Movie Recommendation: Primer

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Hi all. Has anyone else here seen Primer? It's widely considered to be the most confusing movie ever made. The first time I watched the film, I thought it was just nonsense ... but then I watched this other video explaining it.

Watch the film here.
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... and then watch this video explaining the film's plot.


How much did you understand before you watched the explanation?

Confession: I didn't get it at all until I watched the explanation. I understood the first part of the film in which the time machine was being built, but I was totally lost for the rest of the movie.

That being said, I'm still glad that I saw the movie because I'm sick of seeing Hollywood movies in which everything is artlessly spoon-fed to a general audience, and nobody's intelligence is challenged. I ultimately failed the challenge that Primer put me to, but I'm glad I was challenged at all.

I was confused because I thought some of the audio was really terrible like they didn't set up the microphones properly in the production. I had a hard time following some of the dialogue.

The whole approach to it was fascinating though and it was a strange situation where I didn't mind being a little lost as even the main characters were clearly getting into confusing situations.

I would consider watching it again maybe with Closed Captioning on for me. I have since learned my hearing is messed up actually.

I watched it a long time ago, so can't remember if I "got it" before the end. It was a bit of a slog getting through it though - probably because of the direction or production. It certainly had the feel of an independent film.

But yes, it was an interesting film. I think I'd put it in my category of: I'm glad I watched it, but once is enough. Like The Road.