A bit lumbersome, plodding, and tiresome for my taste, but it feels throughout "like an important piece," and I know that it is.
You can feel that gravitas pounding through the screen: BOOM, BOOM, BOOM like a heartbeat that thunders and roars. And those drums. Dang, that was powerful.
I shall be interested to see how it fares at the Oscars against Oppenheimer.
Man, what a year in film 2023 is proving to be!