it was a fun movie to watch. i about pissed myself laughing at the end.

but there's a pretty big debate as to whether it's really meaningful or just a spectacle. first, the narrative purposefully implodes after about 90 minutes, and is interpeted as a dream by most. and then on top of that, it was originally a pilot for abc and then re-edited with another hour of new footage to make this. so that makes it easy to say the structure is not calculated or even just sloppy. but a lot of people claim it as a masterpiece.

i'm not sure where i stand. it's definitely a fun experience, and i appreciate that it isn't narratively satisfying. but i think it could have been better if the side-characters had been shown more. especially dan hedaya.