Primer

[Fishlore]

Has anyone seen the movie "Primer?" It came out sometime in 2004. It had less than a $7000 budget. No-name actors, no cgi, no special effects and very little action. Everything I like in a movie. In a nutshell it's about time travel. It is by far the most thinking-intensive movie I've ever seen. It's 100 times more complicated than Momento, Donnie Darko or any other movie you may think requires a lot of thought. Some movies spoon feed you. This movie gives you nothing. It's only about an hour and seventeen minutes long. This is a good thing though because you'll feel overwhelmed after it. I'm on my third viewing and I'm still piecing it together.

I can't recomend it to any of my friends because they require Hollywood style action and CG, stomach turning Hollywood actors and being spoon fed every little detail. I would recommend it to anyone that really likes time travel theories and likes to be challenged mentally with their movies. Again, it's a very small budget film but worth a viewing if you like that sort of thing.

I need someone to discuss this one with and need reccomendations for other movies that might fit this mold.

 

[Icarusintel]

loved the movie, but it's difficult to understand at times, especially without a degree in engineering or anything, but i like the fact that its unappolagetic when it comes to the science aspects of it

 

[Fishlore]

loved the movie, but it's difficult to understand at times, especially without a degree in engineering or anything, but i like the fact that its unappolagetic when it comes to the science aspects of it

I completely agree. I found this timeline that attempts to sort things out.

http://neuwanstein.fw.hu/primer_timeline.html

It was a good read in between viewings 1 and 2. Not the most concise document in the world, but does a fair job helping to clear stuff up.

 

[Kmack]

it is amazing! just bought it (saw it when it was released to DVD). such a cool heady movie. i love the subtle sci-fi ness. if you havent seen it, check it out!

 

[Fishlore]

it is amazing! just bought it (saw it when it was released to DVD). such a cool heady movie. i love the subtle sci-fi ness. if you havent seen it, check it out!

Did you check out the timeline I had in my previous post? Pretty helpful. For instance, the first time through I had no idea that the "baby birds" in the attic were really Aaron's other self drugged and tied down in the attic.

 

[Kmack]

Did you check out the timeline I had in my previous post? Pretty helpful. For instance, the first time through I had no idea that the "baby birds" in the attic were really Aaron's other self drugged and tied down in the attic.

i plan on watching it and reading the timeline at the same time with a buddy, so we can figure out all the stuff we missed, thats a really cool resource for the film, i missed a bunch of stuff! thanks

and check out the movie, those of you who havent!

 

[DEATH eVADER]

I try and spot primer everywhere I go, but I don't see it down in the shops

 

[kaf11]

primer is absolutely amazing. one of the most interesting films i have seen in a good while, and i cant wait to buy it in order to watch it 5 more times to better understand it.