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Glad to see Primer as the first movie mentioned. Primer is perhaps the best time-travel movie I’ve seen.
by jeffwass 5y ago
Glad to see Primer as the first movie mentioned.
Primer is perhaps the best time-travel movie I’ve seen.
- dariusj18 5y agoHaven't seen it, but > it makes Back To The Future look like a children's cartoon Do people think Back to the Future is hard to follow?
- onhn 5y agoIf you liked Primer, the film "Timecrimes" does an excellent job at the physical consistency of time travel.
- andi999 5y agoTimecrimes is worth a watch.
- hipjiveguy 5y agoI love time travel movies, and that movie sucked. not worth the time, or the $$$ I spent on it
- hodder 5y agoI loved primer. If you like time travel movies (and if you are on hackernews the chances are high you do), definitely give this one a watch. It is definitely among my favorites. It is an awesome film which goes to show low budgets can go a long way with a great script.
- nickpp 5y agoCheck out “Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel” for a lighter take on the subject and “Predestination” for an even crazier one.
- elsonrodriguez 5y agoPromoting Primer as anything but a movie about "A Startup company struggles to get off the ground" is a massive spoiler. I went in uninitiated and it didn't fully click until the binoculars came out. It made the rest of the movie an absolutely insane ride. It's a shame people have normalized talking about its premise in the first sentence.
- elliottkember 5y agoOoh, wow, you were lucky!
- jeffwass 5y agoI can’t tell if you’re being serious or sarcastic. Not sure if you’re seriously claiming that the “blurb” for any book or movie should never mention anything outside of the first fifteen minutes. Eg, would you promote Harry Potter as nothing more than a story about “a bullied boy struggling with his adoptive family who make him sleep in a cupboard” because the revelation of magic is a major spoiler?
- elsonrodriguez 5y agoPrimer sets up the big reveal as a mystery. It intentionally obfuscates what's going on while dropping hints. Knowing too much basically makes this part of the story structure a waste of time, and I don't see why the writers and directors would have sculpted such misdirection unless it was to surprise the viewer.
- ajmurmann 5y agoIf you enjoy time travel movies, Dark on Netflix is an incredible series. Easier to follow then Primer, but I still needed diagrams once the second season really got going
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoFair warning about Dark: I personally found the first season to be... well, not as good as the next two. It is very slow paced and does that modern TV show thing where basically nothing seems to happen in any given episode.
- hipjiveguy 5y agoyeah the first season was too slow - it picks up about eps 8 - I tried to watch it 3 times, and quit, but finally, after so many people saying it was worth a watch, got through those first episodes, and enjoyed it. It's worth watching, but in season 3 gets a little laggy for a bit, but finishes very strong.
- rcpt 5y agoI don't know I thought it was kind of dumb. People discover an honest to God time travel cave but instead of getting world leaders and scientists involved they're all using it to get back at their exes and stuff.