t̶h̶e̶ ̶f̶i̶l̶m̶ ̶c̶e̶r̶t̶a̶i̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶r̶u̶g̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶v̶i̶s̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶e̶l̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶s̶.̶
̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶w̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶ ̶p̶u̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶e̶x̶c̶r̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶ ̶a̶l̶c̶h̶e̶m̶y̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶m̶o̶u̶n̶t̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶m̶a̶s̶t̶u̶r̶b̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶a̶u̶l̶d̶r̶o̶n̶,̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶s̶e̶n̶s̶i̶b̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̶t̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶l̶o̶s̶e̶ ̶c̶r̶e̶d̶i̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶:̶/̶

̶w̶a̶t̶c̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶h̶o̶l̶y̶ ̶m̶o̶u̶n̶t̶a̶i̶n̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶a̶ ̶w̶o̶n̶d̶e̶r̶f̶u̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶c̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶k̶a̶l̶e̶i̶d̶o̶s̶c̶o̶p̶e̶ ̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶g̶e̶n̶e̶r̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶f̶e̶e̶l̶s̶.̶.̶.̶ ̶j̶u̶v̶e̶n̶i̶l̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶a̶k̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶i̶t̶,̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶e̶t̶e̶l̶y̶ ̶d̶e̶v̶o̶i̶d̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶ ̶t̶y̶p̶e̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶d̶e̶p̶t̶h̶.̶

EDIT ( 21/09/22 ):
a couple years have passed and i've been informed about both the context in which the film was born into and the meaning of the metaphores in it.
i have changed my mind as a result, i now feel i like the film way more even though some artistic choices still leave a weird taste in my mouth (the excrement alchemy & mountain groping scenes still make my eyes roll)... and jodorowsky is a fucking creep apparently?! yeah.