5. " I was just getting started .." In response to Reply # 1 Sun May-24-09 06:56 PM by Universadevine
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..
6. "man i STILL haven't had a lucid dream" In response to Reply # 5
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.
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.
4. "for the record, i loved this film" In response to Reply # 0
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.
13. "I remember searching for this movie in high school...." In response to Reply # 0 Wed May-27-09 11:37 AM by rorschach
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.
20. "RE: It was pretty damn good to me." In response to Reply # 16
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. www.myspace.com/its_tizz
17. "i like it, but mainly because i love animation" In response to Reply # 0
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
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