Waste of time

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Let's start with the voice-over. This can be an effective atmosphere- or plot- enhancing technique when done well. It is not done well. Antonio Banderas mumbles and whispers his way through the entire movie and this can really get on one's nerves, especially as he does it even more when he's on screen. I wonder if he thought to himself, Oh, this movie is so bad it doesn't matter what I do so I'll just assume this whispery persona and everyone will think I'm a great actor. Guess what. It doesn't work. It comes across as bad acting and did I mention how annoying it was? Now let's get to the plot. Must we? Can't we just forget about it? I wish we could but movies do have plots, especially action thrillers (yes, there is action, people do move around and drive cars and stuff, but whether to thrilling effect or not is debatable), so let's just say that the plot is almost as absurd as the acting. I can't for the life of me figure out why Banderas is put through so much grilling when the bad guys only need to know one thing. I guess they make him tell his life story as a way to move the plot along. And why, when he's driving his beautiful car near the end of the picture, why oh why doesn't he immediately swerve away from the danger? Sigh...OK, enough negativity. Let me say that Sam Elliott's appearance toward the end of the film almost makes sloughing through the dreck worthwhile. Where Antonio mumbles, Sam booms. You know his voice. It's inimitable and it's a mighty refreshing thing that it comes in when all seemed doomed. You know, I always check out reviews before I watch a movie to see if I'm going to like it. Skimming through, I noticed a lot of people did, and one professional reviewer, who shall remain nameless, thought Banderas was brilliant. This is because, as the old maxim goes, there is no accounting for taste. And this is a very hopeful thing. Maybe someday someone somewhere will find a use for my poor, lonely, neglected songs and put them in a movie. I wouldn't even say no to one as bad as this.

The very first thing to say is this... 1/2 the people will love this film and 1/2 the people will think it is really stupid. That is just a plain, true fact, trust me...This is one of those films that add SO much style and imagination that if you are the kind of person (like me) who loves this kind of groovy stuff, then this movie will strike you as totally unique and mind- blowing. However... if you are also like a lot of other people, and God bless 'em..., who are not into these kinds of visual, 'Artsy', Ultra-Stylish Crime Thrillers, then this movie will likely leave you flatter than Chaz Bono... Needless to say, this is an EXTREMELY polarizing film and highly subjective in it's entertainment value depending on who's watching it. Let me put it this way. If you like visually stylized films that are clearly NOT 'Realistic', but almost have a more Adult Fairy Tale quality to them AND if you are into Physics or Science, or even Metaphysics or Philosophy, then I think you will find a lot to like here.I will admit that I am a TOTAL sucker for these kinds of films. But, then again, my imagination tends to burn in overdrive and I love just about ANYTHING that incorporates clever creativity (Now, although I DO love many of his films, I am not quite talking about the cartoon extremes of Tim Burton here, but films on a more serious, Adult level) Another clue as to why I like this film is that one of my VERY favourite directors is David Lynch. Now, granted, Lynch works more in the deep, murky recesses of the Dark Unconscious, but the level of creative imagination here is somewhat along these lines. I notice that even in 'Official' reviews, that a number of reviewers who I normally read and check what they have to say about films, quickly dismiss this movie as pretentious and of little substance, but I absolutely disagree...Again, this kind of film, like any form of Art, Poetry, Music, or Humour, is HIGHLY subjective where many will appreciate and love it and equally many will find it leaves them cold. So, it is a VERY hard film to review and give a balanced impression as to why ***I*** really liked it and yet in all fairness also warn those who's sense of 'Realism', believability or normalcy may seriously be put off by it. I'm not sure if the term 'Magic Realism' quite applies here, but it kind of reminds me of other films which have been described that way.As far as the premise is concerned, and others here have mentioned it, it is very similar to 1944's 'MURDER MY SWEET', an excellent Film Noir starring Dick Powell and Claire Trevor. But, take that film, drop some high quality acid (or some nice Shrooms) modernize it, and add what I personally felt were some intriguing thoughts about Science, The Big Bang Theory (thus the title) and Physics, and add some effective, tough-guy acting, a Noirish mood, excellent visuals, and you pretty much end up with this movie.So, the best I can say is that you absolutely HAVE to have a great imagination or at least appreciate really imaginative things, you CAN'T be a hard core 'Realist' who likes there films to be very concrete and believable and 'Normal', and if you can appreciate some really nice atmospheric visuals, and not to mention a truly BEAUTIFULLY rendered Blu-ray, then there is a good chance that you might like this film...This is a rare case where I have rated this film more according to how I feel, instead of more objectively as I normally do, because of the special type of film. So, an '8' to me, maybe a 6-7 for others in general...

Worst movie I've seen. Really bad light effects, bad camera positions, really bad movie, the sky is clearly a green screen on the back. Plot sucks, the idea of it might be good, but it's attempt to become a comedy sucked.The only thing that can be rescued are the sex scenes, which were quite good (Anyone would agree with me, sadly this isn't a porn film, so I won't add any stars for it)I'm amazed that the budget was of 17 million, it was probably all spent on Antonio Banderas.I do not recommend this movie for anyone, unless they want to fall sleep.

A previous reviewer says the movie is similar to Until the End of the World or time (or something like that, sorry, I can't back up to find the right phrase) -- I'm not familiar with that movie, but for sure, the basic concept of The Big Bang is drawn from the 1944 film noir classic, Murder, My Sweet, from the Raymond Chandler book Farewell, My Lovely -- Murder, My Sweet begins with Marlowe, temporarily blinded, being interrogated about some killings and he tells them the story of being hired by big Moose Malloy to find his stripper girlfriend who turns out to -- well, I won't tell what turns out because it would be a spoiler, but it's pretty much what happened in The Big Bang sans the sci-fi ending -- I also didn't pick up on half of Banderas dialog and I've always liked him -- I gave the movie 5 stars because it was an attempt to do an updated film noir detective story and I love the genre -- but I pretty much thought the movie wasn't watchable