oh god... the pain

Rating: 1/10 (19 January 1999)

This movie was painful to watch. It was by far the worse piece of doodoo to come from Hollywood ever. It's a 3 hour Calvin Klein movie. I expected Kate Moss to come out of the woodwork naked (even that would have been an improvement). When we went into the movie there were about a hundred people there - when we left there were only about 40 people remaining - all of us felt stupid for staying.
About 2 1/2 half hours in to the movie I decided that if I really paid attention to what these people were saying I would really appreciate what this movie is all about... then came the line "(Whispering)People see a bird dying... (2 minute pause) some people feel its pain... (2 minute pause) other feel its glory." huh? what is that supposed to mean?! what glory?! What are you talking about?! and why does it take 4 minutes to say it? Another scene - 5 minutes fixated on a face half buried in dirt. Okay - symbolism - I understand that and appreciate good symbolism, but do we REALLY need to spend 5 minutes on it?! Okay people it's time to move on now... This movie is about 3 hours of this so called "poetry".
This is not poetry. This is not art. This is garbage. This is rubbish. I would rather spend 3 hours in dental surgery than to see this film again.
On the 10 scale I give it a fat 0 - I have never given a 0 before. There are NO Redemptive qualities of this film.