The Infinite Man (2014)

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   ryano1076

   What a great time loop movie. Being somewhat of a comedy might make you not take it so seriously at first, but by the end you'll realize that it's one of the more complex time travel movies you've ever seen. Even a bit frustrating to watch him keep making the same mistakes over and over. Brilliantly done. 2 years 2 months ago
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   Siskoid

   The Infinite Man really is an Australian Timecrimes for relationships. A man uses a time machine to fix his ailing relationship, creating doubles of him and his girlfriend that complicate matters, in ways that only someone with an eidetic memory and OCD-like attitude could wrap their brains around. He just happens to be THAT guy, and the movie approaches Primer-like complexity at times (but is nowhere near that opaque). I even think that while it manages a closed loop and looks like the Fixed History theory of time travel is at play, it's "Dean"'s controlling nature that prevents divergences. I scanned back through the movie afterwards to look for clues and the various layers of time ARE different, and could have been more different still. The Infinite Man is definitely strong on theme, exploring the idea of trying to recapture a moment, being forced to by anxiety, doubt and self-loathing, and the pointless attempt to control the variables in a relationship. Dean is pathetic, but not unsympathetic; we only get to understand Lana through the more complete picture of the moment gathered on different time trips (which says something about Dean's inability to listen); and there's comedy to be had with the bizarre ex-boyfriend character, Terry. My one real gripe is the method of time travel, which distracted me for a good two-thirds of the film because it seemed to evoke a trip through memory rather than physical time (and the dreamy camera work seemed to confirm that). 3 years 11 months ago
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   Blocho

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WkgRpx7GiE 2 years 5 months ago

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