good visuals I guess

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2006)

As for many things in Aronofskys movies, the visual embodiment is always on the plus side. I unfortunately was awed only by THE visual prowess of this movie, whilst the storyline, character development, time of script, and plot were all sub-par. Alright, I must give credit to the WOW factoid when looking at the 21st century design of the scenes, but other than that, most all was lacking continuity and overall structure.
I definitely loved the jumping between centuries, overlapping imagination and reality, but the falseness and lack of depth within the characters was unnerving. There was absolutely no charisma between Wolverine (oopps) Hugh Jackman (whos emotional outbreaks made him look like he was going to kill somebody, instead of make you feel for his character) and Rachell Weiss. There love story was bland, confusing and relatively boring. As events unfolded, I had no care for her, or her status. I just wanted to see more visual effects. Sad. Reason being? Because no one else in the movie did either. She is ... oh well, anyways ... moving on .... Not powerfully emotional, or structurally, but the power from this movie comes from visual effects and the soundtrack. Both of which are extraordinary.