Mixed Feelings

Rating: 7/10 (9 December 2006)

This movie is a great example of a movie that seems like it tries to hard. The acting is wonderful, the special effects and the music, are both top notch but this movie just leaves one very confused. It skips around more than a 60 year old scratched record. First I thought I was watching something that happened long ago in Spain...then all of a sudden the audience is sent into an orb floating somewhere in outer-space. Sure this is cool and everything but, I struggled to keep up in the beginning. Then as the plot unfolds and the audience comes to learn certain things about what is going on in the life of the main character; all of the symbolism of the movie starts to fall into place. However, it is not always a good thing to rely on so much symbolism to keep the audience interested in the movie. There were times where I thought I was going to pass out in the chair, other times I was asking my girlfriend what the heck was going on. It just seemed like the movie tried to complicate things, when the story is really very simple. All in all this was an entertaining movie. If you can put up with some confusion and slow moving scenes see this film. If you are not so artsy and like a straight-forward movie then this definitely isn't for you.