What the Bleep Do We Know!?
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Movie Reviews of What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Movie Review: Pseudo-spiritual nonsense
Summary: 1 Stars
The film's junk spirituality is like salt water--water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink. This movie tries to use the spirituality of religion without its key concepts such as a belief in God (as in the Personal written in the old and new testament). Not so much as contradicts any doctrine or system of Jewish-Christian thought as it suggests that such doctrines and systems are irrelevant now that we have all these movie special effects juxtaposing early 20th century quantum physics and late 20th century neurobiology. Somehow a new spiritual thesis founded on a quantum-neurobiological "science" is supposed to emerge. It doesn't. Also it's a cheap knock-off of the PBS video series THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE (which was just a good film about theoretical physics that wasn't trying to start yet another new age movement).Movie Review: Empty promise
Summary: 1 Stars
Just the title alone should have been enough of a warning-- the misuse of mathematical symbols to try and construct a message just because they appear to fit the bill. Theta's for o's, rho's for p's and pi's for n's? A bad sign if there ever was one.
But I watched it with my wife hoping to at least get a layman's introduction to quantum physics. Maybe there was one somewhere at the end, I don't know-- we couldn't bear watching it all the way through. Having gotten about two thirds of the way into it, all I can say is applying the thin patina of science to the mysticism that forms the basis of the film only serves to discredit the entire work.
There is a long tradition of taking new scientific theories and building whole new systems of social thought around them. That's perfectly legitimate as a though experiment. In this case however, there appears to be an attempt to warp quantum physics into "proving what we've known all along". I find that to be less of an expansion of world view and more of an attempt at justification.
In the end, this is an attempt to conflate two independent concepts that would be better served by independent treatment. I have nothing against mysticism, and find it every bit as fascinating as physics, but the pablum presented here so offended my scientific nature that I was left more embarrassed than interested.
Movie Review: Start thinking outside your comfort zone
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are happy to stay in the rat race and go through life a bit numb, then don't buy this DVD. However, if you are curious, then watch it countless times; you will dive deeper and deeper into an endless tunnel of awesome discovery.Movie Review: Great Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie will blow your mind, it makes you realize things that you have never thought of.Movie Review: What the bleep - down the rabbit hole
Summary: 3 Stars
Overall I found the content of this dvd to be very interesting and thought provoking.
The main storyline following the lead girl and the changing of her attitudes toward herself and toward others was amusing and covered a lot of areas of insecurity or trust that I'm sure many could identify with.
Some of the speakers were quite credible and what they had to say was interesting. One speaker in particular was rather over the top and her approach came over to me somewhat like a pseudo science wannabe psychic.
I don't profess to be of any religion personally, but I was not overly impressed with the rather mocking stance toward the topic that was inserted in places. I would rather listen to carefully researched and well reasoned comments one way or the other on any topic.
Final conclusion - worth a watch. Take or leave bits according to taste.