Astounded...

Rating: Null/10 (23 April 2003)

I watched this with 3-5 friends a few months back, and I was absolutely amazed when, at the end of the film, each one of them thought it was one of the most intelligent films they had ever seen. I was like: "What the f***?!" Nothing wrong with Fincher here. He held up his end of the bargain, directing in his usual cool-stylistic fashion that I've come to appreciate. However, the movie has WAY too many holes in the plot that are downright inexcusable. I can't even name them all it's insane...first it's reality, than it's a game, than it's reality again with with a "supernatural" twist? Nevermind you cannot believe these switches because of all the inconsistencies... Movies like this are meant to look and feel smart, but they're just "twisty" and weird for the sake of being such, and desperately try to make that pass for an intelligent movie.
But hey, most of you love the film, so who am I to argue with a big crowd of "intelligent" and "reflective" individuals.