining they are to me as I watch the movie, and I couldn't keep my eyes off the TV while watching Pi. I felt the ending was great. I can understand if some people may not agree. However, I don't think the movie is lacking in plot as some people say.
I think the movie was written by more of a philosopher than a mathematician or scientist. There's little rationality behind the concepts. Some mathematical principles are applied in the movie, but are used incorrectly or without complete understanding of the entire picture. To an average, educated adult, the writer will seem a little silly and naive.
I don't think this movie is an intellectual movie. Those people that think the movie is so brilliant in its reasoning are fools, I'm sorry to say. However, I think the movie is very *clever*. Though completely unbelievable, the wrong associations and conclusions the movie makes are very, very clever. :)
The basic plot is centered around one simple concept (and one which is completely unbelievable as I stated earlier), but I thought it was very well presented. The acting is top-notch in my opinion. I really liked the old scientist, Saul.
The entire movie seems to be like a really long music video. The techno music really adds to the intensity. I think someone brilliantly described the movie earlier by stating that it reminded him/her of a Nine-Inch-Nails music video. The scenes reminded me of movies like The Matrix. The movie is repetitious at times in the scenes, but I think everything worked out well.
This is one of my favorite movies so far. I give it a 9/10. However, I don't expect many people to agree with me, since it is a really bizarre movie, dialogue is minimal, concepts are screwy, etc.