i don't understand the praise for this film

Rating: 1/10 (20 July 2007)

I like thought provoking, intelligent films that often make you think about them long after you have finished watching them. Requiem for a Dream was one such film, many people said if I liked the directors work, i should try this film.
The gushing praise for this film, for lack of a better phrase, beats the hell out of me. From the first scene, i had no idea what was really going on, it never made any sense, my wife and I looked at each other several times through the film dumbfounded.
I guess "visually" it was a great spectacle but then again if you wanted to see a great visual sight you should go to an art gallery or go travelling.
Films are meant to have a plot, a point, a story that is followable and if not credible, at least to have some tangible meaning, this failed in every respect.