What can I say?
The filmmaking is exquisite. It is, of course, a masterclass in directing. So technically speaking, the film is good.
But you cannot polish a turd. Make no mistake, this is one of the most poorly written, disjointed, senseless stories I've ever seen. That's to say nothing of the fact that it's rotten to its core. You can tell me how important The Birth of a Nation is to film history, and I still won't want to…