http://celluloid.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/primer/ Movie Reviews by Reel People Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:49:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://celluloid.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/primer/#comment-17 Celluloid - Movie reviews by reel people at Facibus Reviews Sat, 19 May 2007 22:31:18 +0000 http://celluloid.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/primer/#comment-17 [...] far today she’s reviewed Primer, Casino Royale, and Mr Bean vs [...] [...] far today she’s reviewed Primer, Casino Royale, and Mr Bean vs [...]

]]> http://celluloid.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/primer/#comment-13 Karen Thu, 17 May 2007 01:28:59 +0000 http://celluloid.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/primer/#comment-13 I must sit down and watch this movie again. I know I will have a few "ah-ha" moments with a second viewing. I have even decided to use this movie in a project I am doing for my Grad. Dip. of Astronomy. I will be investigating how science fiction and science come together, in particular, I will be looking at how science fiction movies represent the theories of general relativity (both correctly and incorrectly). I will have to watch Primer at least once more to get a full grasp on the GR involved, though I can say the dialogue is where the science goes right but the creation of multiple paradoxes is where the science goes wrong - as a start. If anyone would like to suggest any pointers, I would be most appreciative. I must sit down and watch this movie again. I know I will have a few “ah-ha” moments with a second viewing. I have even decided to use this movie in a project I am doing for my Grad. Dip. of Astronomy. I will be investigating how science fiction and science come together, in particular, I will be looking at how science fiction movies represent the theories of general relativity (both correctly and incorrectly). I will have to watch Primer at least once more to get a full grasp on the GR involved, though I can say the dialogue is where the science goes right but the creation of multiple paradoxes is where the science goes wrong – as a start. If anyone would like to suggest any pointers, I would be most appreciative.

]]> http://celluloid.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/primer/#comment-4 W Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:39:08 +0000 http://celluloid.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/primer/#comment-4 As someone with a degree in physics and a love for quantum theory, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Pretty much all of the film's technical dialogue is derived from various speculations put forth by theoretical physicists over the last 80 or 90 years. A good book on the subject, written for the layperson, is "In Search of Schroedinger's Cat" by John Gribbin. Anyway, you don't have know much about quantum physics or spacetime physics (general relativity) to follow this movie. You do, however, have to have decent critical-thinking skills. It's definitely not a movie for those with short attention spans. This is a movie designed to make the viewer think. Hard. I don't think the viewer is necessarily supposed to figure everything out. Rather, I think he/she is supposed to marvel at the possibilities presented in the film. I doubt that the creators of the film had everything figured out before they started filming and probably still hadn't done so by the end of the project. They were probably more interested in raising questions than answering them. As someone with a degree in physics and a love for quantum theory, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Pretty much all of the film’s technical dialogue is derived from various speculations put forth by theoretical physicists over the last 80 or 90 years. A good book on the subject, written for the layperson, is “In Search of Schroedinger’s Cat” by John Gribbin.
Anyway, you don’t have know much about quantum physics or spacetime physics (general relativity) to follow this movie. You do, however, have to have decent critical-thinking skills. It’s definitely not a movie for those with short attention spans.
This is a movie designed to make the viewer think. Hard. I don’t think the viewer is necessarily supposed to figure everything out. Rather, I think he/she is supposed to marvel at the possibilities presented in the film. I doubt that the creators of the film had everything figured out before they started filming and probably still hadn’t done so by the end of the project. They were probably more interested in raising questions than answering them.

]]> http://celluloid.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/primer/#comment-3 Celluloid - Movie reviews by reel people at Facibus Reviews Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:24:29 +0000 http://celluloid.wordpress.com/2007/04/26/primer/#comment-3 [...] far today she’s reviewed Primer,  Casino Royale, and Mr Bean vs [...] [...] far today she’s reviewed Primer,  Casino Royale, and Mr Bean vs [...]

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