Brilliant, breathtaking, and utterly confusing. (which is a good thing)

Rating: 10/10 (24 April 2006)

Being, I have been on these boards for so long, I knew the plot. I understood it. After watching this masterpiece of a movie I found myself explaining the plot and games to too many people.
My theory is this . . . The American public is becoming dumber and dumber as the years pass.
To me it was obvious that Sharon and Rose died. This is open to interpretation of course because that is the way Gans wanted it to be. The acting wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Anna played a naive girl perfectly. The script never got confusing to me. I think this is just a movie for semi-smart people.
The gruesome sequence at the end was a bit overdone, as well as some of the dialogue throughout the film, but it was easily overlooked. The accents somewhat bothered me, as well as some continuity issues that easily could have been fixed. The great lie that hardly any CGI was used in this film is laughable. I saw more CGI than I could count. Not that it's bad, it was just apparent. One phrase slaps Gans CGI myth in the face . . . Barb wire and a bed.
The visuals and music perfectly fit. Right from the game onto screen. It did seem a bit drawn out at times, but I didn't mind at all.
These so called "Plot holes" were non existent in my book. It just seems to me that people couldn't understand the movie so they automatically dissed it. but like I said, this just shows the ever growing stupidity of the American public.