Am I missing something?

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Just watched Primer, after months of having folks tell me it was an amazing mind-fuck, and avoiding all spoilers.

So, um, where was the mind-fuck? Seemed like a pretty straight-forward time travel story with multiple causality loops. Well done definitely, but I kept waiting for the big wowzer moment, and then the credits rolled. Ernh?

Seriously, did I miss something?

Edit: Yes, I loved it. :) Just wondering, seriously, if the DVD skipped a chapter or something. Not because it didn't make sense, but because it *did*. My one naggling question was Rachel's Dad. That seemed ambiguous.

(Watch it, if you haven't.)

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Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the hell out of it, it was one of the most clever and multi-level stories of the genre I've ever seen... I just kept waiting for the 'big moment'.

Maybe my physics background screwed me over this time. :) I was thinking of a long-span backup unit as soon as they showed the first unit in the storage. It just seemed... logical. :D Maybe that was the problem - they acted logically, so most of the steps seemed obvious to another engineer. *shrug* When Aaron got out with a bloody ear, I suspected this wasn't really his first trip through. As soon as Abe heard the story about the shotgun at the party, it kind of confirmed a looped story. I love how everything fitted into place in the end though. (Made the 'critters in the attic' rather gruesome. :) ) Beautifully done. Ranks up there with Memento for making the audience fire some neurons, IMO. :)