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4.0 out of 5 stars
SOMETHING RARE TO FIND...A UNIQUE FILM.,
By Alejandro Cortes (Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Waking Life (Widescreen) (DVD)
"Waking Life" is an experimental film, it combines dreamy, atmospheric animation with philosophy and animated cameos. The film doesn't have a linear plot, as a matter of fact it doesn't have a plot at all, because "Waking Life" it's a collection of individual segments, each one of them contains a monologue, or sometimes a collective speech about existential topics.By the way, since "Waking Life" offers many points of view about a lot of existential topics, there will be some opinions that you will agree with, and other opinions that you won't agree, and that's part of the charm of the movie. "Waking Life" doesn't want to tell you the truth about the human being, "Waking Life" invites the audience to think, to form an individual opinion about the different elements of our existences. So yes, "Waking Life" requires an active audience. The movie discusses a lot of elements: God, the dreams, the individuality of each person, the existence of the human being, among many others. "Waking Life" offers a lot to talk or think about, so this is a fascinating film, because sometimes the speeches get so complicated or complex that you constantly are trying to solve the puzzle in your mind. Visually "Waking Life" is one of the most daring animated films that I have ever seen, you think that Disney will ever make a movie like this one? Obviously not. This is independent cinema at its best. Once in a while it's refreshing to see unique movies like this one, the director and writer Richard Linklater did a great job with "Waking Life".
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting Animation Meets Armchair Philosophizing,
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This review is from: Waking Life (Widescreen) (DVD)
Waking Life_ is certainly an intense film, quite unlike anything that is currently out there. Overall, I enjoyed the film, but it took a couple of viewings to fully absorb everything. Throughout the film, our protagonist wanders around trying to navigate the gap between dreaming and reality, listening to everyone who has a mind to talk to him. Naturally, some of the monologues are interesting and stimulating, while some of them are pure rants. Even the more philosophical talks are delivered with an ordinary language that renders them a bit childish: "It's like, quantum physics, man. You know, like, the real stuff that's out there, man." This is not an actual quote, but rather a demonstration of the kind of speech to which I am referring. I get tired of the surfer speech and agree with other reviewers who have called the philosophies "juvenile" at times. There are many points in the film where we get to listen to your average Joe spout off about "the truth" when it is obvious that he probably couldn't even pass his driver's exam.Still, the animation in this film is truly unique and interesting to watch. Despite the film's rambling nature and absence of plot, the spliced sequences make for an interesting ride that definitely breaks the norm. If you enjoy animated films that are a bit "out there," you should see _Waking Life_.
4.0 out of 5 stars
-WOW-,
By scott johnston (Christchurch, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Waking Life (Widescreen) (DVD)
Wow, this was the impression i was left with after watching this movie. "Waking Life" is intensly philosophical, it challenges your perception on life, death, religion, society and reality itself. How much of a role do your dreams play in your waking life? Can you control your dreams or are you controlled? These ideas are a medium for the more philosophical disscusions the lead has with the countless people he talks do while wondering around doing absolutley nothing. The amount of talking in the film could be intimidating but only because it forces you to think about what is being said because it is all very deep stuff. At one stage a woman talks of death as being an extended dream that you can't wake from. The anonimity of the majority of characters lets the ideas take form free of any pre-concieved notions you might have if say the ideas were coming from someone well known. The mass of talking is balanced well with the very innovative animation. The film becomes a living breathing work of art with the characters being represented in watercolour, charcoals, line drawings and in styles reminiscent of surrealists such as magrite or dali and some scenes looking familar to a picasso painting. The animation is used to great effect to emphasize some of the characters points. In short if you want to be challenged, if you want to view life from a new perspective, watch this movie.
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