yeah i know. i know very few people who like it.
i haven't seen my dvd in a while but off the top of my head i really enjoy haley joel in it. i
jude law even more and their chemistry works for me. gigolo joe has some fricken sweet lines in it.
the journey sweeps me off to the land of fairy tales in a beautiful futurescape which i really enjoy immensely, aesthetically speaking. i like spielberg films and i love kubrick, so the combo in here gives me a unique experience.
the last act, probably the most complained about and misunderstood, nicely wraps up a wonderfully kubrickian circular story.
as common as the hate for it is the misunderstanding that the beings at the end are aliens. i can't tell you how many times i had to correct someone's misinterpretations with a "they're robots! fricken derrrrrrrrr". it still stuns me to this day how people could get so confused when on my first screening (during a trip to the states when it was released) it was as clear as day. not only clear, but it
made no sense otherwise.
i think the movie is clever, unique, intriguing, funny, imaginative, tragic and patient. these are some of the main things i look for in a film.
but it's all good. i'll enjoy enough for the rest of you