First of all: it is hard to categorize this movie. Until the last minute, I was not sure what to make of it. But then, when the final credits came up, I could just - laugh.
I am a bit surprised that most comments take this movie for a serious Sci-Fi movie. Admittedly: the plot is not that bad, the dialogues are entertaining (even though they are trying a bit too hard to be intellectual and witty), and it seems to make sense somehow - but then the story gets so exaggerated that it just draws the whole film down to ridiculous.
There are (at least) two points which deprive the movie of all its credibility, so you just can't take it seriously any more: the role the protagonist claims to have played in the bible age, and the role of the psychiatrist. Until this point, you can still follow the line, enjoying the discussion of the characters involved; but then - the whole plot gets blown into pieces by that absolutely absurd and ridiculous statement, which is too nonsense to make you actually think and too cheap to actually make you laugh.
I can, for the life of me, not see in what respect this movie could be considered intellectual. It is based on one interesting idea, but doesn't make much of it and leaves you wondering why you just spent your precious time on a half-baked fantasy story. I am not sure whether the director was aiming at being a Sci-Fi guru or a comedian - to my opinion, he failed in both.
I am a bit surprised that most comments take this movie for a serious Sci-Fi movie. Admittedly: the plot is not that bad, the dialogues are entertaining (even though they are trying a bit too hard to be intellectual and witty), and it seems to make sense somehow - but then the story gets so exaggerated that it just draws the whole film down to ridiculous.
There are (at least) two points which deprive the movie of all its credibility, so you just can't take it seriously any more: the role the protagonist claims to have played in the bible age, and the role of the psychiatrist. Until this point, you can still follow the line, enjoying the discussion of the characters involved; but then - the whole plot gets blown into pieces by that absolutely absurd and ridiculous statement, which is too nonsense to make you actually think and too cheap to actually make you laugh.
I can, for the life of me, not see in what respect this movie could be considered intellectual. It is based on one interesting idea, but doesn't make much of it and leaves you wondering why you just spent your precious time on a half-baked fantasy story. I am not sure whether the director was aiming at being a Sci-Fi guru or a comedian - to my opinion, he failed in both.