Don't try sleeping after watching this, I think my brain is over stimulated because I put so much thought and attention into watching this. So hence I can't sleep properly,
@mechwarreir2 I was pretty damn confused when I watched this the first time, too. Anyone who claims to fully "get" this movie after watching it only once (or even twice) is full of bullshit. I don't care if that person wrote a dissertation all about Feynman diagrams and all that - STILL full of bullshit. :P
I've probably watched this movie upwards of 40 times now in the last few years and I still notice new things EVERY time I watch it.
This is truly what movies should be like. you dont need to throw millions upon millions into a movie to make it amazing. companies focus so heavily on making money they forget about making something unique
I think a key to this movie is finding when Abe's first box was made, then how when did Aaron steal it. A key, I think, is how fast Aaron comes up with the amount of seconds near the beginning (1300ish). I think Abe figured it out, and created the fail safe first thing after the first trip back (I would if it made me cancerous or something) then at some point he told Aaron, Aaron snoops and finds the failsafe and each starts going back trying to fix it, but more Aaron cause he's a perfectionist
@chitownsuperfan I don't think so. Put yourself in Aaron's shoes (the one receiving the call): If you picked up the phone and the voice on the other line (which you don't recognize, although it sounds similar to your own voice) begins telling you about your life and your future, how could you not interrupt?
Note that Narrator Aaron ordered at the very beginning not to interrupt or hang up. Listener Aaron most likely would.
@chitownsuperfan At the beginning he definitely would be though, and would most likely not even reach this point in the narration.
If Abe were receiving the call, he would not interrupt because he's still friends with Aaron and recognizes his voice. Also, the "debt" Aaron speaks about is the fact that Abe built the boxes and discovered time travel.
Another idea to keep in mind is why future Aaron is calling in the first place: To maintain control of the boxes and ensure his own survival.
This was a fantastic movie that proved that you don't need a million dollars worth of special effects to tell a riveting, engaging story. I'm not really a fan of sci-fi movies, but I found this to be really enjoyable and thought-provoking. It's a shame that trite like "Transformers" and "Green Lantern" get all the publicity when outstanding, independent films like this are all over the place.
So maybe it's just me, but I pretty much got it the first time through. I got the whole dual Aaron thing backwards, but otherwise the movie was fairly comprehensible. The jargon wasn't even that bad for the most part.
@complexoxo if you would watch the entire actual movie, you would see what the actual fuck. it is a godamn GREAT movie. not the best ever, but damn near close.
i dont really think the film plot has gained much by concealing/not-explaining their central mechanic. it's cheap fiction to put drama in just concealing information that the characters actually know
@tyrannicoystercult not just that not explaining is plausible, but how much of a difference would it really make anyway? Had they made up some terminology, most people would have read it as blah blah blah and anyone who knew what they were talking about would have found it unbelievable, since these guys haven't built a time machine.
I wonder if Granger is Abe 1, who had been looping through time and aging, who would also be able to make himself very rich thus making him the VC that the young engineers were looking for. This would explain why when Granger passed out, Abe also seemed to get sick in the same time loop. It would also mean that Aaron's wife is Abe's daughter.
@pamelatify Nice! I never thought of that but that is a distinct possibility that would go far in explaining how in the hell Granger of all people managed to find and use the machine...
When I first saw that I thought it was there to illustrate the chaotic results of time travel, and that it was "just so" - but if there's anything I've learned from watching this movie a gazillion times now, it's that NOTHING in this film is "just so"...
Id like to know more about the significance of why they could no longer write correctly. I wonder what the writer was thinking, where he was going there and why. Had it been me, after the peace I found in the hum of the machine, I might begin to look more closely at sound. The use of sound or the frequency of the hum. What do I know. Interesting but it has the feel of trying so hard to twist and turn that it loses you. Want me confused? You got it!
@goatbut29 I think they just threw that in there as a consequence to what they were doing. It's never explained, it's just meant to be scary, like "omg whats happening to me as a result of time travel?!"
@uviuar Oh right, right. I just meant it was such an interesting little piece to throw in, I wish they would have brought it into the plot somehow at the end, made it mean something.
Once they mentioned it, I kind of expected it to come back up later but it did not.
Good point. I just found it a minor but fascinating angle they could have developed into something bigger.
@goatbut29 I'd say that it's more to do with the machines being unsafe and side effects in general. I mean, they're exposed to argon gas in a cramped space, in there for days at a time (the failsafe, at least). It could be something mental, it could be physical. It's open for interpretation but I like to think that it's due to the amount of stress and psychological trauma from time travelling.
Basically, if you live in Texas, it's only a matter of time before some drunk guy with a shot gun shows up on the scene and screws up your carefully made plans. That's what I get out of this movie. Was there something else I was supposed to notice?
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daddyboom1 1 week ago
Don't try sleeping after watching this, I think my brain is over stimulated because I put so much thought and attention into watching this. So hence I can't sleep properly,
DeathByBlunderbuss 1 month ago
Wait... What ?
DownDiggaDeDoo 1 month ago
this is where the shit hits the fan. like lesie neilson said in airplane.
spadehatesscrewtube 2 months ago
wtf did I just watch. I am so confused X_X
mechwarreir2 2 months ago
@mechwarreir2 Lol that's normal - watch it a couple more times and pay close attention to even the smallest details - they matter. ;D
Suolperos 1 month ago
@mechwarreir2 I was pretty damn confused when I watched this the first time, too. Anyone who claims to fully "get" this movie after watching it only once (or even twice) is full of bullshit. I don't care if that person wrote a dissertation all about Feynman diagrams and all that - STILL full of bullshit. :P
I've probably watched this movie upwards of 40 times now in the last few years and I still notice new things EVERY time I watch it.
Suolperos 1 month ago
best drunk movie ever. bar none. runner up is vallerie and her week of wonders,
spadehatesscrewtube 2 months ago
OK, I counted, there were exactly 23 people involved in this project. And holy shit did it turn out well!
Pellicius 2 months ago
Got it the first time.
RobotMan1998 3 months ago
yeah it definitely takes 2-3 watches, i just got it -.-
Aeonhem 3 months ago
Go to 2:33 and watch the guy in the top right behind Aaron closely.
166291 3 months ago
@166291 What am I looking at?
Nosole123 2 months ago
@Nosole123 The guy behind Aaron vanishes. Without CGI.
166291 2 months ago
This is truly what movies should be like. you dont need to throw millions upon millions into a movie to make it amazing. companies focus so heavily on making money they forget about making something unique
TL3C7Y 3 months ago
wow. brilliant.
ReactionShot 3 months ago
written directected, ect., and the food for crissake too, fk me runnin'...
IETCHX69 4 months ago
omg.. easily the best movie ever. lol
SterotypeMoFo 4 months ago
I think a key to this movie is finding when Abe's first box was made, then how when did Aaron steal it. A key, I think, is how fast Aaron comes up with the amount of seconds near the beginning (1300ish). I think Abe figured it out, and created the fail safe first thing after the first trip back (I would if it made me cancerous or something) then at some point he told Aaron, Aaron snoops and finds the failsafe and each starts going back trying to fix it, but more Aaron cause he's a perfectionist
WhisperShift 5 months ago
The past, present and future MEs are all slightly confused
blindingcobra 5 months ago
I JUST FIGURED OUT WHO THE PHONE CALL IS TO!!! HE'S CALLING HIS ORIGINAL SELF FROM WHATEVER COUNTRY HE WENT TO!!!
chitownsuperfan 6 months ago
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yougotmail42 5 months ago
@chitownsuperfan I don't think so. Put yourself in Aaron's shoes (the one receiving the call): If you picked up the phone and the voice on the other line (which you don't recognize, although it sounds similar to your own voice) begins telling you about your life and your future, how could you not interrupt?
Note that Narrator Aaron ordered at the very beginning not to interrupt or hang up. Listener Aaron most likely would.
Now, if it were Abe receiving the call...
yougotmail42 5 months ago
@yougotmail42 hmmm... another valid possibility. I'm not sure he's so worried about interfering though, at this point.
chitownsuperfan 5 months ago
@chitownsuperfan At the beginning he definitely would be though, and would most likely not even reach this point in the narration.
If Abe were receiving the call, he would not interrupt because he's still friends with Aaron and recognizes his voice. Also, the "debt" Aaron speaks about is the fact that Abe built the boxes and discovered time travel.
Another idea to keep in mind is why future Aaron is calling in the first place: To maintain control of the boxes and ensure his own survival.
yougotmail42 5 months ago
First time, and I'm kinda blowing. Hard to process. aah..
RoboTr0ll 6 months ago
I GET IT. IT'S TAKEN ME FOUR VIEWINGS BUT I FINALLY GET IT. BAHAHAHA. i'm gonna go eat some victory ice cream
iamthegreatest1234 6 months ago
i want my wasted hour back.
ps3consolewar 6 months ago
horrible
1Nekit1 7 months ago
This was a fantastic movie that proved that you don't need a million dollars worth of special effects to tell a riveting, engaging story. I'm not really a fan of sci-fi movies, but I found this to be really enjoyable and thought-provoking. It's a shame that trite like "Transformers" and "Green Lantern" get all the publicity when outstanding, independent films like this are all over the place.
JSwiftMedia 8 months ago 16
@JSwiftMedia yeh. im still getting over the poisoners handbook.
spadehatesscrewtube 2 months ago
So maybe it's just me, but I pretty much got it the first time through. I got the whole dual Aaron thing backwards, but otherwise the movie was fairly comprehensible. The jargon wasn't even that bad for the most part.
Smoenator 8 months ago 2
Anybody know the piano chords for the end credits? Im really gidding it man.
Chikagba 8 months ago
Never knew this film existed. Many thanks for the upload, 10/10. Fucking brilliant.
HardcoreBrendan 8 months ago 2
What the actual fuck
Back to 80 minutes ago!
complexoxo 8 months ago 20
@complexoxo if you would watch the entire actual movie, you would see what the actual fuck. it is a godamn GREAT movie. not the best ever, but damn near close.
spadehatesscrewtube 2 months ago
ohhhh the part in french is actually the construction of a box the size of a warehouse
ultranattt 9 months ago
'why cant we write like normal people' hahaha
i dont really think the film plot has gained much by concealing/not-explaining their central mechanic. it's cheap fiction to put drama in just concealing information that the characters actually know
tyrannicoystercult 10 months ago
@tyrannicoystercult not just that not explaining is plausible, but how much of a difference would it really make anyway? Had they made up some terminology, most people would have read it as blah blah blah and anyone who knew what they were talking about would have found it unbelievable, since these guys haven't built a time machine.
taointhebryony 7 months ago
Yah, but I thought Darth Vader was Princess Leia's, Grandfather's uncle's dog's 2nd handler...
WTF?!?!?!
And here I thought PI was messed up...
This flick is deserving of the Eraserhead award for "where's the baby?"
heckler73 10 months ago
I wonder if Granger is Abe 1, who had been looping through time and aging, who would also be able to make himself very rich thus making him the VC that the young engineers were looking for. This would explain why when Granger passed out, Abe also seemed to get sick in the same time loop. It would also mean that Aaron's wife is Abe's daughter.
pamelatify 10 months ago 4
@pamelatify Nice! I never thought of that but that is a distinct possibility that would go far in explaining how in the hell Granger of all people managed to find and use the machine...
When I first saw that I thought it was there to illustrate the chaotic results of time travel, and that it was "just so" - but if there's anything I've learned from watching this movie a gazillion times now, it's that NOTHING in this film is "just so"...
That's good thinking, my friend. I like it.
Suolperos 1 month ago
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i like this much, thumbs up
Shy1aSty1ez 11 months ago
Y U NO MAKE PRIMER SEQUAL?
Or a prequel...?
0000infinity0000 11 months ago
Um.
Id like to know more about the significance of why they could no longer write correctly. I wonder what the writer was thinking, where he was going there and why. Had it been me, after the peace I found in the hum of the machine, I might begin to look more closely at sound. The use of sound or the frequency of the hum. What do I know. Interesting but it has the feel of trying so hard to twist and turn that it loses you. Want me confused? You got it!
goatbut29 11 months ago
@goatbut29 I think they just threw that in there as a consequence to what they were doing. It's never explained, it's just meant to be scary, like "omg whats happening to me as a result of time travel?!"
uviuar 11 months ago
@uviuar Oh right, right. I just meant it was such an interesting little piece to throw in, I wish they would have brought it into the plot somehow at the end, made it mean something.
Once they mentioned it, I kind of expected it to come back up later but it did not.
Good point. I just found it a minor but fascinating angle they could have developed into something bigger.
goatbut29 11 months ago
@goatbut29 I'd say that it's more to do with the machines being unsafe and side effects in general. I mean, they're exposed to argon gas in a cramped space, in there for days at a time (the failsafe, at least). It could be something mental, it could be physical. It's open for interpretation but I like to think that it's due to the amount of stress and psychological trauma from time travelling.
166291 11 months ago
Basically, if you live in Texas, it's only a matter of time before some drunk guy with a shot gun shows up on the scene and screws up your carefully made plans. That's what I get out of this movie. Was there something else I was supposed to notice?
jamesrumsey 11 months ago
Yes, he is building larger module.
kengy1991 1 year ago
Was he teaching a group how to make the machines at the end?
MrStillmans 1 year ago
@MrStillmans yea he is somewhere in france
DavidYeshiwas 1 year ago
@MrStillmans No,he wus planning a box the size of a ware house.
JENROD11 8 months ago