movies

[lucidspark64]

there's a couple of movies 1408: anyone else seen this? there's a scene when he's convinced for a moment that he's having a lucid nightmare. plus the digital clock is all screwed up with the scarmbling turning into a 60min. timer. waking life: i haven't seen it yet but it looks interesting and it has a lot of lucid dreaming and apparently related dream material. the cartoon like stuff uhh... it doesn't appeal to me much but after watching a few clips of it, the cartoon seems to add (for me anyway) a more dreamlike effect. anyone seen it? would you recommend it?

[Darz]

loved 1408,( what scene is that) cause i wouldn't relate it with lucid dreaming more just hallucination; waking life is interesting, 1st time i saw it was on my philosophy class and hated it, second time i liked it, very interesting ideas there watch it

[PNG_pyro]

I think I heard of one called Vanilla Sky, but I have not watched it.

[slash112]

ye vannila sky is good

[Barbizzle]

Mirror Mask is good. The movie takes place in a Lucid Dream Also, Polar express is a Low Level Lucid Dream too. Paprika is a good Japanese film on LDing as well. Check these out.

[Shift]

Abre Los Ojos (the movie that Vanilla Sky is a remake of) is the best Waking Life... god, that was the biggest waste of my time ever. If you like pseudophilosophy you should enjoy it. I don't, so after the animation got too boring I decided to turn it off and watch something that didn't suck.

[slash112]

another film i know that is about LD is sharkboy and lavagirl, a bit childish, but the LD theme is clear.

[Darz]

there's another 1 "The Good Night", never seen it but lucid dreaming is there

[BeSomebody]

Waking Life... god, that was the biggest waste of my time ever. If you like pseudophilosophy you should enjoy it. I don't, so after the animation got too boring I decided to turn it off and watch something that didn't suck.

[WolfeDreamer531]

Yeah, 1408 is a good one. I loved Waking Life too. Never seen Vanilla Sky or the others mentioned here. Abre Los Ojos (the movie that Vanilla Sky is a remake of) is the best Waking Life... god, that was the biggest waste of my time ever. If you like pseudophilosophy you should enjoy it. I don't, so after the animation got too boring I decided to turn it off and watch something that didn't suck. Im curious Shift, why do you consider Waking Life pseudophilosophy; what do you find false about its philosophical elements?

[Shift]

Yeah, 1408 is a good one. I loved Waking Life too. Never seen Vanilla Sky or the others mentioned here. Im curious Shift, why do you consider Waking Life pseudophilosophy; what do you find false about its philosophical elements? True, I should have just written philosophy and not pseudophilosophy. I added the pseudo without much thought, though they may be (and probably are) completely valid principles and topics. I disdain listening to people talk about philosophy. I didn't watch enough of each individual conversation to even follow them, except for the bits about LDing, once I realized how boring it was. The entire movie is essentially a huge philosophical discussion, no matter what state the character is really 'supposed' to be in... with little bits of very common lucid dreaming information thrown in. After all the hype about it being related to lucid dreaming, I was very turned off by the notion of a movie claiming to be about lucid dreaming really being about... stuff I'm not interested in and basics I already knew. As I said, I barely managed to watch most of it, so don't hold me to any of this being accurate. I didn't like it, I don't plan on trying again. My point is, if you hate people rambling on and on about philosophy and their theories and etc. like I do, you probably won't like the movie. If you can tolerate that, yes, it's about lucid dreaming. My idea of a lucid dreaming movie would be much more exciting. Not to mention, I can control light levels. It's not that difficult. I wonder how many people can't now because of Waking Life?

[WolfeDreamer531]

True, I should have just written philosophy and not pseudophilosophy. I added the pseudo without much thought, though they may be (and probably are) completely valid principles and topics. I disdain listening to people talk about philosophy. I didn't watch enough of each individual conversation to even follow them, except for the bits about LDing, once I realized how boring it was. The entire movie is essentially a huge philosophical discussion, no matter what state the character is really 'supposed' to be in... with little bits of very common lucid dreaming information thrown in. After all the hype about it being related to lucid dreaming, I was very turned off by the notion of a movie claiming to be about lucid dreaming really being about... stuff I'm not interested in and basics I already knew. As I said, I barely managed to watch most of it, so don't hold me to any of this being accurate. I didn't like it, I don't plan on trying again. My point is, if you hate people rambling on and on about philosophy and their theories and etc. like I do, you probably won't like the movie. If you can tolerate that, yes, it's about lucid dreaming. My idea of a lucid dreaming movie would be much more exciting. Not to mention, I can control light levels. It's not that difficult. I wonder how many people can't now because of Waking Life? Ah yeah, I see what you're saying. I was a bit disappointed when it turned out not to be mainly about lucid dreaming after reading all these posts about it being "the best" lucid dream movie. I agree with you on it not being as much as a lucid dream movie as a lot of people make it out to be. But I have to admit: I did get caught up in the discussions. Ive never taken philosophy nor have I put 'too' much thought towards it so I was a little bit absorbed by some of the conversations when I actually listened to them. I hear you on your idea of a lucid dream movie being more exciting. It takes a "true" lucid dreamer and not some Steven Spielberg reject to write and direct a great lucid dream movie.

[Shift]

Yea. I mean, I think about those things all the time, just because I'm curious and like to think. I don't think it's anything special to wonder about these philosophical questions, nor the people discussing, proposing, and writing them into movie plots. So I can't imagine willingly wasting my time like that. And omg Ah yeah, I see what you're saying. I was a bit disappointed when it turned out not to be mainly about lucid dreaming after reading all these posts about it being "the best" lucid dream movie. I agree with you on it not being as much as a lucid dream movie as a lot of people make it out to be. I hear you on your idea of a lucid dream movie being more exciting. It takes a "true" lucid dreamer and not some Steven Spielberg reject to write and direct a great lucid dream movie. qft

[yuriythebest]

if this happened to me I'd definitely do a reality check: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=40f_1229090243

[Barbizzle]

I dont like waking life either =/

[DreamQueen]

if this happened to me I'd definitely do a reality check: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=40f_1229090243 Me too for sure! Room 1408 & Vanilla Sky are both great movies! The effects in 1408 are excellent and the storyline isn't too bad. The Good Life is about lucid dreaming but is excruciatingly boring. Haven't seen Waking Life.

[yuriythebest]

currently watching scifi channels original series "tin man"- a futuristic/modern/fantasy take on the wizard of oz- dorothy is now called DJ and she drew images of her dreams

[ThreeLetterSyndrom]

I absolutely loved room 1408. It's the kind of movie you never see around. It was awesome. The Good Night turned out to be pretty boring... Vanilla Sky seems like a good movie, but somehow I don't think it ties well with LDing. I enjoyed Waking Life, but not for it's LDing content. I liked the effects and the discussion. There's very little plot in the movie.

[yuriythebest]

2 movies that are very much like the matrix and worth watching: 1.dark city 2.the 13th floor

[jereb]

How is the Polar Express about LDing, cause at the end, it wasn't a dream?

[Lucid Lobster]

If that whole Alice In Wonderland movie wasn't a totally freaked out lucid dream I don't know what is. The initial talking rabbit should have been a tip-off for Alice. And those live playing cards should have caused even the most non-lucid of us to question reality if the giant talking caterpillar hadn't already.

[yuriythebest]

shark boy an lava girl 3d!! when I saw it on my 3d monitor in my dark room (that was before I discovered LD-s) - it was very much like a dream since the 3d made everything so real and the 'setting' was a dream.

[yuriythebest]

Disaster Movie- now that was probably the most dream-esque film I've ever seen- I mean sure waking life was technically about dreams but it was just complex philosophical discussions- while disaster movie was just tooootaly random from scene to scene, even technically only the first part was about dreaming the amount of random changes in that thing is just... totally like a dream.

[Sotik]

There is a Japanese movie called Nightmare Detective. It is not about LD but it is about people who keep dying in their dreams and are dying in the real world. So the detective implants himself into other peoples dreams as he is trying to figure out what is happening. If that whole Alice In Wonderland movie wasn't a totally freaked out lucid dream I don't know what is. The initial talking rabbit should have been a tip-off for Alice. And those live playing cards should have caused even the most non-lucid of us to question reality if the giant talking caterpillar hadn't already. Yeah the book was written after the author had a lucid dream. The term people have for when they do WILD is called "falling down the rabbit hole" which comes from that movie because, well that is what the movie was about