I’m curious to see it, but it’s too long and I dread it. As someone who loves film and film history though, I feel compelled to see it. As for strives being inevitable, you could say that about anything. “Someone else would’ve done it eventually.” Maybe, but we don’t live in that timeline.
I’m not saying we should ignore the film entirely and rewrite history without it. Just saying in this particular case, when it comes to my enjoyment of the film, I don’t care. The movie sucks. Many of the things it revolutionized were in regards to methods of storytelling that had already long existed in other mediums, which is what makes them in my mind inevitable. I can appreciate its place in history without appreciating the film itself.
If you’re really curious because of its stature, I’m not going to stop you (why do you think I watched it in the first place?). But I’ll just warn you your dread is well placed.