honestly would not be surprised if very few people end up watching/finishing this since it's basically a 3 hour film where "nothing happens" and guys just walk and talk. it's been on my watchlist for a while because of its reputation but when i looked at the runtime back then, i knew it was very unlikely i would watch it without any prodding from something like this topic.
this is a film i feel like i have to watch twice but don't know if i'll ever watch a second time. there's some pretty neat stuff technically (sooo many looooong shots) but as for the content itself, i kind of feel like i would have rather read this as a book because of my attention span. it's very allegorical/symbolic. i typically write down quotes that jump out at me when watching but it became quickly obvious that because of the style of the dialogue where everything seems so intentional that it wouldn't be feasible for this film. it's also something that you kind of have to be in the right mood/frame of mind for and i wasn't for a decent part of it.
it's interesting to think about but also easy to just say fuck it and give up thinking about it. based on my first watch of it, i'd give it a 5/10 because i can't say i really "enjoyed" it but i'm glad i finally got to watch it.