Shawshank Redemption - got me through the most difficult time in my life.
Ask HN: Any movies that changed your life?
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Re: Ask HN: Any movies that changed your life?
#82I have too many to list. Here are some of the highlights that come to mind. 2001: A Space Odyssey -- had a profound effect on me as a child. It both reinforced my interest in science and opened my mind to the sheer size and scale and mystery of the universe. The original Cosmos series did likewise, and I think it's far better than the remake with Tyson. Sagan just communicates the sense of awe and wonder a lot better…
Primer is awesome, one of the few (if not the only) time-travel movies worth watching. It's the only movie I ever watched in entirety the very next day after seeing it the first time.
It's great but I had to watch it like 5 times to fully understand it.
Re: Ask HN: Any movies that changed your life?
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Primer is awesome, one of the few (if not the only) time-travel movies worth watching. It's the only movie I ever watched in entirety the very next day after seeing it the first time.
It's great but I had to watch it like 5 times to fully understand it.
If you 'fully' understand it after 5 times, you're doing pretty good. I thought I read somewhere that the writer intentionally obfuscated parts of it to stress that time travel is complicated business.