Ho Hum

Rating: 1/10 (2 June 2007)

I tried to watch this last night with my wife, hoping for some of the "poetry" I've been reading here about. Well...some nice images, some nice shots, but the "poetry" just made me cringe. My wife got up and left after about 40 minutes, telling me I could finish watching it myself if I wanted to.
I didn't. But I held out for another ten minutes before giving it up. Story-wise, it just seemed like every tired New Age cliché you could think of smashed together by force. And I really have nothing against "New Age" anything...it's just not really all that new anymore.
The movie it reminded me most of was "Altered States"...overwritten, too obviously clever, trite trendy pseudo-science, emotionally overwrought, totally manipulative in every scene, and NOTHING seemed genuine or truly human in any of it.
I like arty films, I like imaginative films, I like poetry. This movie was slight, trite, clichéd, and shallow. I can see how it's target audience would love it, but it makes my teeth hurt to even think about it.