Midweek Special: "You got the punchline wrong." -- What the Bleep Do We Know!?
I couldn't possibly review this like a normal movie and I don't feel like trying, so here's a simple recommendation from me to you. There will be a review this weekend as well, like normal.
What the Bleep Do We Know!?. No really, amongst all the talking and philosophizing and experimenting that we do in this world, how much of it is really knowledge? How much of it can we say without any doubt is true? This docu-entertainma-drama takes these questions and runs with them.
In short, this film puts forth and explores a number of problems that Philosophers have contemplated for thousands of years, offers solutions to quite a few problems, and encourages you, the audience, to take from it all what you will. Everything from reality itself to God to emotions to addiction is mused upon and talked about. As the title suggests, the filmmakers do not presume to hold the answers, only that they have some very interesting information that may be used to form some of the many possibilities.
But let's get down to basics: What the Bleep Do We Know!? splices interviews with scientists, physicians, philosophers, authors, and other such people into well-done special effects and a live-action story in an attempt to get people thinking and talking. It also does this all in such a way as to make it very accessible, as long as you are willing to use your brain. This isn't a popcorn flick, but you also don't need to take notes (notes might help, though ;-) ). If you go in not knowing anything about the concepts it discusses, it is all the more interesting. If you come out completely disagreeing with everything they said, it is all the more fun to talk about it afterwards. I recommend you see it with a few close friends and you all go in with those synapses firing. It's one heck of a trip.
Note: This movie is Not Rated, which means Blockbuster treats it like it's NC-17 / "X." This is no porno. If I had to rate it, I'd give it a PG-13 for a very brief sex scene (ok, it's technically two, but they are back-to-back and still take up less than 20 seconds total) and some language. Really, these are no big deal, and since most kids probably won't get much from this movie, it's not a good idea to show it to them anyway.
Overall: 4/5 neuropeptides (I rather enjoyed this movie aesthetically, but it did more for me than that. I disagree, in varying degrees, with much of what was said, but that's all the better).
What the Bleep Do We Know!?. No really, amongst all the talking and philosophizing and experimenting that we do in this world, how much of it is really knowledge? How much of it can we say without any doubt is true? This docu-entertainma-drama takes these questions and runs with them.
In short, this film puts forth and explores a number of problems that Philosophers have contemplated for thousands of years, offers solutions to quite a few problems, and encourages you, the audience, to take from it all what you will. Everything from reality itself to God to emotions to addiction is mused upon and talked about. As the title suggests, the filmmakers do not presume to hold the answers, only that they have some very interesting information that may be used to form some of the many possibilities.
But let's get down to basics: What the Bleep Do We Know!? splices interviews with scientists, physicians, philosophers, authors, and other such people into well-done special effects and a live-action story in an attempt to get people thinking and talking. It also does this all in such a way as to make it very accessible, as long as you are willing to use your brain. This isn't a popcorn flick, but you also don't need to take notes (notes might help, though ;-) ). If you go in not knowing anything about the concepts it discusses, it is all the more interesting. If you come out completely disagreeing with everything they said, it is all the more fun to talk about it afterwards. I recommend you see it with a few close friends and you all go in with those synapses firing. It's one heck of a trip.
Note: This movie is Not Rated, which means Blockbuster treats it like it's NC-17 / "X." This is no porno. If I had to rate it, I'd give it a PG-13 for a very brief sex scene (ok, it's technically two, but they are back-to-back and still take up less than 20 seconds total) and some language. Really, these are no big deal, and since most kids probably won't get much from this movie, it's not a good idea to show it to them anyway.
Overall: 4/5 neuropeptides (I rather enjoyed this movie aesthetically, but it did more for me than that. I disagree, in varying degrees, with much of what was said, but that's all the better).
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