tasospoursanidis EXistenZ is the classic 1999 pre millennium era movie. Right after seeing the description and pictures about it I felt so nostalgic, I sort of knew it was going to be at least great. This was my introduction to David Cronenberg, a rather eccentric, weird but also unique writer and director. The movie doesn't have a steady course, it can go from slow to fast at any minute. And you will be confused through the whole duration of it. The sense of a dark, hypnotic and ritualistic atmosphere in things is great. The main factor that made me love it is Isolation and the sense of a small world.Cronenberg's unique looking pods imply that it's more than a game due to the fact that they're made out of flesh and are also living organisms. eXistenZ is an idea, an imperceptible feeling, a dream. An idea of leaving the boring, pointless and trivial world and entering in a world which you can be the master. Characteristically as in real life there are characters which exist just because they exist, they are part of a system, having a specific course into the game and being just pawns of your direction. There is a moment in the movie where Jude Law's character is wondering what's the point of the game if there are no missions, which indicates that he's far from understanding it. But as the "game" progresses he enjoys the thrill more and more. And that's what it is about. The thrill that you are free to do anything you want besides the dangers of reality. You can get lost in it pretty easily though. A very important moment in the movie is when Jennifer's character kills Ian Holm's character saying he was just a game character and Jude Law's character is wondering if it's reality or game. This indicated that you can lose the sense of reality vs game fairly easy, but you don't care about it because you want to feel the game at its full purpose. As we saw, Jennifer's character was highly euphoric everytime she was in the game, and rather bored in reality. It's the idea of living in your own tiny world and the game progresses depending on your character and personality.The movie has a huge sense of metaphoric feelings and messages about life, how we see life, how we want our life to be, how our choices define our characters, how we're searching for meaning in our lives and how we can be lost between a virtual and the real world. One could argue that the virtual world is fake, but what if real life is so pointless that feels fake and the virtual world feels even more real than reality is? I'll leave you wondering with that question..A really crazy trip and an all time favorite movie that is really underrated.

DemetriusAlrugoIII This is a movie which perfectly captures your state of mind as you slowly awake from a dream. What you thought were true realities while you were asleep become increasingly fraudulent the more you process them logically and consciousness rears its head, paradoxically there still remains a sense of legitimacy to the situations and ideas that had manifested themselves in your mind so abrasively as you slept. On one plain plane the players, like chronic somnambulists, know they are in a game yet their bodies and minds continue to act and think in ways that they cannot predict or control. They give in to the confusion because it offers a break from conscious thinking and inhibitions and opens up previously unknown avenues of imagination. What at first seems incoherent in this movie becomes more and more believable as images, characters, phrases, etc repeat themselves in fragments that you slowly begin to recognize subconsciously. Everything starts to make vague sense yet you won't be able to put your umbilical cord on exactly what it is the dream (or your own unconscious mind) is trying to tell you. The story operates in the same way that the plot of a dream does,gliding from one situation to another seemingly at random, you cannot remember exactly where you came from, how long you'd been there, or why you'd been there but you gain a sense of reverence for the places you've been and the people you've met because they all make strange cosmic sense to you, they embody all of your deepest fears and desires so honestly that you cannot help but be grateful to them. Forget any coherent message or intelligent thought when you experience this movie because they are unnecessary to dream with.For maximum harmonic understanding, ingest a handful of dubiously obtained Armenian sleeping pills, hang upside down from the ceiling of your lair whilst double fisting two bloated goat stomachs full of your great grandmother's long-frozen/now-thawed bReaSt miLk. Play the movie backwards with the sound going forwards on a loop for as long as it takes to you know what with you know who in you know where you tyrant demon basterd….

Irishchatter I thought Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jude Law were good as a team but what was really lacking here was the storyline, including the cliffhanger at the end! There were some scenes that were dragging on for me to really understand clearly whats going on with each characters. I would prefer if they made the story more upbeat, more action and more understanding. It was like there were a lot of question marks while watching this film and they were a headache. I am a big fan of video game movies but I don't think this movie is one of the best they have ever made in Hollywood. If it was inspired by an action game like Doom, or Duke Nukem, it would've earned a better rating. I would recommend people who are also video game fans to watch this but, be prepared to get confused at some scenes, thats all i can say to ya!

lothos-370-690020 The film has so many plot twists, that I stopped caring about the characters 20 mins in. The writers have no concept of what a game is and apparently did no research into gaming community. The confusion which was probably intentional, does not help the constant plot twists and double crossing. While an argument could be made that the confusion, plot twists and complete lack of logic was attributable to the minds of the killers, this does not excuse an over poorly written film. It is possible to tell a story like this without loosing your audiences interest or empathy for the characters. The final 5 mins of the film, which is the only part of the film to occur outside the actual game, does make sense now. Given that the deranged killers are out of the decision making process, this makes sense, to the movies credit, but many will see the final twist coming.The plot is a mess, the characters all over the place and visuals, while intensionally disturbing are not amazing but simply adequate. That said, elements of the film are very well done. The fact that I came away hating the protagonists is understandable given that in reality they were the antagonists. The disjointed plot, and constant illogical decisions of the characters, as well as the constant backstabbing are all explainable by the psyche's of the killers. Despite this eXistenZ is probably a film you will only watch once, which is a pity because it is also the type of film that reveals more of itself with more viewings.