Directed and Produced by the mysterious and elusive, "TARSEM," this movie must have been baking in the mind of somebody or some bodies for some time. It is one of the few films that qualifies as epic. The story-line is simple in the way that a hot, diner-served breakfast is simple; plain and familiar and enticing. The film-making is unabashed and boisterous embellishment, turning the simple into the gourmet. It is colorful, multi-ethnic, hodge-podgedly historical, violent and beautiful. That it maintains a semblance of morality and social commentary and subtlety, in addition to being a visionary epic, is quite an accomplishment. In sum it is about good and evil (isn't everything), saints and sinners, and the depth of character and force of will that makes good go on fighting. The ending is interesting, if nothing else. This movie might make you cry.
