I can rationalize think it's bad...for the reasons that Colonel listed as well as a few more. It came off as completely forced. One scene after another with nothing going on save a blatant attempt at looking as if it has a deeper meaning. Each of these clips would probably singly go over well as a submission to a "Create a Symbolic 5-second clip" contest...but, when pasted together with random attempts at stupid humor (a dog masturbating...a car driving around with the gas nozzle in the tank...honestly, what the fuck?), it just doesn't work too well.
I think so many people like it because it does a good job of making people think that they should like it. It comes off as having a deeper meaning...and kinda sends the message that, if you get it and like it, you're not a superficial person...thus making it trendy to like the film. Unfortunately, I didn't see a deeper message. I just saw a bunch boring as hell scenes slathered together with some excessive symbolism...and I didn't like it.
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