Galahad
Regular
I didn't watch this at the cinema because it received some fairly negative reviews... but saw it last night on DVD (it's on offer for £5 at HMV).
I really enjoyed the film, I found myself completely drawn in and relating to the characters and caring about their fates.
I think it's a good job we've been having those discussions on time travel in the Star Trek thread though. It made the film a lot easier to understand.
The film's ending makes no sense and is a paradox unless you accept that the timeline created by the actions of Denzel Washington's character, is a new one... and not an alteration of the pre-existing timeline that he came from.
You could argue that it needed to go 12 Monkeys to work... but it really doesn't have to. everything seems to fulfill itself and it seems like it is going to go down the 12 Monkey's road... because there are many similarities but then you already know there have been some changes to the timeline at that point.
I think that the timeline we observe through most of the film, is actually a byproduct of Carlin's similar escapades in another timeline (where he was trying but failing to achieve the same result) and that it is the culmination of various altered timelines that results in the film's ending.
The reason I say that is because Jim Cavielzel's character seems to have an unconscious awareness that he has done the same thing many times before and only gets distracted when something slightly unusual from what he anticipates happens.
I really enjoyed the film, I found myself completely drawn in and relating to the characters and caring about their fates.
I think it's a good job we've been having those discussions on time travel in the Star Trek thread though. It made the film a lot easier to understand.
The film's ending makes no sense and is a paradox unless you accept that the timeline created by the actions of Denzel Washington's character, is a new one... and not an alteration of the pre-existing timeline that he came from.
You could argue that it needed to go 12 Monkeys to work... but it really doesn't have to. everything seems to fulfill itself and it seems like it is going to go down the 12 Monkey's road... because there are many similarities but then you already know there have been some changes to the timeline at that point.
I think that the timeline we observe through most of the film, is actually a byproduct of Carlin's similar escapades in another timeline (where he was trying but failing to achieve the same result) and that it is the culmination of various altered timelines that results in the film's ending.
The reason I say that is because Jim Cavielzel's character seems to have an unconscious awareness that he has done the same thing many times before and only gets distracted when something slightly unusual from what he anticipates happens.