http://digestivepyrotechnics.blogspot.com/2014/12/predestination-plot-explained.html

The girl was pretty good though. I didn’t think much of her in Jessabelle, but in this, it gave me second thoughts about her acting chops. Even though in male form she looked pretty much like Leonardo DiCaprio and not a very convincing man.

Also funny to note that her character may be the most narcissistic individual I’ve seen in films.

I rarely give it a second thought after I watch majority of the movies these days, especially the recent crop of Marvel films, I’ve seen guardians of the galaxy twice this year thus far(at my kids’ request), and I can not tell you the plot synopsis of that “film”. I saw Predetermanation on Saturday, and I have not stop thinking about it: the hidden message of it all, the moral implication of each character, the possibility of somehting like this taking place, etc.

So yeah, I’ll say this movie is much deeper than what some “critics” are willing to delve into.

i’ll be open, i don’t think this movie is about a trick of some sort -however, it can only appear, at least partially, as such.

yet, as any mouth breather would, at a second watch i did notice nuances in these characters: the girl was a narcissist.. she knew what she was doing/was about to do; the conflictual nature of man, even though not as evident nor artful as the classic Prometheus Unbound, is present; there is a tragedy of identity/self – if only desguised as a ..dick augmentation anecdote (“what’s the song Like a Virgin about?” said one guy at the table.)

maybe they should’ve explored the sexual dimension, but that in itself is a whole movie, a whole different kind of movie.

Take this film for example, I’ve been waiting for years for a movie to deliver a truly original idea that’s NEVER been tried before in a creative, engaging way, and when “Predestination” came out and did exactly that, these guys not only did not appreciate the fine filmmaking craftsmanship fully on display here, this guy actually gave it half a star.

On the other hand, these guys raved about Scarlett Johansson’s “Under The Skin” which turned out to be totally unwatchable (even with Johansson’s total nude scene!), and Frank actually had the audacity to recommend that piece of Johnny Depp turd “Lone Ranger” earlier this year which should’ve been evidence enough to revoke his film critic privilege to review another single film in his life.

Again, Filmjunk is extremely entertaining to listen to, and they do provide a tremendous service to alleviate out boredom for hours on end, but you really can’t take their “opinions” on films too seriously.

why don’t you reduce the whole theme of time travelling into one particular “trick” , judge those other movies like that and specify what the hell did they do that was so good in hiding it.

But as Hank says, to each their own