Yes and I love it but I've tried to make my friends share in the enthusiasm and I could see they were bored out of their minds and just watching it with me because we're friends.
I watched it, enjoyed it, but didn't really understand exactly what was going on during the last 30 minutes or so. I think it's meant to be rewatched a couple of times, which I intend to do eventually. If someone tells you they understood exactly what was going on the first time they watched it, they're probably just pretending to be smarter than they really are.
At some point someone discloses time travel to him, something extreme led to this and the Aaron and Abe we're following didn't make it there yet. So he hops back in time and I guess he's looking for them and then slips into a coma.
I think they imply shutting off one of the boxes while it's running and frick knows what that does, I've seen people deny this but I'm not sure what they base that on, it would be controllable when to get in the boxes if they plan to stop them so at least it wouldn't frick with them.
I saw it, didn't care much about it. Tried the visual novel and dropped because it took forever to get anywhere and I didn't see a point since I felt I had spoiled myself a lot coming from the anime.
I never understood the meme that this is impossible to understand. The "main" timeloops are explicitly explained in the film, and at the end when the guys boss or whoever gains access to the box, it is not explained as it is showing that each loop made several other loops and the timeline got exponentially more complex each time with more and more boxes being created and more people discovering their secret. How exactly is that a difficult concept to grasp.
It's a decent concept and plot with some great scenes but poor connective tissue, overly elliptical with not showing the girl's dad or the party properly, and contains basic visual storytelling failings in the editing and blocking. A good example is the cut early on to Abe waking up on the floor after they lift up the metal encasment on the prototype box early on. Most people I know who've watched this assume that there's something twisty timeskip going on there we're not being shown, or that it's part of the disorientation of the film, but when you listen to the director's commentary Carruth says "when we screened this at festivals this cut confused people because there's a few seconds of black in the middle that were omitted in the festival print, so it's so sudden people think it's the machine doing this, when actually he's just waking up hungover the next morning". Except even with the few seconds of black padding in the middle the cut stylistically reads quite strongly as the machine having done something spooky and Abe waking up afterwards on the floor, with little noticable indication he's drunk; might be a faint sound of a bottle clinking or something, can't remember. But lots of people I watch this with get hung up on that one cut for the next 15 mins trying to place what it means amongst what they're being shown next and not taking in the exposition they're *meant* to be taking in as a result. It wrongfoots and disorients the audience's experience of the story at a point where they're still meant to be taking in the story linearly. It's worth watching to study low-budget filmmaking production and as a curiosity and it deserved its initial awards at the time but it is overly mythologised.
no but they wear the same shirts after work, at parties, everytime. A couple of t-shirts and sweatshirts cost like a buck fifty at wallmart at the time.
It's a simple story when you look at it. Two guys invent a time machine, test it out and start fricking with the timeline. It's just the details that get confusing.
>It's a simple story when you look at it
It is, the screenplay is just not good, the visual story telling isnt good. If they had a million dollar budget, a decent screenwriter and a decent director, it wouldnt be so messy. The dialoge doesnt help and alot of scenes are ADR'ed which doesnt help.
What saves the movie is the premise and the weird, unsettling, midwestern corperate america anno 2000's vibe it has going for it.
It's unnecessarily complicated it's so clever.
watch it, look at some infographs, move on
damn, are you me
Engineers bad
He dreamed the whole thing.
a solid analysis anon.
Yes and I love it but I've tried to make my friends share in the enthusiasm and I could see they were bored out of their minds and just watching it with me because we're friends.
Their minds werent blown by the who's that abe scene?
Yeah this kind of movie demands your full attention and then some, I can see why it's not super well known.
I got the gist, but watched it a second time to flesh it out in my mind more.
Your friends are smarter than you
Oh yeah, it was really easy to understand. I got the first time. You actually struggled with the plot?
reddit: the time travel saga
I watched it, enjoyed it, but didn't really understand exactly what was going on during the last 30 minutes or so. I think it's meant to be rewatched a couple of times, which I intend to do eventually. If someone tells you they understood exactly what was going on the first time they watched it, they're probably just pretending to be smarter than they really are.
Haven't seen it in years, going at it again right now. I was distressed at how garbage Cinemaphile looked but thanks for reminding me this exists.
I feel I missed something with the families, I remember reading websites talking about like 3 timelines but I felt it wasn't really how it worked.
Nobody can tell me what happened to thomas grainger
At some point someone discloses time travel to him, something extreme led to this and the Aaron and Abe we're following didn't make it there yet. So he hops back in time and I guess he's looking for them and then slips into a coma.
Will it be explored in Primer II: Abepocalypse Now
Carruth says he's working on it in-between beating women...
I think they imply shutting off one of the boxes while it's running and frick knows what that does, I've seen people deny this but I'm not sure what they base that on, it would be controllable when to get in the boxes if they plan to stop them so at least it wouldn't frick with them.
Time travel is confusing because people keep travelling back in time you don't know which timeline you are in.
Yes and it was shit. Steins hate mogs it in every department
This, but don't expect anyone on this board to know about the show because they automatically dismiss anything that's an anime.
I saw it, didn't care much about it. Tried the visual novel and dropped because it took forever to get anywhere and I didn't see a point since I felt I had spoiled myself a lot coming from the anime.
Someone recommended this one in these threads and it felt silly as frick but in an enjoyable way.
I never understood the meme that this is impossible to understand. The "main" timeloops are explicitly explained in the film, and at the end when the guys boss or whoever gains access to the box, it is not explained as it is showing that each loop made several other loops and the timeline got exponentially more complex each time with more and more boxes being created and more people discovering their secret. How exactly is that a difficult concept to grasp.
Why were their wives so hot?
They married engineers. Classic beta bux
I'm pretty sure I did. Once you get a feel for how pretentious it is all interpretations fall into place.
which of time travel methods seem the most plausible?
Car accident -> waking up from coma 10 years later.
Going really fast
>be me
>be sleepy
>blink
>already the next day
Fuken how?
xanax. i've time jumped to the future more times then i can count
It's a decent concept and plot with some great scenes but poor connective tissue, overly elliptical with not showing the girl's dad or the party properly, and contains basic visual storytelling failings in the editing and blocking. A good example is the cut early on to Abe waking up on the floor after they lift up the metal encasment on the prototype box early on. Most people I know who've watched this assume that there's something twisty timeskip going on there we're not being shown, or that it's part of the disorientation of the film, but when you listen to the director's commentary Carruth says "when we screened this at festivals this cut confused people because there's a few seconds of black in the middle that were omitted in the festival print, so it's so sudden people think it's the machine doing this, when actually he's just waking up hungover the next morning". Except even with the few seconds of black padding in the middle the cut stylistically reads quite strongly as the machine having done something spooky and Abe waking up afterwards on the floor, with little noticable indication he's drunk; might be a faint sound of a bottle clinking or something, can't remember. But lots of people I watch this with get hung up on that one cut for the next 15 mins trying to place what it means amongst what they're being shown next and not taking in the exposition they're *meant* to be taking in as a result. It wrongfoots and disorients the audience's experience of the story at a point where they're still meant to be taking in the story linearly. It's worth watching to study low-budget filmmaking production and as a curiosity and it deserved its initial awards at the time but it is overly mythologised.
How many clones were there in the end? Just 1 of each? Or possibly many?
I saw it a million years ago but I think it was at least 3 Aarons and 2 Abes.
Dont these guy own any other piece of clothing other than a shirt and a tie? I swear they wear nothing else all through the movie
> The famous SciFi thriller "Primer" was created on a $7000 budget.
Can't be wasting dough on cufflinks mister Versace.
no but they wear the same shirts after work, at parties, everytime. A couple of t-shirts and sweatshirts cost like a buck fifty at wallmart at the time.
Well the entire movie is a bit weird.
There's hooded Aaron so apologize right now.
It's a simple story when you look at it. Two guys invent a time machine, test it out and start fricking with the timeline. It's just the details that get confusing.
>It's a simple story when you look at it
It is, the screenplay is just not good, the visual story telling isnt good. If they had a million dollar budget, a decent screenwriter and a decent director, it wouldnt be so messy. The dialoge doesnt help and alot of scenes are ADR'ed which doesnt help.
What saves the movie is the premise and the weird, unsettling, midwestern corperate america anno 2000's vibe it has going for it.
Why did they have trouble writing?