Disappointed...

Typically, I am a huge fan of films like this that go for Symbolism over straight laced storytelling, but after reading about what Gilliam was going for, I just feel his "vision" did not translate at all into the finished product. I just didn't get that this had much to do about Imagination at all, forcing me to be far too concerned over Tony's past and the various deals with the devil that actually made it too predictable and , well, boring in a way, and once the end credits roll, it left me with very little room to ponder any of it's so called depper meanings. It's understandable that Heath's death would affect the film, but I think it really "hijacked" the production and as the ending states, it became "heath's film" above all else and whatever story Gilliam was trying to tell kind of got lost in the shuffle. (though I know he says otherwise)

I do wonder what could have been, though I'm sure a few of the choices post-Heath worked better for some, such as the changing characters(though It was more disracting to me IMO), but in the end, it just felt very flat to me. I didn't dislike it, but I can't really say I liked it. It was just there...anyone else feel the same way?

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