I almost left the theater to puke

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2000)

I almost left the theater to puke, and that is praise, and it's true. I had heard good things about this, but I was not too impressed with Pi, so overall I was expecting it to be "good" at best. But, seeing this movie was an experience unlike "seeing a movie" had ever been before in my life. Seeing this movie is more an experience that rivals losing your virginity, attending a parent's funeral, or getting in a car accident. I almost left the theater to throw up not out of disgust (although there were a few disgusting images), but out of anxiety. I've never walked out of a movie, and almost had to leave my first one not because of how bad it was, but because of how good it was. I was sitting there thinking "please be over.. please be over..", so that I could leave. Now that I've had a day to recover, I am going to go see it again, I should be detached just barely enough to appreciate the technique this time. I really hope that "Batman Year One", his next project, does not turn out to be for him what "Dune" was to David Lynch.