Well, it's certainly no "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
If you think you understand quantum theory, you don't understand quantum theory.
No your right, this film has Gaping Vagina Monsters!
The Only way X-Men fails is its lack of gaping vagina monsters...gaping....vagina...monsters! GVM's for short!
I wonder if wolverine could beat the gaping vagina monster... probably not :P
Finally saw it last night and... yeah, it was dreadfully dull to get through. No songs? Ok, no songs means it's not a Lips movie, it's something else. Fine. But, my apologies to the die hard fans that think every one of Wayne's dingleberries is a splinter of God, there's nothing to this film to sink your teeth into. (And, again, for the rabid fans, this is MY opinion only!)
It's slow moving, but doesn't convey the mood that a normal, slow-moving art film might (Solaris). It lacks plot (like Solaris again, and even Eraserhead), but doesn't have enough symbolism to chew on.
This whole movie comes off as the brainchild of some half-baked public access stoner, not from a group of artist know for crafting amazing psychedelic pop songs and producing really elaborate stage shows. I say hats off for doing this, but they should have called in some favors from their Hollywood friends and made this thing really shine.
Bottom line, it's most likely a "for the fans" project, and the fans will eat up anything they do. So, it surely succeeds, if not excels at it's original goal.
I hate to say it, but yeah. This film was not that good. The first 50 minutes were pretty bad, but I really felt that the last 30-40 got really good. Poor Drozd just isn't much of an actor, and that's OK, but they should've surrounded him with real actors to help give a "cache" to his performance. Instead they surrounded him with other non-actors (for the most part).
I mean the "captain" guy?! What in the hell was that all about? It's like they pulled the guy off the street, just terrible acting. I'd say over-acting, but it wasn't even that.
Although I will say, I watched about the first 50 mins by myself and then my gf came home and I was telling her how disappointed I was in the movie, but then we watched the end together and it wasn't that bad. As soon as the captain guy shut the hell up, the mood was a little easier to lose yourself in.
I have no idea what most of the movie was even about, but I'm a diehard Flaming Lips fan, and I did BUY the movie, so at least I got to support them. But sheesh, this dvd will probably just be part of the collection from now on. I can't imagine watching this ever again.
It's been agreed the whole world stinks, so no one's taking showers anymore.
Until you've seen the film properly, that being in the Flaming Lips tent with the Flaming Lips sound system and packed with roudy people and thoroughly stoned, you're not going to get it, so consider that.
If you think you understand quantum theory, you don't understand quantum theory.