Deja Vu, best time travel movie of the decade?

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Grizzlyjin

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Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
I haven't seen it since it came out 4 years ago, but it's on FX so I had to watch it again. I thought the film did an amazing job of trying to take a very fantastical concept and make it somewhat realistic seeming. Plus it has Denzel!

Come on GAF, I know someone out there agrees with me!
 
I enjoyed it, it was probably my favorite "Action"-based time travel movie.

Favorite comedy-based time travel movie right now is "Hot Tub Time Machine". (Looking forward to seeing the extras on video tomorrow!) Followed by "Idiocracy", but I really enjoyed and highly recommend HTTM.

Favorite not-actually traveling but time-based is "Frequency", followed by "Butterfly Effect".

Still need to see Primer (it's on my DVR).

EDIT: Here's a handy guide from XKCD to explain the narrative charts for movies. I like the Primer one.
 
Haven't seen too many time travel movies this past decade.
The Butterfly Effect probably ranks at the top of my list.

I also really like The Jacket, though I might be the only one. :lol
 
Saw Deja Vu in the theater actually. Okay but pretty run of the mill thriller, no real want to watch it ever again.

Primer was too much for me. I ended up understanding the timeline after reading about it on the internet, disappointed.
 
Teddman said:
Me neither. Suffered from LOST syndrome: throw a bunch of weird stuff on the screen and let the audience connect the dots.
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actually throw a bunch of advanced physics at the audience and laugh as they pathetically scramble to figure out what the fuck

i still have no idea what happened in that movie, and thats after like a zillion flowcharts explaining the thing

still the best time travel movie tho
 
there aren't enough movies to say it isn't in the top 5

but it aint exactly an awesome film....unless you're like a middle aged black woman or somethin'.

My aunt gets off every time you even mention danzel.

i also want to add that i too like the butterfly effect. alot of people shit on it and i guess i can see why but i like it.
 
I'm a sucker for Rachel McAdams.

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vazel said:
I'm a sucker for Rachel McAdams.

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I've actually thought about watching this one. I'm also a sucker for McAdams, plus Eric Bana is a pretty cool actor.

I hate Donnie Darko. I don't like anything about that movie. And The Butterfly Effect hasn't aged well, at least with me. I thought it was decent when I saw it in theaters, but I hated it last time I saw it.

And I had mixed feelings about the time travel stuff in Star Trek 2009. I understand why they did it (to bridge the old with the new, create a new timeline) but I think I would have liked it more if Nero was the only one that traveled back in time. I don't know, all the Old Spock stuff just felt so shoehorned in for me. Still liked the movie though...
 
harSon said:
1. Timecrimes
2. The Butterfly Effect
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Yep

Timecrimes is just too good to not be named number one in my book. It was just so gripping and it had a sense of humor without being overt about it.
 
Whoa... I mean it was good, but I wouldn't go out of my way to call it the best of the decade. I mean Timecrimes is some stiff competition, and here I thought I was the only person who saw it :lol

Still have to see Primer though.
 
Teddman said:
Me neither. Suffered from LOST syndrome: throw a bunch of weird stuff on the screen and let the audience connect the dots.
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The difference between Lost and Primer is that with primer it is possible to connect the dots. Lost just leaves a load of things unexplained but Primer gives you just enough clues to connect everything up.
 
Teddman said:
Me neither. Suffered from LOST syndrome: throw a bunch of weird stuff on the screen and let the audience connect the dots.
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No, Primer is pretty much the exact opposite of Lost. Carruth provided a meticulously crafted narrative that you have to watch at least twice to understand.
 
I watched Timecrimes like five months ago and thought it was pretty run-of-the-mill and very predictable. I'm not sure why it gets so much praise.
 
I always thought it was a cop out that they could just zoom to any angle in their past-viewing machine. It gets one into all these weird time loops that would go unanswered.
 
Primer was fantastic. If you don't understand more about a time-travel movie when you watch it the second, third, fourth time, then it isn't really a time-travel movie.
 
rhfb said:
Timecrimes, Primer, ect...
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Those are the two worthy ones.

Deja Vu was okay. It had a more interesting premise than execution. The upcoming movie Source Code might be similar in concept based on its logline, although it might actually be quite different.
 
Teddman said:
Me neither. Suffered from LOST syndrome: throw a bunch of weird stuff on the screen and let the audience connect the dots.
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At least in Primer's case it seems like a solution exists. If nothing else, it's a good illusion.
 
I think all these were much better time travel movies from the 'aughts:
1. Primer. Nothing else even comes close.
2. Timecrimes. Okay maybe this comes close.
3. The Girl Who Lept Through Time
4. Butterfly Effect
5. Idiocracy
(if it even counts as a time travel movie)

Agreed that Deja Vu had a much better premise than execution. I couldn't stomach the Time Traveler's Wife.
 
I'd say primer for a hard sci-fi look at it, butterfly effect for actually making a decent watchable film with the idea, and donnie darko because I just really like it
 
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