I've wanted to see this film for decades, even though I run hot and cold on Lelouch. I knew of its bad reputation -- I can't think of anyone who liked it -- and I'll never forget Roger Ebert's review, which called it "an ugly and corrupt film", while Bosley Crowther similarly butchered it in the Times.
All I knew about the film for years was its soundtrack, composed by Francis Lai. I grew up with it -- my father…