Mr. Nobody
2009 Directed by Jaco Van Dormael
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Nothing is real, everything is possible.
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence at his wife's side, Elise, and their 3 children until the day when reality skids and he wakes up as an old man in the year 2092. At 120, Mr. Nobody is both the oldest man in the world and the last mortal of a new mankind where nobody dies anymore. But that doesn't seem to interest or bother him very much. The only questions that preoccupy him in the present is whether he lived the right life for himself, loved the woman whom he was supposed to love, and had the children whom he was meant to have... now his purpose is to find the right answer.
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Tuesday
September 25, 2012
1:30pm PDTI don't know if I can do it. I'm 45 minutes in and just found out there's another hour and a half left. I'm going to take a break and regather.
Tuesday
September 25, 2012
4:39pm PDTAlright. Refreshed and back at it. Don't filmmakers realize that they aren't allowed to use "Where Is My Mind" anymore?
Tuesday
September 25, 2012
5:38pm PDTA half an hour of whispered dialog with the occasional English-child-voice-over explaining the butterfly effect to me is probably enough for now. I'm going to drink some beers and watch something good.
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Στην θεωρία των υπερχορδών, το Σύμπαν κατέχει 9 διαστάσεις. Οι τρεις είναι το ύψος, πλάτος και βάθος και η μία νοητή, αυτή που θεωρούμε ως Χρόνο. Τις υπόλοιπες δεν μπορουμε να τις αντιληφθούμε και η ταινία κάνει μια προσπάθεια να μας τις εξηγήσει με την έννοια του παράλληλου σύμπαντος.
Η ταινία είναι μια μεγάλη-από πλευράς μπάτζετ αλλά και από πλευράς φιλοδοξίας-προσπάθεια προσέγγισης της ματαιότητας των επιλογών και του τέρατος που λέγεται τύχαίο, μέσα από τεχνικά άψογες εικόνες και από πανέμορφη σκηνοθεσία.
Η βασική ένσταση είναι ότι όλη η ραχοκοκκαλιά της ταινίας βασίζεται στην επί 2.5 ώρες ρομαντζέ προσέγγιση που ίσως κάπου κουράζει. Επίσης ο σκηνοθέτης πρέπει να έχει δει πάνω από 100 φορές το The Fountain και αυτό τον έχει επηρεάσει.Πάντως, εαν την είχε γυρίσει κανένας Μάλικ θα είχε φάει προώθηση του κερατά και όλοι θα σκίζανε βρακιά, ταινία σταθμός και τέτοια.
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Να, λοιπόν, μια ταινία που δεν έχω βρει άνθρωπο να μοιραστώ την αγάπη που νιώθω γι' αυτήν. Το μόνο που ακούω σταθερά είναι κάτι σχόλια του τύπου "2,5 ώρες να έκοβα τις φλέβες μου με γυαλόχαρτο καλύτερα θα περνούσα" or sth. Από την άλλη το θέμα είναι ότι ποτέ δεν μπόρεσα να βρω την ακριβής μετάφραση των συναισθημάτων σε λόγια. Θα προσπαθήσω.
Το Mr. Nobody κάνει το εξής τιτανοτεράστιο παράδοξο μιλάει για τα πάντα , αλλά όταν λέμε τα πάντα, εννοούμε τα πάντα. Μιλάει για το σύμπαν, το φαινόμενο της πεταλούδας, τη μορφή του χρόνου και ταυτόχρονα μιλάει για την ζωή, την αγάπη, τη δύναμη της επιλογής -αυτό θα μπορούσε να είναι και περιγραφή βιβλίου του Coelho, I know-. Κουκκίδα… -
Is this film for real? If convincing the world he does't exist is the greatest trick the Devil ever pulled, this film garnering a positive critical reaction must be a close second.
I have no idea why this was received so well by such a large group of film critics and the rating is skewed way towards the 4s and 5s on this website.Any remotely interesting idea that was raised in this film went one of two ways:
1) wasn't followed up on in any satisfying or in-depth way, or
2) was completely mis-handled.
Either way it chose, I had already seen the ideas discussed in other, better films. This added nothing to the conversation. It's a bunch of… -
Wow. Mr Nobody is an exceptional story exploring the paths we choose to take in life. At first I was only enjoying this one man's various alternate lives, but the way it is all brought together at the end is absolutely incredible, giving the story a sense of reality and a lot more meaning then I originally imagined it could ever convey. The story is quite complex and the runtime is long, a combination that would usually put me off a film altogether, but I was so invested this time around that it is now one of my favourites of all time. Jared Leto is brilliant, giving a real intensity that he brings to all of his roles, and I…
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It is clear to me that this is a film I can watch again. It is crystal that this is not a film for everyone.
If I had to compare it to other films it would most readily sit in a Venn Diagram with The Fountain and Waking Life. Therefore if you hate those films, you will not want to sit through this 2.5 hours.
I love Jared Leto in films. He has such an intensity that commands the screen. The other actors, including the child actors, are fantastic at conveying the situations they find themselves in.
In short, this film fascinated me. I wanted to watch it all in one go despite being very tired and needing to be…
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Defining what the present moment really means. This movie succeeded in doing just that, and more. A lot more.
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Nope. Nope. Nope. Can't see how this was worth nearly 3 hours of my life. Van Dormael creates wonderful visual compositions and soundscapes and clearly wants to make a philosophical point about choice vs destiny, the power of memory and blah blah blah but the film is such a mess of ideas creating an even greater disconnect with the multiple simultaneous threads that at no point was I even remotely caring about Nemo Nobody or any of the others characters which might have helped me through the tedium. Not nearly enough Juno Temple but there's never enough Juno Temple.
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I'd be conflicted too, if I had the choice between falling in love, and sponge bathing Rhys Ifans.
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Es de esas películas que se quiere quedar contigo aun después de verla, y sí que lo hace. Mr. Nobody lo tiene todo y deja ver la repercusión que tiene una simple decisión a lo largo de nuestra vida.
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This is possibly the only film I've seen that deserves the five stars in ALL aspects according to me. WOW.
I'm sorry in advance to my friends in school since I'll only talk about this film for some weeks now...
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I could have written a review.
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cool story bro.
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Fühlt sich an wie ein Philosophie Grundkurs. Ein schön anzusehender Kurs, aber auch ein viel zu langer.
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The impact of choices and ease of which they can narrow.