Finally got around to watching this movie. Is it a great movie? Yes, I can most certainly see why everyone adores it. Is it quite my taste? Not really. When I really love a movie I can watch it over and over again. I just don't see myself doing it with this one, while I am most certainly glad I experienced it, very thought provoking, it would be hard to go out of my way to watch it again on my own. I probably will sometime down the road too see what I missed on the first viewing.
The acting at the beginning was a bit over the top and didn't flow like it should to me. I can see why they played it like that after the 2nd half of the movie. Watts and Harring did do a wonderful job, just sometimes at the beginning felt like I was watching acting and not people in a story. A lot of the plot lines were left unexplained and that sorta of annoyed me, whats the point of taking the effort to watch scenes that are just rendered moot. I read that it was originally suppose to be a TV pilot so that could explain that, nonetheless it made me angry.
I had to go back and read the plot and interpretations after the movie because I became lost when the story flipped. After researching reactions and interpretations after the movie it become more clear, that's why a 2nd viewing is probably needed. It is neat how different people can interpret it different ways.
I may sound critical of the movie, but it will stick with me for awhile which a good movie is suppose to do after the fact. Like I said I can appreciate why it is considered a classic and why it is adored the way it is. Plus the love scenes are top notch that doesn't hurt ha. Laura Harring is sex appeal defined.
I'd get it a personal rating of 3 out of 5.