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Topic subjectWaking life
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453260, Waking life
Posted by Universadevine, Sat May-23-09 11:21 PM
Have you see it?

Do we live in a matrix?? I like how they flipped it.
So far so good.




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453276, lol "do we live in a matrix"?
Posted by araQual, Sun May-24-09 03:04 AM
that's the most u got out of this film?

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453366, I was just getting started ..
Posted by Universadevine, Sun May-24-09 06:54 PM
It's a pretty dope flick.

Fantastic to see some really innovative animation.
hallucinogenic for sure. ..
Although, it's was bit wordy at times.. the visuals make up for it.
You'll see people fading in and out of existence, faces continually changing and thoughts of various individuals from different walks of life.

If you saw "before sunrise" I liked how they tied in the fate
of Julie and Ethan.

Definitely, made me wonder about some of my personal lucid dreaming experiences..

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453369, man i STILL haven't had a lucid dream
Posted by araQual, Sun May-24-09 07:05 PM
i wish i could, but it just doesn't happen. or i've had semi-lucid ones but i was never "awake" enough in them to be able to control my environment or anything crazy like that.

Julie & Ethan, their fate is decided in Before Sunset (the sequel to Before Sunrise, which im gonna assume u've seen...?) otherwise ye, was cool to see em pop up in there.

i'm kinda running on no sleep at the moment so i'm gonna catch some zzzs and be back with more lol.

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453370, Oh yeah I did see before sunset.
Posted by Universadevine, Sun May-24-09 07:22 PM
I didn't like the end if I recall right they didn't get back together.. creative film nonetheless

On lucid dreaming ...

You need to train your mind you are awake.

Think and focus on what you want to dream.

It takes time. I started with a dream journal to help me recall my dreams..

The more aware I became while awake, the more it transpired to my sleeping life.

Most of my dreams come true its a trip.

sweet dreams ;)



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453294, I hated that movie.
Posted by inpulse, Sun May-24-09 10:54 AM
My friend had hyped out how good it was... but at the end of it, I just felt like it was existentialist babble for 90 minutes STRAIGHT that I would much rather have read in a good ol' fashioned book. That shit provided no entertainment whatsoever outside of the animation.

453526, Couldn't have said it better.
Posted by cskncream, Tue May-26-09 11:03 AM
453312, the story was some ol' bull
Posted by jetblack, Sun May-24-09 01:02 PM
but the vector motion graphics were awesome, dude's software is used all over now esp. those chuck schwabby ads.
453320, for the record, i loved this film
Posted by araQual, Sun May-24-09 01:57 PM
watched it about 3-4 times.
i think any film that uses lucid dreaming as its *entire* basis is going to get unfairly shitted on and be called pretentious. thing is, in the dream state, you got creative license to do watever the fuck u want. so i feel that particular criticism is a bit moot.

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453379, no likey.
Posted by disco dj, Sun May-24-09 08:49 PM
453531, Love some parts. Hated others.
Posted by KnowOne, Tue May-26-09 11:34 AM
nm
453532, it helped weed smokers feel smarter I guess
Posted by KangolLove, Tue May-26-09 11:35 AM
453602, *stairs*
Posted by jetblack, Tue May-26-09 06:05 PM
453685, I remember searching for this movie in high school....
Posted by rorschach, Wed May-27-09 11:33 AM
It's one of my favorite Linklater films. It's not quite as interesting on repeat viewings but it's still decent. I could see how some people would get frustrated by its lack of a plot though.

For me, the best part was when the guy realized that he was having problems figuring out whether or not he was still dreaming.

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453962, It was pretty damn good to me.
Posted by MarVeL, Thu May-28-09 06:38 PM
I've seen that & "A Scanner Darkly".

Can someone put me on to some other good films of his?




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453972, Fast Food Nation was decent. but my favs of his...
Posted by araQual, Thu May-28-09 07:43 PM
...Before Sunrise and Before Sunset.

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453978, RE: It was pretty damn good to me.
Posted by Universadevine, Thu May-28-09 08:32 PM
How was "A Scanner Darkly"?

I'd say "Before Sunrise" was my fav.
I have yet to watch all his flicks I plan to tho.


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454181, RE: It was pretty damn good to me.
Posted by MarVeL, Fri May-29-09 04:49 PM
I don't know... A Scanner Darkly didn't really hold my attention like Waking Life did for whatever reason. I need to re-watch.
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454190, trust your not alone
Posted by Universadevine, Fri May-29-09 07:03 PM
"A Scanner Darkly" got me gazing lol.. I stopped it, like 50mis in not sure if I'll finish it.

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454238, slacker
Posted by osu_no_1, Sat May-30-09 06:26 AM
454254, i think that's only Linklater joint i haven't seen
Posted by araQual, Sat May-30-09 01:30 PM
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454255, oh, "Dazed And Confused" is essential viewing
Posted by araQual, Sat May-30-09 01:32 PM
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454256, "Tape" is pretty damn good, too
Posted by araQual, Sat May-30-09 01:33 PM
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453983, i like it, but mainly because i love animation
Posted by gwycliff, Thu May-28-09 09:49 PM
i can be easily entertained with great animation. most of the stuff they were saying was pretty elementary philosophy, but i like trying to think about my dreams that way too
453989, RE: i like it, but mainly because i love animation
Posted by Universadevine, Thu May-28-09 10:31 PM
"pretty elementary philosophy"

can you hip me to some on the high school level and above ??


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454180, lol. word.
Posted by MarVeL, Fri May-29-09 04:48 PM

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454226, It's cool.
Posted by xbenzive, Fri May-29-09 11:34 PM
haven't seen it in years though. I remember my favorite scene was with Ethan Hawke. I can't recall why?!