06-25-2015, 04:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-25-2015, 04:19 AM by APeacefulWarrior.)
(06-24-2015, 08:19 PM)Monica Wrote: I haven't read this whole thread, so maybe there are already some here, but does anyone recommend a good time-travel or alternate-reality flick? One without too much gratuitous violence. I like movies about alternate realities, other dimensions, etc. Like The Matrix but without all the violence. Some that come to mind are What Dreams May Come, The Butterfly Effect, The 13th Floor...
I don't keep up with movies much so I've probably missed a lot of good ones.
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Have you seen "Predestination"? It came out a year or two ago and is a REALLY nifty adaptation of one of Heinlein's wilder time-travel-paradox stories. You might also like "Primer," if you haven't seen it, but the plot is so twisty and paradox-laden that one literally has to watch it 2-3 times to hope to work out WTF is going on. 12 Monkeys is another good one along similar lines. (The original movie; I haven't seen the new TV show.)
Also, speaking of the Matrix, anyone who hasn't seen it should be rushing out to watch Cloud Atlas, which was co-directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Twyker. There's relatively little violence (although a bit) and it's almost certain to resonate philosophically with anyone who's hanging around here. I personally think it's one of the single best films made in the last decade, although it's "high-minded" enough that a lot of people didn't get it. (Or didn't want to.)