Watch this movie: What the Bleep Do We Know!!

StickyGreen420 · 12-08-2005, 01:26 AM

I watched this movie three times in a row, stoned out of my mind! The movie has changed my perspective on life permanently. Very cool stuff. I also highly suggest Waking Life, a very intense animated film about life in general as well. Any other movies out there like these?

shylo666 · 12-08-2005, 01:34 AM

Hahaha...I just tried watching that on mushrooms but it got way too weird. Good movie though, lots to think about

Captain Cannabis · 12-08-2005, 01:42 AM

i thought this movie was absolutly terrible

i did not enjoy it at all and i was kind of disappointed

i remember rev made a thread about it a while back.. anyways i thought it was fairly redundant and i didn't learn anything that i wasn't already aware of

Hooked · 12-08-2005, 02:34 AM

Give it another shot. I saw the film when it was in theaters a year ago, and have purchased the DVD just so I can show it to people.

I think it's an excellent documentary, in that it makes these ideas accessible to the average viewer who knows nothing about quantum mechanics. The problem is the same one brought up in the film, that these ideas are so totally counterintuitive to most people that they stop listening.

I think the section on addiction is very informative.

I think the greatest theme of the piece is that we have control of our own lives, and that we can shape our reality into anything we choose if we truly believe we can. I find that very empowering.

GodSka · 12-08-2005, 02:38 AM

My sociology professor (whom I highly respect) recommended this movie, so I rented it last week. I was sorely disappointed. It didn't tell me anything I hadn't already thought about. But, I thought maybe it would have some value to people stupider than me who haven't thought about the topics presented, so I had my parents watch it. They fell asleep halfway through it.

iamislegrown · 12-08-2005, 07:48 PM

Cool movie!

Quote from movie:

"What I thought was unreal, now for me, seems in some ways to be more real, than what I think to be real, which seems now to be more unreal."

Hard quote to remember though.

bongload · 12-08-2005, 07:54 PM

what's it about?

snapshot · 12-08-2005, 07:56 PM

It's about quantum mechanics explaining the sub-atomic world, the basic elements of reality. They may be the most basic, but probably not. And about how the body and mind interact and shit. It's like magic science.

bongload · 12-08-2005, 08:08 PM

where could I buy it? or rent it

snapshot · 12-08-2005, 08:39 PM

you might get lucky at blockbuster. do they have that in canadia?

iamislegrown · 12-08-2005, 08:42 PM

It can be downloaded, use shareza or kazaa

peace

snapshot · 12-08-2005, 08:44 PM

You should see I <3 Huckabees

Captain Cannabis · 12-08-2005, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Hooked

Give it another shot. I saw the film when it was in theaters a year ago, and have purchased the DVD just so I can show it to people.

I think it's an excellent documentary, in that it makes these ideas accessible to the average viewer who knows nothing about quantum mechanics. The problem is the same one brought up in the film, that these ideas are so totally counterintuitive to most people that they stop listening.

I think the section on addiction is very informative.

I think the greatest theme of the piece is that we have control of our own lives, and that we can shape our reality into anything we choose if we truly believe we can. I find that very empowering.

sure its well made, i liked marlee matlin (or whatever her name is)

but overall, it seemed to be an hour and a half of stating obvious things that i already know

snapshot, i got it at blockbuster

Pitfall · 12-09-2005, 04:15 AM

it was great when i first saw it (even though it was a bit of a letdown), but now it's just "not bad". i now find that it patronizes the audience, claims much more than it proves, and contains some propaganda. it has people like ramtha (Ramtha is the name of a being that JZ Knight claims to channel. Knight asserts that Ramtha is a 35,000 year old spiritual being who was, according to Knight, "a Lemurian warrior who conquered the continent Atlantis and later became enlightened." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramtha) and fred alan wolf (who charges $130 a person for his speeches) leading it; carries on about the water crystals thing like it's totally proven; and is edited in a way to mostly support the scientists which funded it (i.e. ramtha)... i dunno, i guess you've just got to expect this kind of thing from "new age" films...

i'm personally waiting for a non-new age film on quantum physics that will utterly knock wtbdwk out of the water... if any of you are interested in quantum physics, i recommend that you start off with books instead of what the bleep.

iamislegrown · 12-09-2005, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Pitfall

it was great when i first saw it (even though it was a bit of a letdown), but now it's just "not bad". i now find that it patronizes the audience, claims much more than it proves, and contains some propaganda..

I agree, I watched it twice to get a better understanding of the ideas presented and found it to be easier to digest.

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Originally Posted by Pitfall

it has people like ramtha (Ramtha is the name of a being that JZ Knight claims to channel. Knight asserts that Ramtha is a 35,000 year old spiritual being who was, according to Knight, "a Lemurian warrior who conquered the continent Atlantis and later became enlightened." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramtha)

I had my doubts about this as well

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Originally Posted by Pitfall

and fred alan wolf (who charges $130 a person for his speeches) leading it; carries on about the water crystals thing like it's totally proven; and is edited in a way to mostly support the scientists which funded it (i.e. ramtha)... i dunno, i guess you've just got to expect this kind of thing from "new age" films...
i'm personally waiting for a non-new age film on quantum physics that will utterly knock wtbdwk out of the water... if any of you are interested in quantum physics, i recommend that you start off with books instead of what the bleep.

This movie has to be given some leeway, due to the subject, how do visually project quantum physics?, it's not the "be all, tell all movie, but it's in the right direction.

Just my opinion.

iamislegrown · 12-09-2005, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by StickyGreen420

I watched this movie three times in a row, stoned out of my mind! The movie has changed my perspective on life permanently. Very cool stuff. I also highly suggest Waking Life, a very intense animated film about life in general as well. Any other movies out there like these?

Hey sticky,

I watched the movie "waking life" it's ok, mostly about lucid dreaming and OBE certainly worth the watch.

peace

WinterMaiden · 12-09-2005, 06:29 PM

That movie is seriously trippy, the thing about the water molecules was nuts!

Lions & Christians (PB) · 12-09-2005, 07:16 PM

it was "meh"

i'd recommend holographic universe (it's a book, not a movie) to anyone who actually wants to expand on the different possibilities that their life may be.

theres probably several other books in that isle you find holographic universe in too, like "the new brain" or "the universe in a nutshell/brief history of time" that you also may find interesting.

but really, those movies dont do much if you ask me.

which yeah, i know, no one did.

go bleep yourselves.

ziplock · 12-09-2005, 08:12 PM

interesting, the preference of a book over a movie. whats the longest you've movie you've watched? now, whats the most hours you've spent reading a book? pretty interesting difference, no? now, what if you spent that much time with one movie? that covered the same amount of material but in a visually stimulating and aiding way? i think there's a lot of potential in movies, but so far it's all condensed so much that you usually lack the "full" experience of the book. i dunno stoned thoughts.

Lions & Christians (PB) · 12-09-2005, 08:35 PM

yeah, i agree fully.

if you can get the amount of information you acheive from a book into a movie, by all means watch the movie.

that can be done with several books, dont let the teacher's lie to you, there are some books the movie surpases in content.

however when it comes to this subject, a 2 hour movie aint even skimming it, and it's barely stimulating to those who have put a little research into it.

12-08-2005, 01:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
StickyGreen420 Old School Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 102 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Watch this movie: What the Bleep Do We Know!! I watched this movie three times in a row, stoned out of my mind! The movie has changed my perspective on life permanently. Very cool stuff. I also highly suggest Waking Life, a very intense animated film about life in general as well. Any other movies out there like these? __________________ "One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late." -Jack Handy, Deep Thoughts

12-08-2005, 01:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,849 Thanks: 2,580 Thanked 2,915 Times in 1,679 Posts	i thought this movie was absolutly terrible i did not enjoy it at all and i was kind of disappointed i remember rev made a thread about it a while back.. anyways i thought it was fairly redundant and i didn't learn anything that i wasn't already aware of __________________ fuck the monkeys

12-08-2005, 02:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
Hooked Hedonistic fool Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Denver Metro Posts: 5,479 Thanks: 22 Thanked 35 Times in 28 Posts	Give it another shot. I saw the film when it was in theaters a year ago, and have purchased the DVD just so I can show it to people. I think it's an excellent documentary, in that it makes these ideas accessible to the average viewer who knows nothing about quantum mechanics. The problem is the same one brought up in the film, that these ideas are so totally counterintuitive to most people that they stop listening. I think the section on addiction is very informative. I think the greatest theme of the piece is that we have control of our own lives, and that we can shape our reality into anything we choose if we truly believe we can. I find that very empowering. __________________ The never-ending quest to find a reason to smile...

12-08-2005, 07:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
iamislegrown YaHookan Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 995 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Cool movie! Quote from movie: "What I thought was unreal, now for me, seems in some ways to be more real, than what I think to be real, which seems now to be more unreal." Hard quote to remember though. __________________ Marc s. Emery quote: To be free in canada you have to spend a lot of time in jail.

12-08-2005, 08:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
iamislegrown YaHookan Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 995 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It can be downloaded, use shareza or kazaa peace __________________ Marc s. Emery quote: To be free in canada you have to spend a lot of time in jail.

12-08-2005, 01:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
shylo666 Old School Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 359 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Hahaha...I just tried watching that on mushrooms but it got way too weird. Good movie though, lots to think about

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bongload ^ it's an acronym Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 4,709 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	what's it about?

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snapshot no custom. customize Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The unOriginal Rorschach. Posts: 19,305 Thanks: 15 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	It's about quantum mechanics explaining the sub-atomic world, the basic elements of reality. They may be the most basic, but probably not. And about how the body and mind interact and shit. It's like magic science.

12-08-2005, 08:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
bongload ^ it's an acronym Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 4,709 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	where could I buy it? or rent it

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snapshot no custom. customize Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The unOriginal Rorschach. Posts: 19,305 Thanks: 15 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	you might get lucky at blockbuster. do they have that in canadia?

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snapshot no custom. customize Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The unOriginal Rorschach. Posts: 19,305 Thanks: 15 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	You should see I <3 Huckabees

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Pitfall Old School Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Not quite sure... Posts: 7,698 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	it was great when i first saw it (even though it was a bit of a letdown), but now it's just "not bad". i now find that it patronizes the audience, claims much more than it proves, and contains some propaganda. it has people like ramtha (Ramtha is the name of a being that JZ Knight claims to channel. Knight asserts that Ramtha is a 35,000 year old spiritual being who was, according to Knight, "a Lemurian warrior who conquered the continent Atlantis and later became enlightened." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramtha) and fred alan wolf (who charges $130 a person for his speeches) leading it; carries on about the water crystals thing like it's totally proven; and is edited in a way to mostly support the scientists which funded it (i.e. ramtha)... i dunno, i guess you've just got to expect this kind of thing from "new age" films... i'm personally waiting for a non-new age film on quantum physics that will utterly knock wtbdwk out of the water... if any of you are interested in quantum physics, i recommend that you start off with books instead of what the bleep. __________________ Of contradictions infinite the slave. --Wordsworth.

12-09-2005, 06:29 PM	#17 (permalink)
WinterMaiden Midnight Toker Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 109 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That movie is seriously trippy, the thing about the water molecules was nuts! __________________ Can't we all just smoke a bong? It's only funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious! "Remember when I dropped my keys and you thought the phone was ringing?" Otto, to Homer "I don't need drugs to enjoy this. Just to enhance it!" Otto

12-09-2005, 07:16 PM	#18 (permalink)
Lions & Christians (PB) former junky turned junky Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: evidently, here. Posts: 5,827 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 3 Posts	it was "meh" i'd recommend holographic universe (it's a book, not a movie) to anyone who actually wants to expand on the different possibilities that their life may be. theres probably several other books in that isle you find holographic universe in too, like "the new brain" or "the universe in a nutshell/brief history of time" that you also may find interesting. but really, those movies dont do much if you ask me. which yeah, i know, no one did. go bleep yourselves. __________________ The most dangerous drug on this planet has to be oxygen. A gateway drug to say the least, further more people use without even consideration, not consenting to moderation in the least, and dont even get me started on the withdrawels. the goal of alchemy is to turn lead into gold. to take a substance and combine it with another substance that makes it more than it's origenal worth. in this sense, you really need to start making bronze statues of your pharmacist or local chemist, for they have made gods own medicine, morphine, and in contrast, a shiney rock doesnt seem to compete.

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ziplock Dreamer of the dreams Join Date: May 2004 Location: British Columbia Posts: 2,110 Thanks: 15 Thanked 91 Times in 71 Posts	interesting, the preference of a book over a movie. whats the longest you've movie you've watched? now, whats the most hours you've spent reading a book? pretty interesting difference, no? now, what if you spent that much time with one movie? that covered the same amount of material but in a visually stimulating and aiding way? i think there's a lot of potential in movies, but so far it's all condensed so much that you usually lack the "full" experience of the book. i dunno stoned thoughts. __________________ Insanity is the only sane reaction to an insane society.

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12-09-2005, 08:35 PM	#20 (permalink)
Lions & Christians (PB) former junky turned junky Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: evidently, here. Posts: 5,827 Thanks: 0 Thanked 15 Times in 3 Posts	yeah, i agree fully. if you can get the amount of information you acheive from a book into a movie, by all means watch the movie. that can be done with several books, dont let the teacher's lie to you, there are some books the movie surpases in content. however when it comes to this subject, a 2 hour movie aint even skimming it, and it's barely stimulating to those who have put a little research into it. __________________ The most dangerous drug on this planet has to be oxygen. A gateway drug to say the least, further more people use without even consideration, not consenting to moderation in the least, and dont even get me started on the withdrawels. the goal of alchemy is to turn lead into gold. to take a substance and combine it with another substance that makes it more than it's origenal worth. in this sense, you really need to start making bronze statues of your pharmacist or local chemist, for they have made gods own medicine, morphine, and in contrast, a shiney rock doesnt seem to compete.