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Agree in both regards. I don't think it's a particularly good movie, it's more of an experiment. I can appreciate that as far as it goes, but the end result is still something that's more an example of the things it's referencing than something really transcending or elevating them.
I knew there was a little more to it than met the eye during the big finale, where the sheer spectacle and symmetry of it kind of won me over in the moment the first time through. That caused me not to scoff too much when I heard people talk about it in glowing terms. With time and distance I think there's a lot of skill there and some interesting stuff, but still think it fails as a movie in the end. But a lotta nuance in all those opinions, for sure.