I'm giving it a 7 mainly for its excellent cinematography and good acting by the entire cast .... BUT not for the director and his pitifully pretentious and indulgent misdirections.
Yes yes we get it - it's supposed to be the bardo in-between land - but so what? So it can't be done meaningfully? So it has to contain the director's endless pretentious crap?
Having obscure nonsensical scenes doesn't in anyway make a movie better - it just pushes it into the stinky toilet.
Having unnecessarily long long long extended scenes (eg. The breakfast conversations, the dance floor, etc) with overly drawn out visual panning and pointless conversations way way past their plot utility only subtracts lots and lots from the viewers' experience.
Having so many unnecessary nude scenes just creates more droppings for the toilet.
In the end, the fine cinematography and acting can't overcome the loads and loads of laughable pretention.
Could have been a great movie, but just NOT at all. Too bad.
Yes yes we get it - it's supposed to be the bardo in-between land - but so what? So it can't be done meaningfully? So it has to contain the director's endless pretentious crap?
Having obscure nonsensical scenes doesn't in anyway make a movie better - it just pushes it into the stinky toilet.
Having unnecessarily long long long extended scenes (eg. The breakfast conversations, the dance floor, etc) with overly drawn out visual panning and pointless conversations way way past their plot utility only subtracts lots and lots from the viewers' experience.
Having so many unnecessary nude scenes just creates more droppings for the toilet.
In the end, the fine cinematography and acting can't overcome the loads and loads of laughable pretention.
Could have been a great movie, but just NOT at all. Too bad.