| Every once in a while, a movie is made that | | | | Some are optimistic, some are extremely pessimistic, |
| challenges all of the industry standards. Most of these | | | | violent, or corrupt. Some are enthusiastic about life, |
| movies don't hold up, but occasionally, a few of them | | | | while others are depressed and suicidal. All of these |
| do. Waking Life is one of these movies. Exhibiting | | | | dream characters can represent the types of people |
| anything but traditional film making, it is a rotoscope | | | | in the waking world. Some of us are happier than |
| animation, depicting what it means to exist on this | | | | others, some of us are violent, and some of us are |
| earth. It is about a man trapped between 2 realms: | | | | more neutral. Regardless of our personality type, we |
| the waking world, and the dreaming world. He is not | | | | all wonder why we are here, and what our dreams |
| entirely sure which realm he is in, and seeks to find | | | | really are. |
| the meaning of his existence. A highly recommended | | | | What happens after we die? Are we sent into a |
| movie, which is a deep philosophical study of | | | | never-ending dream world? Are we dreaming right |
| consciousness and existentialism. | | | | now? The answers to these questions can be |
| What does it mean to be alive? Does it mean to be | | | | debated endlessly. When I was younger, I always |
| breathing? To be consciously aware of your | | | | thought about life, why we existed, and what the |
| existence? Most people live their lives as a slave to | | | | meaning to living was. Now, I realize that I can spend |
| time, not knowing that it is an illusion, and the only | | | | my entire life pondering the meaning of existence. |
| moment we have is now. What does it mean to | | | | But what is the point? I could be on my deathbed, |
| dream? Is it an exploration into the depths of your | | | | looking back on a life filled with lost time, and missed |
| subconscious mind? Or is it a plane of existence, | | | | opportunities. Now, I choose to focus on how I can |
| created by God, personally for you? I believe that it | | | | improve the little time I have on earth, and making |
| is an altered state of consciousness, where we can | | | | the most positive contribution to humanity. I also |
| seek the highest level of guidance/advice. It is also a | | | | choose to have fun every day, and savor in life's little |
| way to communicate with higher beings. In Waking | | | | joys. After all, why would God make these joys |
| Life, the main character communicates with dream | | | | available to us, if he didn't want us to experience |
| characters, who all voice their opinion on what life is. | | | | them? |