A movie not to see -- Primer

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Have you ever been doing the "new release" walk at Blockbuster and find a video that you have never heard of, but looks really cool? Every now and again, that movie turns out to be pretty good. More often than not, there was a reason that you didn't hear of it. Last night, that lesson bit me in the ass again.

The movie is called Primer. It has a little logo saying that it won a prize at Sundance, so I figured it was just a small indy flick that didn't have distribution rights. The premise is that two inventors come up with a way to travel in time and go backwards to start making money off of the stock market. That, in and of itself, would be the foundation of a good movie. What makes it better is that it is such a small production it has to be a sci-fi movie of ideas, not one of special effects.

So I rented it. The acting and the writing is not bad. It is almost reminiscent of Pi, that black and white movie that came out a few years ago that was done by Darren Afnosky (sp). THe problem, is that the plot is just too convoluted to follow. I think they created a paradox, but I also think they created a few overlapping paradoxes, but I'm also not sure. By the time its over, you don't know who the main characters are and there is something there about people's handwriting deteriorating and some dude at a party with a shotgun. I don't want to give anything away, but I'm really not sure if I am spoiling anything or not, because I don't know what the important parts are.

In short, wait for this one on TV (if it ever makes it), because it will leave you confused. A 1 count for low budget writing and acting.