Waking Life (9.5/10)

This is not so much a movie as it is a meditation. It proposes ideas, feelings, emotions and facts about dreams and life. These thoughts are expressed by various people throughout the film. All the ideas are intriguing and something worth thinking about. It's a film unlike anything you've ever seen before.

"Waking Life" is peculiar to say the least. It needs to be said now that this film is animated in a sense. They filmed live action scenes and animated each one in a visceral haze. The style works better for a film that deals primarily with dreams. Dreams are so hard to describe because the world they inhabit makes no sense. There are no physical laws and trying to remember a layout of a dream seems impossible. The animated style matches the distortion. There is a central character with no name because he might as well be you. He is stuck in a dream and goes through multiple dream levels meeting new people each time. No it's not "Inception". This isn't meant to be a story rather it's a collection of philosophies.

Every idea is stimulating and glows with life. It's pretty big things for younger people who are still looking for their place in the world. It's a film that feels like listening to a great lecture or reading a mind defying book. It's unique in every way.

9.5/10
Recommendation: Lot's of deep ideas here, I'd give it a chance if you want to do some thinking.