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Release Date: 07 May, 2002 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $9.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (9 total) |
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please don't make me suffer with this again
I was able to sit through about fifteen minutes of this film before my mind and body were thoroughly nauseated by the tiring visual aspect.
It seems as if a college student, on a tirade induced by schwag and a survey of philosophy course, decided to take a sub-mediocre film and "radically" alter its perspective by digitally filtering it. Much like a mental masturbation done with photoshop, it felt overwhelmingly devoid of meaning, and uninspiringly digital-neo-baroque. There is little content in this film of any value (though it could have potentially been an interesting intro to western thought cartoon demonstration), and even the "innovative" visual aspect is little more than a poor, uninteresting home video disguised as something greater than it really is.
I would save money by not renting or buying this film, acquiring some mind-altering controlled substance (not sleeping for three days will do), and roam around a college town having quasi-philosophical discussions with going-nowhere hipsters who love to hear themselves talk and take themselves very seriously.
To end this discussion, I have to say 1. it appears that only fans of the movie have rated it and 2. being a critically trained intellectual ruins your chances of enjoying most films.
I love this movie
I absolutely love this movie. I feel like everytime I watch it I gain something from it. They bring up a lot of subjects that I was already previously interested in such as Existentialsim and Lucid Dreaming. You really have to watch it a few times though because theres always something you missed the last time you watched it. The animation can be distracting at times, but other times it really adds to it. I think the reason for this is because sometimes a lot of philosophical talk can get boring this way the movie grabs your attention a little bit more. There is some humor in it so it isnt all talk. The first time I watched this I was with my boyfriend and it was the first time we actually sat and watched a movie all the way through.
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