Waste of Time

Rating: 1/10 (24 January 2008)

Everything you want in a motion picture is here...except a story. I don't take issue with any of the glowing comments made about the acting, visuals, cinematography, sound, score etc. There is just no story continuity. It has pieces of a story, and the actors are wasted with the words they have to speak, but there is no theme, no meaning to the strife and grief exhibited. If the writer's goal was the glory of nihilism, then he failed miserably. At least nihilism declares existing beliefs are not valid. He owes an apology to those who hold the opinion that life is meaningless and senseless. He didn't even make their argument. I was left wondering if the writer wrote this on a bad acid trip. To make any comparison of this tripe to Kubrick's 2001 is stretching the imagination beyond any conceivable breaking point. Of all the story treatments that are pitched in Hollywood every day, I don't understand how anyone gave this the green light or any fool was willing to finance it. This script belongs in the garbage. Hugh, Rachel, take the money and run.