im only half way through it and its awsome

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=3909854615539675694&hl=en

11/7/2008 11:47:22 AM

Agreed.

11/7/2008 12:21:20 PM

lol @ op.

11/7/2008 12:33:51 PM

prepare to be thoroughly confused

awesome movie though

11/7/2008 1:08:05 PM

I've watched it a couple times, but the ending is always like:



[Edited on November 7, 2008 at 1:22 PM. Reason : ]

11/7/2008 1:21:51 PM

^the ending? more like the entire movie

11/7/2008 2:35:40 PM

I guess it's not the ending per se, but the last little bit of the movie. It wasn't too hard to follow the time travel part, but didn't they put one of the machines inside of another and then get in it, or something like that? That's where it started to get confusing for me.

11/7/2008 3:31:13 PM

It probably has one of the more consistent models of time travel, but I vaguely recall them getting something wrong about timetravel, I just don't remember what it was.

11/7/2008 4:28:19 PM

yeah im gonna try to figure out how this works after the movie is done

11/7/2008 5:54:00 PM

besttt movie eva

12/7/2009 10:50:19 PM

this is on netflix instant watch. i saw it the other night, its like donnie darko on crack. highly recommended.

anyone care to explain wtf the last 1/3 was all about? and what was the point of the failsafe machine?

[Edited on December 7, 2009 at 10:57 PM. Reason : .]

12/7/2009 10:56:13 PM

It's like donnie darko with less suck.

12/8/2009 12:34:19 AM

i've never seen donnie darko but i cant imagine its anything like this movie base on its description

Quote :

"A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident."

12/8/2009 12:58:50 AM

well that's not the whole story to put it lightly.

12/8/2009 1:14:52 AM

I've heard this movie was awesome. I've had friends swear by it for years and repeatedly tell me that I have to see it, but I've never gotten around to it. Perhaps now that it is on Netflix, I can finally get around to it.

12/8/2009 5:26:41 AM

Quote :

"anyone care to explain wtf the last 1/3 was all about? and what was the point of the failsafe machine?"

It's all explained here:
http://www.freeweb.hu/neuwanstein/primer_timeline.jpg

12/8/2009 10:17:51 AM

^dear god, that's more confusing than the actual movie

12/9/2009 9:15:47 PM

The xkcd timeline is better.

12/9/2009 10:25:59 PM

Quote :

"i've never seen donnie darko but i cant imagine its anything like this movie base on its description Quote : "A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident.""

That's not a good description at all

12/10/2009 9:23:14 AM

Yeah that makes it sound better than it is.

12/10/2009 3:56:05 PM

Just watched it a few days ago. So hard to follow but after reading a few forum posts and timelines I think I've got it.

12/14/2009 2:00:10 PM

This movie sucks.

12/14/2009 2:09:09 PM

Click for higher detail.

12/14/2009 4:43:20 PM

Would be awesome if it wasnt posted 5 posts up.

12/14/2009 4:51:04 PM

Just saw it and have a few questions.

Was the duplicate failsafe functional? If so, why did Aaron bring one back? Couldn't he have just left the old one? Couldn't he have built the duplicate for himself somewhere else if he wanted his own?

How did the sponsor ever use a box and end up getting comatose?

How did Aaron record his old timeline conversations so well without getting right up to his old self causing a disturbance? If he can not affect the old timeline then how did he get the shotgun incident to change?

What did Aaron accomplish by drugging himself and sticking himself in the attic?

I didn't understand the movie much but then read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer_%28film%29 and now these are the only major points I don't understand.

Just went downstairs in the dark for some grub and I was afraid of getting ambushed by myself LOL


[Edited on December 16, 2009 at 3:14 AM. Reason : confusion]

12/16/2009 2:56:58 AM

I finally broke down and watch this, and holy shit, what a convoluted movie.

It was very interesting and I definitely enjoyed it. I think a lot of what makes the movie so confusing is that so much shit is happening off screen.

12/16/2009 8:58:23 AM

http://qntm.org/?primer

12/16/2009 9:25:10 AM

^vanity search trap!

12/16/2009 2:36:21 PM

it a really good movie

as far as I'm concerned it is now the time traveling movie

[Edited on December 16, 2009 at 2:45 PM. Reason : .]

12/16/2009 2:45:08 PM

^The time traveling movie?

So you liked it better than Back to the Future? Or are you just saying it is the most realistic time traveling movie?

12/16/2009 4:03:38 PM

Checking this out on netflix soon

If we're talking best time travel movies, my top 5 would have to be (counting franchises as a single entity)

Back to the Future, Bill and Ted, Terminator, Planet of the Apes, and The Butterfly Effect (seriously)

12/16/2009 4:15:26 PM

this is a great movie. and i loved the xkcd timeline of it. its about right.

12/16/2009 4:54:16 PM

^^Although Terminator and Planet of the Apes were excellent films, I don't know if they could be considered time travel movies. Although they do feature time travel, it isn't really the focus of the movie.

And good call on The Butterfly Effect, I had forgotten about that one and I, too, really enjoyed it.

12/16/2009 5:04:56 PM

I think Terminator definitely is, and its the basis for the plot and the story couldn't exist without it...The latest Star Trek is in a similar situation

I'll give you Planet of the Apes, as it only serves to enhance the ending and isn't relevant for the first 90 percent of the film

I'll replace it with Time Line in my top 5

12/16/2009 5:18:32 PM

Planet of the Apes is one of the best movies of all time, but does time dilation really count as time travel?

12/16/2009 6:55:11 PM

terminator is not a time travel flick cause the audience does not experience different times
nor does time travel play a central role in the film

[Edited on December 16, 2009 at 8:05 PM. Reason : .]

12/16/2009 8:04:56 PM

time travel is a fundamental part of terminator. it's the thing that keeps it from being another mindless action movie.

12/16/2009 8:15:29 PM

i need to rewatch this movie now that i've read up on it. hopefully i'll have at least one "ohhhh" moment.

12/16/2009 10:33:54 PM

Quote :

"nor does time travel play a central role in the film"

LOLfta


and Terminator 2 is better than Terminator anyway.

[Edited on December 17, 2009 at 1:37 AM. Reason : .]

12/17/2009 1:35:19 AM