There was a post in Facebook about real Van Gogh paintings coming alive as a movie. I responded how this movie was similar to the animation. I watched it on cable when I was 10. Back then HBO likes to show movies over and over and over and everytime I see it by chance, I watched it. I was so captivated by it. But, I never got to start it! I never knew the title, nor the beginning of the movie. Thankfully that random stranger on Facebook knew which movie I was talking about. Then and there I bought a digital copy on Amazon. I was so happy! When I was 10 I never really understood everything, I probably don't even know anything about drugs then but I was very familiar with lucid dreams. When the movie Inception came out, I thought that movie sucked because this movie was THE dream in a dream in a dream movie. When I saw the comments, and reviews, man.. these people probably never saw the coming of superhero movies. Lol. Now it's all heroes, and galaxies, comics.. I wish another movie like this comes out soon now that I'm an adult!

I've watch this film because our professor told us to review this film, The movie of the "Waking life" is one of the most Innovative movies I've ever seen. It has a charm for a new wave of animation films which unfolds the beauty of different existential life questions and somehow resolves some issues. It is a spectacular movie which challenge viewer to think, analyze and to deal with and discuss deeply ingrained issues of philosophy, existence, and thought. This film is Surprisingly good it has a Mind blowing plot, great performances by the actors, great animation and good script.This film still gives me the chills and a blown mind. All I can say is that the director did a pretty good job and deserved a lot of credits.8/10

I saw this movie for the first time in 2006, I recently watched it again in 2014 and still think I have many more viewings to go.Its just a beautiful story held together with the most amazing interactions and dialogue. This truly is a movie that will open a persons mind and let a little glimpse of something else in. Its very rare for me to actually enjoy a movie these days, everything seems to be over the top special effects and animation with no story.Im happy to say this is refreshingly the other way around... Watch this movie with a joint in hand and good friends... There will be conversation until well after the credits...

A movie that begins with the line "Dream is Destiny" ought to be compelling and thought provoking and so that's what Waking Life is.It's a hugely compelling and thought provoking movie without doubt and it makes us ask very very poignant questions that we have even forgot asking ourselves or anyone around. As we grow and get lost in the crowd we tend to keep away from the philosophy of life and seek only materialistic things, the money, the name, the prosperity while our purpose of existence and purpose of doing something still remains in question. We tend not to do a few things as we grow up due to fear and few things remain undone because of our laziness which essentially means that we are taking life for granted we are becoming complacent and certain of a tomorrow and even tomorrow we might not do it. That's just a part of this movie where i's said. There are many dialogues and of course this movie is nothing but dialogue driven, acting scope is minimal as it's a love action movie that makes you feel at first a bit bizarre coz it's neither animated nor a normal film and we are not used to this kind of presentation. If anything then it's editing and the animation that I restrict the technical departments to with art direction that will help what has to be there in the scene figuring out and all are apt. But I love the dialogue more than anything else. Be it a conversation of a couple, a interview on TV or in theatre, a monologue in jail, they are so prominent and one after another they keep the mind on the run and if there are questions that will run through the mind as we see it as ' what are we doing?,what are we here for? what is life after all?' I never get even for a split second what is the plot of the movie, what is it's story who are the characters and what are their motives, these things are not important here.It's terribly difficult to comprehend what it feels like after watching this movie except that as and when I watch it I just feel so happy and relieved but still questions keep boggling. I am very grateful to Richard Linklater the writer director of the movie for giving this film. It's one of the best gifts I had. It's 5/5 for the most thought provoking movie ever that I saw. I saw it precisely 5 times all my life and will surely watch many more times as this movie has to be experienced and can't be just seen and forgot, you need to keep asking the questions.