I tried! I really really tried! It just couldn’t keep my attention so I shut it down.
>>I tried! I really really tried! It just couldn’t keep my attention so I shut it down.<<
Try again. It is a film made when the story is the important thing. The “slowness” of it is a specific mood — depressing, introspective, dark, ponderous — this is Decker’s (and everyone’s?) life.
Not Mad Max dystopian but rather spiritually dystopian. Just hang in there and when you are done you will find yourself pondering many aspects of the film for a long time, up to and including questions about life and its meaning.
And pay attention to the cinematography — for a move made in 1982 the ability to portray a future world are beyond amazing.
BR is’t a snob movie — it is just a really good one.