»What the bleep do we know?«
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 Has anyone else heard of this movie? I happen to notice it playing at a theater in town so i looked it up on the web, seems pretty interesting. I guess it half story, half documentary about quantum physics with all kindsa special effects. There are some trailers to watch here  [CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS PICTURE] posted by The ONEder Man |
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| in-my-opinion.orgEntertainment & SportsEntertainment & Art (Assorted topics)What the bleep do we know? |
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 The ONEder Man: »What the bleep do we know?« The critics are strangely divided on this one. Whether or not you buy into the physical claims being made (I'm somewhat suspicious of those water photographs), the implications here are powerful and important.
Tight for the most part, although, I was a bit confused with the many directions spun by the polish wedding scene. Still, very interesting, compelling, engaging up to and including a good climax (not common in your average documentary). However, the picture spends a little too much time in resolution. In hammering home its point, the production waxes a tad redundant and actually endangers itself with becoming a new kind of religious dogma of its own. Still, entertaining, thought provoking, potentially eye opening and powerful. The theme comes through strong "You are what you think." I screened this film at "The Hollywood Spiritual Film Festival"  Gotta see it. If anyone has seen it, please reply here. posted by knn |
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 Imdb.com rate it 5.8 (that's the vote's of ordinary people, so it's actually a pretty good score for an "average" film) The problem according to the reviews appears to be that it uses visual effects to make small points appear grand and to make far-fetched suggestions appear to have merit. (Not that different from the criticisms of Fahrenheit 911 in that respect, hehe!) posted by fatpie42 |
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Who is a biophysicist. He said it was crap. I don't know enough to pass judgement on the science, but one thing I noticed was that they barely mentioned genetics, which seems to be quite an important topic when you're dealing with nerves, molecules, illness, etc. That was my biggest complaint. posted by sleuthslayer |
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 a friend of mine saw it this past friday and wouldnt shut up about it all weekend. he kept telling me how i need to watch it and so on. it sparked an interest, so i am going to have to go rent it now to see for myself. posted by allone |
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allone: a friend of mine saw it this past friday and wouldnt shut up about it all weekend. he kept telling me how i need to watch it and so on.
it sparked an interest, so i am going to have to go rent it now to see for myself. According to Wikipedia, this film is a production of followers of the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, a religious sect that studies the teachings of one JZ Knight, a woman who claims to be channeling the spirit of a 35,000-year-old warrior from Atlantis...she is actually interviewed as an "expert" in the film.. If you see it, and continue to be interested in physics, there is a good book on Quantum Mechanics - very easy to understand - that just came out. It is called The Quantum World by Kenneth Ford...  The main subject of the movie is Quantum Mechanics and how it relates to the body. The big problem is, according to many experts, much of what is said in the movie is not grounded in reality...especially its attempts to link physics to spirituality. posted by sleuthslayer |
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 sleuthslayer: According to Wikipedia, this film is a production of followers of the Ramtha School of Enlightenment, a religious sect Just a short note: Please don't use a term like "religious sect". It makes no sense, unless you say a Catholic sect (= has separated from Catholicism). Christianity is a sect in China, which shows how inaccurate and arbitrary this term is used. "Sect" and "cult" have no real meanings and they are only used nowadays to invalidate religious groups. posted by knn |
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sleuthslayer: "Sect"="Faction" in this context But that's exactly my point. Faction of what? Jesus+his apostles were a sect. A Jewish sect. Protestantism was a sect. A Catholic sect. Unless you use the word "sect" in such religion-historic context, it makes no sense. posted by knn |
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3. A faction united by common interests or beliefs. posted by sleuthslayer |
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sleuthslayer: Faction United by a Common Delusion! Exactly my point. You use the term to invalidate. Please stop it. Start a new thread about this "sect". But don't use such terms in unrelated topics. posted by knn |
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Or are you just being politically correct? posted by sleuthslayer |
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knn: sleuthslayer: Faction United by a Common Delusion! Exactly my point. You use the term to invalidate. Please stop it. Start a new thread about this "sect". But don't use such terms in unrelated topics. The movie [1] Created by students of JZ Knight. [2] Largely populated by members of the Ramtha School. [3] Full of superstitious nonsense that no scientist worth his or her salt would even consider to be empirically based, and which I assume to be part of the teachings of "Ramtha". Therefore, I contend that such a discussion is not only on-topic, it is vitally necessary. posted by sleuthslayer |
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sleuthslayer: Therefore, I contend that such a discussion is not only on-topic, it is vitally necessary. Your posts were 100% ONtopic. I just didn't like the term "sect". My remark was of a general nature. posted by knn |
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To invalidate an empirically-based science like evolutionary biology by calling it a "myth", but not okay for me to invalidate a religious group by calling it what I called it. That makes no sense, knn. I am not offended by people who make such remarks about evolution, because it's obvious they don't know what they are talking about. I know I previously posted that I don't have the qualifications to evaluate the "scientific" ideas presented in the film, but I did some thinking and reading and decided I do. I also think, as someone who has studied religion, that your insistence that my terminology is somehow invalidating is a product of a closed mind. Just my two c - en tzs. Thanks for providing the service, but I won't be censored. posted by sleuthslayer |
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