Highly Overrated But Still Good

Don't Believe the Hype

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This movie takes place in a post apocalyptic future in which some sort of plague has wiped out everyone's short term memory, so everyone is like the main character in Memento. It's an interesting premise, and the atmosphere of the film is great; however, although the film definitely has some artful and well crafted "moments", it never quite comes together as a whole. Worth watching, but not particularly memorable (no pun intended).

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a fish? This movie is an experiment that does that. Humanity is infected with a virus that destroys memory. Different people have mild to severe memory loss. One character forgot who he was talking to and had to rediscover the little girlboy he just met.I couldn't finish this film. It was about as annoying as "Rubber". I had my doubts when that guy gadded about with the umbrella. The lady living in the house with all the toys was to much. She had cereal of Sweet Tarts for breakfast! It was to much. Nothing was happening. I know that was the point of the film. This is not a movie. It is a social experiment about fish people. They all have attention spans of about 7 seconds. I can't recommend this movie to anyone but hipsters that want to watch an anti-movie.

Who we really are . ''Embers'' is all about the Naked truth of all the steps of humanity . The ''aggressive''. Chaotic , monkey one , is defending, full of fear and willing of survival . The ''couple'' . Naive , curious and ready to explore life and multiply but without strategy . The ''freedom'' , is ready to risk the life for knowledge of what is out there . The ''consciousness'', is trying to find a method for evolution and not giving up even if fails again and again . The ''Unknown ''. Silent like the future , is giving hope to the present . Small symbols in the middle . Power and freedom ( horse ) , Toys, sweets and comfort ,( candy lady ) ,is ready to hypnotize and keep the ''future'' static by challenging the ego . My ''end'' in this story maybe could be little less painful . I could bring the ''Unknown'' together with the ''freedom'' and the ''consciousness'' but this could be in a ''happy end'' fairy tail , not in real life . And this film want to show that everything goes on and nothing can anticipate the future . Great film .P.S. When it finished for a few seconds i wanted to smash the screen but when i think again … everything got so clear ;)

Took me a while to figure out how to rate this thing, which is always a good high gauge on my barometer of film excellence. Many reviews wanted this to go somewhere. But the complete absence of memory in stark reality, says you wont, because you wont remember where to go. And for those who still have memory, is it worth having if you are isolated? And if you have intelligence, how do you fight this plague? It also gives a stark look at the ID. Who are we without memory, when all we have left, is our basic nature? I have seen many memory loss movies, but this is by far the best. The acting is superlative, on all fronts. Just like any film buff, I like a good conclusion. But I was happy with this negative one, because of the very nature of the subject matter. In this case, the beginning was the ending, and well, visa versa.