the hard stuff

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2005)

yes I gave this a 10 out of 10, it's that good. I write this because I am annoyed with people complaining that this film tries to hard to be arty, intellectual and deep. And that comment from this guy about people telling him this is their favorite movie are pompous wannabe-intellictuals is just ridiculous. Has it ever occurred to you, little man.. .that those people might actually be intellectuals, or at the very least looking for intellectually challenging film? I know what ticks you off.. is all the pseudo-intellectuals acting like they like this, just because that's what all their hippie poetryslam friends do. That's a problem with those people... not this movie. Good enough with negativity.. why is this film so good? What makes this film good is that it's very, very low budget yet makes no compromise at all. From the onset it's clear that this movie is heavy and clearly not intended for those looking for light entertainment. It sticks to it's roots, it doesn't try to lure in big crowds by using some subculture hype or whatever. Once again... if you are into easier films.. great (me too), but don't look for this one.
I'm not gonna spoil the story, because this film is way better if you don't know where it's going. But i'll tell you what I liked most about it. The soundtrack is an integral part of the story, it functions as a representation of the brainwaves of the main character or something like it, that's just genius. Also the film brings a real sense of paranoia with minimal means (making you even more paranoid) and no matter what your view on the relation between mathematics, strange theories, religion is, it will change the way you think about it.
if you like challenging movies, can stand heavy endings, have the capacity to grasp all the subjects it implicitly touches upon, you can not go wrong. The film itself is pretty minimal and not everything is explained to the viewer and at the end of the story it lets you make your own conclusions. To me this movie shows the essence of religion 10 times better than the passion of the Christ did and it took me from being a full-on atheist to doubting and restating my views...