Why the hell did you like this movie?

The soundtrack is FAR BEYOND WORDS!

When I saw it for the first time, I had just been diagnosed with late stage cancer. I watched it with my husband. One of the most devastating and beautiful experiences of my life.We sat there for a long time after, stunned and maybe even with a deeper appreciation of our love.

I get it. This isn't for everyone, but for the people who do love this movie, it is a visceral, very personal experience not soon forgotten.

(I'm still here thanks to many great doctors and loved ones)

While I don't demand an explanation as to why someone would like it. I did find it to be two hours of pretentious nonsense. I decided to do some research to find the underlining themes and give it a second chance and found it to be even worse the second time. Big fan of Jackman and Weisz, and while our world views are completely different, I usually enjoy Aronofsky too. This was a pretty empty film for me with a pretty uninspiring message. Just not a fan at all.

If you liked it, good for you. There are people who like Heaven's Gate and Battlefield Earth too. A person likes what they like.

I thought it was just decent. It had a lot of flaws, but it was well-acted and directed. And its ambitiousness was so palpable.

Guessing the OP is one of the dozens of people I've watched it with who act pretentious by calling it a pretentious film because they don't understand it, then pretend to understand it and finally have it explained to them and realize their B.A. in Lib Arts was $250,000 down the toilet when they could have read a few Jung books?

Yep. Nailed it.

this movie is just like hard video games, if people can't play the game they hate it just because they can't play it very well, no matter if the game is a master peace.

this movie is the same, those who don't understand it, will hate it no matter if this is a master peace, and those who understand at least 70 percent of it, will love it.

that's why you didn't like it, because you saw it like a love story movie like TITANIC not like meaningful movie.

I suggest you research about the tons of the materials Mr Aronofsky put in it's story by doing a huge research about so many different cultures and religions. then watch this movie again.
and then you'll understand how great this movie is made.

and I also found this interesting. read it, it helps you a little bit:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414993/board/thread/164940256

and by the way even if some one doesn't like the movie itself, I think its music is a master peace by itself that deserves all the awards exist. no one can make music like that.

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this movie was an actual waste of time. I never say that because I always manage to find some context to cling onto, but this load of feces was +2hours of anxiety, incoherence, melodrama and esoteric nonsense.

Do the three stories correlate? No. Is Izzy and "the dude" (I even can't remember his name 'cause all he was doing was screaming her name, SMH) reincarnations of themselves? No.

The motivations of each storyline are different and have nothing to do with one another. There's no revelation, no character development. Even the scenes are independent of each other. We learn nothing; we have nothing

Is the movie about love? maybe. Is the movie about one's journey/self-discovery/ambition? no. sorta. (who cares)

And then this "ring" that permeates all three stories. Huff!! What's the symbolism? The dagger had more symbolism.

Then you have the religious overtones which lead to a dead end. Inquisition? Not a good time to challenge Heavenly Father but, shoot, let's go for it!"

The imagery of "buddha" at the end? Does that mean Xtianity is dead by then?

It's a story of narcissism. A depraved attempt to extend one's existence for the sake of self & for a loved one without utter regard of consequence, (and I don't even know what that third/future part was meant to explain)

The road to immortality ends in the afterlife?

What a sham!!!

EDIT: I had a better and more thought-provoking time writing this critique than watching the movie. Go figure....

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Woman: "Can we watch something else?"
Man: "No, I want to see how this ends."