Divisive and Didactic

Rating: 7/10 (22 May 2013)

A decent try at blending Philosophical lowbrow musings with Action and Character Study. It really doesn't work. The Poetic voice-over verses seem to be written down to the level of Junior High (Middle School) grunts of awe and inspired confusion. "This great Evil. Where does it come from? How does it steal into this World?" and so on and so on and so on.
There is much of this kind of thing and not any of it is tantalizing, profound, or even that interesting. It does display a youthful heartfelt yearning for understanding, but it just does not enhance the Film. In fact, if anything, it mostly stops the Movie dead or at least lays it comatose.
The Director/Writer is Poetic with a Camera, and that is an understatement, but with a pen, borderline failure. All of the off Screen mutterings, and there are many, could be removed and nothing would be missing. All of the stilted, corny, ruminations are present on Screen and delivered by the visuals. The whispering recitals are painfully redundant.
The Film has Action and Suspense, Horror and Compassion, Violence and Suffering. It looks like the Garden of Eden, after the Reptile. It is a beautiful landscape defiled by the Devil. This is an admirable and noble Work that is surely to be divisive. Worth viewing for some wonderful and woeful images and Characters, but be prepared for a slow, restrictive ride full of stunning visuals and dull didactics.