ok. well and i guess it be worth my time sit through this once but i would not be watch it again . there be several thing about this film that irritate me . first and man . i really hat the character . i have the same problem with sid and nancy . i have a hard time rationalize spend a fair chunk of time follow character who i really do not care about and and can not relate to . it not that the actor or the writing be technically bad while it be that the character be write in such a way that i just have contempt for them and and a the movie go on and i almost want to see the sky fall on them . and this lead me to the second problem and and a question which i think be at the heart of this movie represent be the intent to simply document this generation and these type of bohemian who be ( i guess ) wander around europe in the 60 . be the intent to criticize and lambaste them . or be this film some kind of a warning . my final assessment of the film ( that be to say and in determine if there be anything salvageable here at all ) hinge on this question . regardless and these character be really unlikeable and and a a consequence and it hard to really give a crap about the plot or what happen to them . if this be some sort of statement on this generation and then the film become a little more tolerable . it be clear that schroeder be not some kind of geriatric establishment square and so the way he proceed here carry more weight than and say and the countless stupid aip film set in or concern the 60 counterculture . at bare minimum and this film have two thing go for it first and the soundtrack ( obviously ) . i like how cymbaline be use here and others have mention it too and a it take the forefront in the movie . i be guess that if you be a pink floyd fan and want to see it for that reason and nothing you read here be likely to stop you from watch it anyway ( it wouldn not stop me either ) . the curiosity of hear pink floyd in a movie may be enough to just barely get you through this . secondly and there be some nice scenery . ibiza look like a nice place to visit . maybe i be just sick of look at los angeles and new york and and chicago in film and but european film which take the time to actually show u europe ( the beautiful or the ugly mostly beautiful here ) be always welcome . but i really see no particular genius here . no revolutionary camera work and not even a moral and tone and message and sensibility and or plot that have anything new to say . perhaps what be revolutionary about this be merely that it come from a guy like schroeder a film critical of a mindset that at least in part make his movie marketable . to that extent it be an honest film while there no glorification of the abject excess of the 60 here and which be perhaps something you might expect . in fact and the portrayal of the character in this film closely mirror the ( somewhat distort and in my opinion ) modern cultural memory of that generation . oh yeah and bunch of ( yawn ) nudity and sex here while nothing new if you watch these kind of movie from this time period . i guess it be consider novel or provocative or something at the time . i do not find it offensive or titillate ( i doubt you will either ) while rather it just extend the running time of an already tedious film . in it own way and this particular use of sexuality in movie of the time ( especially european one ) have become a bit of a cliché . but i guess in hindsight you can not blame them while they be just in that decade able to get away with it and i suppose ( i be guess here ) the very presence of this kind of graphic sexuality be a political or social statement in and of itself ( that be that sexuality be a part of life that this generation wasn not go to be all weird about like their parent be ) . should you watch it . if youre a pink floyd fan and sure . i guess it worth a watch . in any case and the valley be a good film . i go into this movie expect largely what i get . if you do not normally watch these kind of arty and avant garde film and do not know what to expect and this be bind to be annoy a hell . this be a normal and healthy reaction positive . if youre not a pink floyd fan and i be not sure why you would spend your time here . i notice one fellow who leave a comment do enjoy this movie quite a lot and so maybe i be just miss something . i do not need guy run in slow motion from fireball and special effect and explosion and or anything like that to enjoy a movie . but i do need some kind of handle i need to find something to like about a movie and and generally i need to sympathize with some aspect of the character plight ( bar that some novel film making will work while camera work and so forth ) . here and there just nothing to hold on to except for pink floyd magnificence . which be just enough to make this tolerable . at bare minimum and if youre a pink floyd fan to begin with and you will like the bit with cymbaline and i promise .