Overlong philosophical rambling grows annoying.

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 1999)

Although a number of people will call this movie a work of pure genius, I suspect that at least some of them will do so to avoid anyone thinking that they didn't get the point. Well, I'm not afraid to admit it. Although this movie contains some excellent scenes, a great deal of time was wasted showing pretty scenery to a dreary voiceover that eventually left most viewers I talked to wishing that the narrator would just die already and put us out of our misery. As far as I can tell, all the rambling adds up to war is nasty, which nobody should need over two hours to say.