Too many fans seem to be blown away

Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

Every few years there's a movie like Blues Brothers or Blade Runner that is ahead of it's time and overlooked upon release. This is one of them. In a graphic novel-esque world of neon lights and shadows the movie follows Antonio Banderas as a private investigator searching for a missing girl - finding life swallowing black holes created by a scientist looking for god. With a premise like that you know you're in for something special.This movie has an unique visual concept, an original story and a cast that helps create a new semi-genre which can only be described as neon-noir. While other movies shy away from their concepts this one goes all in.Worth the watch for cinematography and lighting alone.In 10 years from now this will be a cult movie.

This movie is such a blatant ripoff of Murder, My Sweet (1944) a great film based on Raymond Chandler's Farewell, My Lovely. And nowhere in any of the film's info is Chandler even mentioned. Here are some of the similarities:-The opening scene in the interrogation room. -The detective is hired by a very large man to help find the man's girlfriend.-They both go to the club the girl used to work but the place has changedAnd that's just a few of the plot devices lifted from Murder, My Sweet. I don't mind films that are homages to other films, or even parodies, but sheesh, give the original some credit. The director is quoted as saying he was inspired by the movies Touch of Evil and HUD. Okay, yeah whatever.Judge for yourself.

First, read the other reviews that rate this lowest - no need to repeat what they say, yes, this is a total piece of garbage. Banderas is awful, the script is pathetic, everyone involved should be ashamed. But in case you are wondering how it ends (yes, I actually watched it all, I was curious) - the letters were written by a cross-dressing physicist (I'm not kidding), the cops turn out to be the villains (Oh No!), Banderas manages to kill all three of them (shocker!), the Big Bang experiment just blows up and leaves a huge crater (whew!), Banderas gets away with the two girls and the diamonds, which they find in the gecko's tank. So now you don't need to waste your time watching to the end, stop wherever you are, it does NOT get better.

Big Bang really stimulates all your senses and is really a mind blowing film. Take Pi, Sin City, and others and toss them in the trash. This is the film that they wanted to be. In the style of noir films of Chandler and others, this film brings life to an old genre with fantastic images, composition, ideas, and sound/music track.The plot if simple: private eye has to find missing person, but the execution of the idea is really modern in today's technological and philosophical astuteness.Ned Cruz PI, (Banderas) has to find a missing loved one for this bear of a Russian, Protopov. If Stalin had him in WW II, the war would be over in months. Imagine Protopov against Max Schmeling. Game over.I agree with the poster on Sam Elliot. He is so intense that he can be overdone and come off like a wild Gary Busey. Too much dialog and a crazy role. The babes are nice and hot. The cast of characters is delightful and unexpected.In Big Bang you will be well rewarded with characters, images, philosophy and plot that makes this mandatory viewing. Kiss Me Deadly, has a uranium based McGuffin, so why can't the "god particle" be a McGuffin? And it was tied into another nebulous, impossible to define concept without any physical proof...love.I will have to see this again and with some friends to spread the word. If I can find this in the $5 bin at Wal-Mart, awesome!I always like to see something that challenges me. And as one character in the special features section said in Bad Lieutenant, the Herzog version, "I like to see a movie and say, what the hell was that"! Well, here you go.