Tarantinoesque

This film was meant to be an epic. The book is 500 pages long, the film, an hour and forty minutes. The movie looked as if it was filmed as it was supposed to be shown, then the beginnings and endings of each scene was scrapped. What is left is a skeleton of a film with actors lacking in talent, and dialogue lacking in luster or originality. The rapid pace of the film left the audience emotionally disconnected from each character, and unable to understand character relations. In the end, this is a film for children, not adults; children are the only people who will be able to sit through the entirety of such a poor film just to see a dragon (who by the way you'll be praying to die after hearing its string of unusually clichéd one-line comebacks.)

This screenplay must have been turned down one hundred times before someone would finance it. I don't blame them. However, what could have been a travesty was saved by great acting, directing, cinematography, and sound. This brilliant/bizarre film turns a genius's quest to find the code for Wall Street into an adventure that engulfs all of human existence, and God. A brilliant example of how proper film making can turn straw into gold. Some viewers may be put off by the bizarre fits the main character faces, or the intrusion of complex mathematics into film, forcing the viewer to think, but if you watch this film, you will be rewarded a unique movie-going experience few other films will give you. This film gives you a look into the mind of man plagued by the genius he was given.