
Waking Life
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(615)
Animation
Drama
Fantasy
2001
101 min
R
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
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"I really really wanted to love this movie, but overall, I felt that it was just fine. It's far from bad by any means, but it isn't like top tier good. For one, I really love the different styles of animation and how each style fluidly transitions with one another. Also, I did appreciate the whole philosophy subject of the movie, but that's where my appreciation stops. I felt like the film was dragging by the half point of the movie, and also the plot was stretched really thin, that's if there was any plot at all. Also, I didn't gravitate towards the main character, I get that he was just a vessel for the movie to delve into different philosophies about the meaning of life but still, who doesn't love character driven stories. This is more of an avant-garde documentary if anything, worth watching once based out of curiosity or crossing it of your "Trippy/Psychedelic movie watchlist" but it's a film I won't be eager to watch again........... unless I'm tripping off shrooms or something. "
"Sanity is a madness put to good uses; waking life is a dream controlled.
The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything. The worst mistake that you can make is to think you're alive when really you're asleep in life's waiting room.
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