Hipster Duck
Senior Member
I was wondering if anyone else saw this movie and what their thoughts on it were.
Synecdoche, New York apparently left such an impression Roger Ebert that he was practically speechless in his review; Manhola Dargis said that to call this film one of the best of the year was such a pathetic response to a film of such "soaring ambition".
While watching it, I thought that the movie really dragged but after finishing it, I get the sense that this is a masterpiece that might just be beyond my grasp. It's good to encounter art like this once in a while that puts you in your place.
The last time I felt like this was when I was 19, watching La Dolce Vita. At that time, I kept on fast-forwarding through numerous scenes which seemed so incidental and trying. Five years later I rewatched it and I thought it was genius.
Anyway, I was wondering what viewers of this forum might have thought about it.
Synecdoche, New York apparently left such an impression Roger Ebert that he was practically speechless in his review; Manhola Dargis said that to call this film one of the best of the year was such a pathetic response to a film of such "soaring ambition".
While watching it, I thought that the movie really dragged but after finishing it, I get the sense that this is a masterpiece that might just be beyond my grasp. It's good to encounter art like this once in a while that puts you in your place.
The last time I felt like this was when I was 19, watching La Dolce Vita. At that time, I kept on fast-forwarding through numerous scenes which seemed so incidental and trying. Five years later I rewatched it and I thought it was genius.
Anyway, I was wondering what viewers of this forum might have thought about it.