You still don’t get it lol. In 5 years you’re going to feel silly about this whole thing when it clicks.

the most intense, exciting, or important point of something; a culmination or apex."

All scenes built up to that moment. You didn’t notice it.

extremely boring theme

All themes are boring if you write them down. Movies justify themes.

it doesn’t preclude the rest of the movie from containing a well-told story

I rewatched the movie last night, and every scene is critical. It is an very focused script. Each scene creates the next.

where literally nothing happens on screen

If you started watching that scene without the context of the rest of the film, you would say nothing happens.

I didn’t miss anything

I went water skiing with some friends a few months ago. One of their sons couldn’t figure it out. He blamed the waves to the speed of the boat or the skis. He wouldn’t admit he was wrong and would get angry at us for trying to help.

My impression is that you continue to not understand the movie. If you did understand it, even if you disliked it, you would still appreciate how tight the script is, or how realistic the action is at least, or to understand how a character with less screen time could be the focus of the story. I meant it when I said in 5 years something will click and you’ll get it.