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What the hell happened to the other two guys that were working on the project? They were working 80 hours a week on that levitate-o-tron and then, BAM, they fade out of the movie. One of them was supposed to be really inquisitive, too.
I'll bet there was a lot more to that in the original script, but it ended up on the cutting room floor for one reason or another. It was kind of weird.
I think there was a throwaway line about how the garage had to be fumigated or something, and Abe and Aaron just acted like they weren't working on anything and made each other promise not to tell the other two guys.
Yeah they pretty much establish that they aren't on the same page as the other guys, they're already grating at their idea for a direction of work. So when they find out they've discovered a time machine they go out of their way to keep the other two out of the loop.
I can't remember exactly what confused me that wasn't on that timeline... but then that's why I'm watching it again.
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All of it.
I don't think it'll matter to you since you can't read it anyway.
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Soooo....
Secondly, why does he decide to record everything? First off, to use it you'd have to go back AGAIN, which seems like a nice waste of several days, reliving and recording as well as sitting in the box. And secondly, what's the point of knowing exactly how everything goes down if, well, you already know how everything went down since you experienced it twice?
Great movie. So well made in fact, I'm stunned it was filmed on so small a budget.
As for the plot itself, I'm not even gonna pretend I understood it to the point of that timeline linked in the wiki, but I understood it enough to get enjoyment out of it. Plus, I watched it two times in a row back to back. I can't even remember the last time a movie made me want to do that.
"No.. I was wrong. This must be what going mad feels like."
So far, all I know is that Abe and Arron really, really destroyed their own lives.
Explanation would still be nice.
You're pretty good at being a douche. I solute you.
Anyways...
Primer is a very good movie. Even when you have no idea what's going on, it's still fun to watch. I watched it two or three times before I gave up and just read the Wiki entry and the official forums to get it all figured out, and there's absolutely no way, if these explanations are accurate, that anyone with an IQ under 200 could figure it out.
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed that
It is validating, really.
I really think my favorite part of the movie was the very beginning. It reminded me of when I was a little kid helping out some of my family friends who were engineers. Which makes sense, I suppose, since the writer is an engineer.
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So good.
The only part I'm still confused about after reading the wiki timelines are
b. The physical effects of the time machine i.e. the handwriting/ear bleedings/fainting/comatose-ings. I know the ear bleedings are probably caused by over exhaustion, and the same with the doubles fainting. What about the handwriting though? I've looked at a lot of discussions, and still can't seem to see anything about it.
edit: There's some things you can explain Jasoco, if you've even seen the movie. (Because honestly, going into a discussion going 'OMG I R SMRT I KNO STORY FULLY' and then beating around the bush doesn't contribute much to the actual thread)
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That's why when Abe finally decides to use the failsafe he gets sick (he collapses in the scene with Aaron on the park bench) because the timer had been adjusted and he got out of the box too late, on top of exhaustion from being in the box for so long.
part b: no clue, in the movie Abe says their writing looks like it was done with their non-dominant hands but it's never explained.
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It makes me wonder, though