i'm shallow and i liked it. shhh.

Rating: 10/10 (31 March 1999)

I believe in being shallow. I believe in being superficial. I think people are happier that way because bigger issues do not affect them as much. They can be concerned with lesser problems. I am not being sarcastic.
When I walked out of this movie the first time, I was confused. Not about the plot. Not about the characters. Not about the narrative.People who complain about these things are just as much pseudo movie buffs as the people who liked the Thin Red Line are pseudo philosophers. I was confused because this movie was entirely different than any other movie I had seen before. It dared not to follow conventional filmmaking. I saw it a second time and it made even more sense. It is balanced, true, and follows its convictions to the very end. I don't pretend to know what everything meant. I just know that there was more to this movie than most people give it credit for. A lot more.
I'm definitely going to see this movie again. And I know I will get something new from it. It is too big not too. As for everyone who believes in my aforementioned motto, maybe you could watch this movie and appreciate it in secret. Watching it alone helps.