My Thoughts on the Film Primer
With watching Primer I can say that it was a first time in my life to feel so confused while watching a film. Maybe because I did not know what to expect from the film and I have not checked before what this film is about. I have heard about the film for the first time when we watched the trailer in our classroom, but to be honest I did not understand anything from the trailer as well. Now that I have seen the entire film I still do not know how I feel about it whether I like it or not. I cannot answer that because I am not sure if I understood everything that happens in the film and probably there is no one else that was able to understand each scene of the film.
While watching the film that thought was on my mind all of the time. I wanted to know if it is just me that I find the plot hard to understand and maybe I am not concentrated in the film as I should, or the other people around me are also not able to understand what is going on it the film. I kind of waited for the film to end and to hear other people's in the classroom thoughts on the film. After I heard that they also were not able to understand the story completely I felt some type of relief. I was happy that I am not the only stupid person that cannot understand a simple film story. I do not know if I should give this film another chance and rewatch it again. Maybe with watching it for a second time I will be able to catch more details in the film and understand more.
For one thing that I was sure while watching the film was that they are working on some type of experiments with chemical elements and that they time traveled. I was not sure of whether their intention was to time travel and whether they were able to control that or not. I was also not sure if there were different dimensions and clones of them. I somehow wanted to know if in the experiment participated just the two characters or other people as well. Because weird things happened around to the other people as changes in their appearance. I also questioned myself whether their families know about the experiment or they did not have a clue. Immediately after the film I went on the Internet to read different articles in order to understand what I watched better, but I saw that everybody has different interpretation of the film. I am sure that I will remember this film because it is the most unique one that I have ever watched and I cannot compare it to any other film, even that I have watched films about time travel before.
Oh, it's a complicated film. I do regret that you felt as though you were missing some "smartness" factor. Nope, it's just a very complex film that plays with time travel and the possibility of multiple timelines.
ReplyDeleteThere are several Primer superfans who post theories and timelines. Joey shared this one with me, recenty, because he decided to go down this particular rabbit hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUzy-xPf0MI