Primer

Insufferably pompous and stuffed up its own self-important ass. Yeah, I’m not mincing words here. This movie pissed me off. The arrogance of the dialogue, written for graduate school psychics students, because the writer/director/star didn’t want to “dumb it down”. The heavy-handed attempt to make the story convoluted because time travel is convoluted, so one is a reflection of the other … except it’s not a convoluted story. It’s just poorly told, by a narcissistic artiste who thinks he’s above the audience and can sneer down his nose at the plebes trying to understand his movie. Well, i understand it just fine. The stench of someone who’s never been told no and had the resources to realize his dream project clings to this movie like a bat clings to a cave ceiling. I didn’t find anything clever or interesting or intelligent or fresh about Primer. I found a movie deliberately keeping me at arms length because the creator thinks he’s untouchable, and anyone who witnesses his genius should be in awe. Well, Shane Carruth, I am in awe … of how big of an arrogant and ignorant horse’s ass you are, and how much of a steaming pile your movie is.