Waking Life | | Cast : | Ethan Hawke | | Director : | Richard Linklater | | Studio : | | | Format : | | | Released Date : | January 01, 2001 | | DVD Released Date : | May 07, 2002 | | Language : | English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 05, 2005 | | Summary | Very profound | Content
 | Great, stimulating, thought provoking piece of work. brings out the questions of life we all think about. I watched it 3 times in 24 hours. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 05, 2005 | | Summary | certainly a trip | Content
| an excellent movie for those of us who question our existence and motives in this life. fantastic animation, wonderful direction, and intriguing characters make this movie worth watching more than once.
is your alarm clock fuzzy? better be prepared for one interesting day. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 03, 2005 | | Summary | boring | Content
| Ok, I give credit to the director for making a quite interesting movie.
Lots of people here seem to love the movie, which is cool, but for me, I thought it was boring. In fact, I didn't even finish watching the whole movie. Lots of talk, talk, talk, and more talk.
Quite frankly, it never interested me. You like horror, action, mystery, drama..etc, then this movie shouldn't be for you.
I thought it was going to be cool since its all animated, but besides that, its not that interesting. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 24, 2005 | | Summary | AWFUL!! | Content
| The "animation", which involves rotoscoping live action, is so jittery that it hurt my eyes. This movie stinks. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 23, 2005 | | Summary | flawed technique | Content
| There are a lot of very interesting ideas discussed in this movie. However, this sort of philosophical smorgasboard would be better experienced on paper, as the film doesn't really allow ample time to for these discussions to be absorbed by the viewer, especially if the viewer is not experienced in the philosophical thought process.
The visuals are stunning, but can hinder one somewhat from fully understanding the ideas before the film moves on to the next idea. I found it very frustrating to try to fully comprehend certain ideas presented, only to be bombarded with even more equally intense dialogue and visuals.
The ideas presented are certainly fascinating, and are framed with some of the most beautiful visuals I've ever seen in a film, but the combination of the two can be quite overwhelming. I'd prefer to read a script, if one exists, and take my time contemplating these usually complex philosophical meanderings. Film is simply not a suitable medium, unless the viewer is already familiar with the ideas presented. |
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