tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post7121287358471560934..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: Primer: Reviewdelagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-14363851554034288912013-01-16T13:16:33.898-05:002013-01-16T13:16:33.898-05:00I really liked a lot of it too. It was mostly the...I really liked a lot of it too. It was mostly the ending that put me off -- the saving-the-girl-at-the-party bit that came out of nowhere was kind of bizarre, and if that had been cut, and we're done something more with the doubles trying to stop Abe from ruining his life sort of thing instead, that might have worked better, I think?<br /><br />I mean, it's even made clear that the girl *isn't* shot in any time stream. So he's not really doing anything.<br /><br />Which might be the point, I suppose.delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-76254119125810810902013-01-16T09:51:57.720-05:002013-01-16T09:51:57.720-05:00I saw that a couple of years ago and loved it: it ...I saw that a couple of years ago and loved it: it totally nails the engineering-nerd mentality (have lived among such most of my life). Not all, but a significant subset of engineering/science nerds just don't really register women. I saw the movie as a sort of Sorcerer's Apprentice fable. Also I couldn't figure out if the slight color shifts were a result of low-budget filming or a signal (like in the different storylines of "Traffic") that we were in a different timeline. I watched it 3 times trying to figure that out.Dame Eleanor Hullhttp://dameeleanorhull.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com