Troy reviews

The 2024 SciFi / Space Adventure Documentary/Bio

Waking Life


By Richard Linklater



brain rating
TROY SAYS:

Has some Respectable elements 6.0

"A young man dreams he is walking around listening to very analytical, insightful but very un-dreamlike monologues on the nature of reality, existential philosophy, and dreams.
No plot, no real characters. Since the animation, which is very interesting and artful, was drawn from real-world DV source footage, the underlying compositions are quite mundane, and rarely carry the psychological character of truly dreamlike scenes such as those in Orson Welles "The Trial (1962)" or even Spellbound.
People with a deep scholarly interest in animation and/or philosophy will find it intellectually stimulating. Most ordinary people looking for a "movie" experience will be very disappointed and bored to death. "

heart rating
GENIE SAYS:

4.0

β€œtoo jumpy and boring, didn't watch much”

AVERAGE RATING: 5

out of 10




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