What the Bleep Do We Know!?
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Movie Reviews of What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Movie Review: I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO MAKE OF IT ------- BUT . . . . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes, it is a documentary, but it is also a story and there are some really wild special effects. I am not sure what to make of "WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW", but I know it is worth watching at least once, and if you find it interesting, as I have, perhaps more than once.
IN A NUTSHELL: Call it "Sacred Science" or "What the Bleep do we know?
The original name for the film was "Sacred Science" if that is any help, but what it gets into is basically the idea of "I think, therefore I am." Stephen Hawking wrote a couple of very important and interesting books titled "The Universe In A Nutshell" and "A Brief History of Time", the latter of which was made into an interesting film as well which also delves into similar themes. Are we indeed happening to reality or is reality happening to us? Quantum Physics literally explores countless possibilites and probabilites so obviously the choices and outcomes are - well - countless! Unfortunately, so too are the theories!
BUT THERE IS MORE THAN THAT: There's a story too --
Many of the quantum speculations are put forth by "talking heads" and then acted out in a sort of story of the mind, and reality, starring Marlee Matlin. In this story, we see reality, the mind, and something that is tangible but different and difficult to quantify enter into human relations. It's almost as though the thinking power of the mind and its emotions combine to form something that alters reality, and the perception of reality, so that different people in the exact same setting may see, experience, and feel very different things.
ONE MINOR CRITICISM: A LOT OF INFORMATION DOES NOT EQUAL A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE
If I were to pose one point of criticism, many of the interviews contained in the "Special Features" section highlighted the notion that the film "presents a great deal of information". There is a large gulf between information and knowledge because knowledge makes information useful. To a degree, the knowledge to be gained from this subject is still in the future and depends on the psychology and wisdom of the viewer but, as this film clearly illustrates, we as human beings are getting closer to that understanding in our journey toward our ultimate destination in the universe. Of course, in Quantum Physics, what happens in the future may not necessarily take place on a linear time-frame.
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There are interviews with the actors, especially Marlee Matlin, and the production team and the authorities ["talking heads"] on the subject too! Don't miss this film if you are spiritually- or scientifically-inclined!
Movie Review: Revolutionary Information.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have studied quantum mechanics for a number of years and although in my opinion there are a few points that can be seen as a far stretch, the basis of science expressed appears to be legitimate. Regardless of who was behind these points that were made, it shouldnt take away from the unity based thinking between science and religion, as well as the other legitimate points that were made about self responsibility and empowerment.
The bottom line is that no film is perfect and thus we have been given the ability to discern for ourselves what we feel is our truth in relation to our perceptions, whether it be your perception of this film or your perception of a cheese burger. You have the power and ability to decide for yourself. Anything that makes us think and challenges our beliefs is inherrantly valuable.
Prior to the arrogant and egotistical response that has arisen out of some of this movies viewers, consider your reaction carefully. There have been many scientific discoveries/realizations that have come from unusual circumstances. Even if it isnt perfect or 100% credable the first time around, in many cases it sparks a creative outcome that enables a change in awareness and knowledge.
Regardless of your opinion of this movie, I applaud all of you for chosing to accept its challenge. Sometimes it is more valuable to look past the obvious details and see things for their basic intention. The basic intention is that we as sentient human beings that seem to evolve on all levels have the ability to improve our reality. We can change our reality on a collective level. We can make a difference. Collectively we could erradicate poverty, slavery, and any other major human attrocity if we chose to. Is it an easy thing to address the horrable symptoms of pain and suffering, if even just in our own lives alone? No, but it doesnt mean we shouldnt increase our awareness so that we may effect change. Change for some of us may be taking responsibility for our own behaviors and improving how we relate to the poeple around us, ie a spuse, child, etc..
I can go on & on.. but instead of critisizing the true premise of the film, lets focus on the unity based concept of self responsibility and empowerment. Lets cease as best we can any co-dependant patterns that hold us down as individuals and as a culture. Regardless of your origin, religion, etc. We all are subject to the human condition, our concept of unity is the way to effect its change and evolve as a human family.
This film is a step in the right direction...Never stop searching for truth and unity... Thank you
Movie Review: A Gutsy way to Open Eyes and Minds to new Possibilities...
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie deserves more than 5-stars for being the first such attempt to bring the marriage of science, religion, medicine, and spirituality together. Obviously, when you do something like this, there will be those in each camp who don't want to move in with their neighbors; but the real point of this work is that, you don't have to like your neighbors, but you don't have to kill them, either -- and hating them is only bad for you. There is nothing new in this movie (for those who have been studying this information...); but this is the first major offering with leaders in all fields unifying their voices and message to a simple truth: We don't really know anything -- there is no master truth -- you have more control than you have been taught you had -- reality and experience are worth experimenting with.
The message in all spiritual works worth spending your time and money on is simply, "Stay in the mystery." Even science is not truly "scientific;" it is constantly changing, and it is always subject to an observer, their goals and opinions, and beliefs and perspectives. This is obvious to anyone who pays attention to life; this movie is a wake-up call for the 90+% of the population who don't pay attention to their lives. This movie tells seasoned travelers, "Hey, you aren't alone on this adventure;" while telling newcomers, "Slow down and pay attention; there's more to life than you've been noticing thus far."
Like The Secret, very complex issues are addressed -- incompletely -- by a variety of people with a variety of different ways of explaining something that really has to be experienced and felt first-hand. Those new to this kind of information have a lot more studying to do before the implication of this movie for their own life may be fully realized; but this is a great introduction to some very complicated concepts. This movie will make you think. If it irritated you, watch it again without looking for where they went wrong... If you still don't like it, give it to someone else; maybe they will...
I think marrying these concepts with a story-line many people can relate to was a brilliant way of trying to weave together these concepts with a "real-life" example of what these ideas might look like in a typical human life. Everyone involved with this project did an excellent job! If you want more of the same, the "Down the Rabbit Hole" box set has several additional hours of information from these same healers, scientists, doctors, researchers, and teachers...
Movie Review: Horatio and Yorick's Review
Summary: 5 Stars
"There are more things in heaven and Earth, Horatio
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy [science]."
--William Shakespeare (from 'Hamlet')
It's interesting to note the two overriding tones of the different reviewers for this movie:
1. You have the optimists how are in openness, awe and wonder about life and what it might mean and might hold. They are from a lineage of dreamers who saw before others: oceans as gateways to adventure, who saw men with wings lifting into the sky, who and who saw humans golfing on the moon. They don't think that truths have to come in black and white.
2. Then you have the pessimists (who call themselves "realists,") who share a history of whispering doubt into the ears of hopefuls and visionaries (see world history for numerous examples), who once saw the world as flat, who thought flight foolish or sinful and who see slickery, trickery and foolery where others see art, imagination and the seeds of new science. These are people who move through life with a harsh yet invisible filter on that tells them that the world is trying to get one over on them. But THEY won't be fooled; for to be open is to leave yourself vulnerable to being made a fool.
Whether "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" is based in science or fact is largely irrelevant for it tells a deeper truth about humanity and what we are a part of; it is a celebration of what it means to be alive, to be in dance with our chemicals, our environment, to be moved by our imaginations and to be swooned by the myriad possibilities of what the future might hold.
Remember that Einstein, one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century, said that, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Verily, for before we can create it, build it, make it, invent it or do it-we must imagine it.
Lest I fall too, into creating division here, I invite all who have not seen the movie to first have a little pow-wow with the seven year old or the eleven year old in you, the one who once gaped in awe at a lizard or at the thunder breaking sky open to rain, to watch the movie with you. For those of you who have seen the movie and not enjoyed it, then, not for me, not for us, but for you, watch it as you might Star Wars or The Lord of The Rings movies which, though fiction, tell a deeper story of human truth than yesterday's headlines.
Peace and Love,
Horatio and Yorick
Movie Review: A Film for Those with Open Minds Who Seek Better Questions
Summary: 5 Stars
"What the #$*! Do We Know?" is a new kind of spiritual film, which fuses a documentary montage style with the unfolding of a dramatic story and amazing animation. BLEEP takes the viewer on a thrilling tour of the boundaries of what we know, while introducing us to some of the newest concepts in the field of consciousness. Is it possible that words and ideas can change the very quality of physical matter? Do we really have an infinite range of choices available to us at any given moment? Is it possible that there are things right in front of us that are invisible to us until other people start to see them? BLEEP raises these questions and many more, and provides scintillating answers that raise even more intriguing questions. Indeed, the best way for us to learn what is really going on is to ask better questions... and watching "What the #$*! Do We Know?" is one of the best ways to start asking better questions.
"What the #$*! Do We Know?" tells the story of Amanda, played by Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin, who feels like her whole world as she knew it is coming undone, to be replaced by something strange, unknown, and new. Amanda's attitudes and assumptions expand dramatically through extraordinary dreams and remarkable encounters in waking life. Interwoven in the story of Amanda's awakening to fuller realization are documentary clips with fourteen mystics and scientists. These interviews provide a delightful counterpoint to what is happening to Amanda as she considers how she is more in charge of her life and better connected to everyone and everything else than she previously would have believed. When Amanda is given a photographic assignment that requires her to face painful memories from her past, she discovers new ways to view her experiences and a bigger sense of herself that allows her to gain strength, courage and inspiration at a time when she might otherwise have felt sad, small, and defeated. Amanda brings us on our own journey of self-discovery, as we wonder how we might reframe painful memories into life stories that reflect our more heroic, loving nature.
"What the #$*! Do We Know?" brings about positive life changes for viewers, because it presents a framework for how to reclaim mental, physical and spiritual health even in the most difficult times. "What the #$*! Do We Know?" is the perfect film for everyone who has an open mind and would like to ask more interesting questions... in order to discover more interesting answers.