Primer

The screening of Primer in class was very confusing. I didn’t know what to think of the characters and the story overall. We first are introduced to the main characters at the very beginning of the story, but their motives and plan are never clearly stated. The experiment they worked on in the garage is very strange as well in the sense that we have no background knowledge of the machine or the experiment itself. As the story continue I found myself lost with what the characters were trying to accomplish and finally a double popped into the story unexpectedly. At this point of the movie I was more confused on how the machine worked in order to create a double or in order to time travel in general. At the very end of the movie I didn’t understand why one of the characters wanted to run away and make big money someplace else and I also didn’t understand why the two main characters were no longer friends. The ending was very confusing for me and to top that off I didn’t understand why the characters are losing their hand writing skills. This movie as a whole left me with more questions at the end than it did in the beginning and as a person who watched this for the first time I do not understand the meaning behind the movie.