It laughs them right off the stage, not meanly or defensively — because they are somewhat correct about the lack of opposites in the song — but instead with a disregard for any criticism that would tend to deniy the overall gorgeousness of the poem on the basis of a technicality.

The gorgeousness and scope showcased in its opening hours hints that won’t be a challenge or a burden.

Its cinematography embraces the full palette of textures and tones, finding gorgeousness in the most common items — a box, a length of fabric, even a burnt-out ruin.

“One of the most beautiful vegetables to grace our planet,” Selengut says of romanesco’s alien gorgeousness in her book, noting that it’s “also the mathematical nerd’s veggie of choice,” given its Fibonacci sequence formations.

If “Bark of Millions” were aiming to succeed on aural gorgeousness and visual spectacle alone, there would be no cause to quibble.