Coherence (2013)

Creative story that kept me interested to the very end. The only reason the rating is 9 instead of 10 is because I didn't quite get the ending but maybe it's supposed to be that way??????

This is a great movie. Amazing story. It's been a while since i watched a movie this good

Suddenly springing out at the top of AmazonPrime's recommended films, this one had an interesting enough synopsis for me to give it a chance. I was almost starting to regret it at the beginning, when suddenly the protagonist's cell phone shatters in her hand out of nowhere. This may seem like a rather cheap shock and something of a red herring, but it was just the right sort of hook to get me through the initial 20 or so minutes in which we are essentially sitting in on a mundane house party among adult friends. I was put slightly in the frame of mind of another movie, "The Invitation" which starts similarly and which I rather enjoyed for its atmosphere of perpetual paranoia and anxiety. With this film, it takes a similar path, though decidedly less subtle, as "Stuff Goes Wrong" occurs rather upfront with a power outage and some odd noises outside.I desperately do not want to spoil this film except to say that it is basically influenced by Quantum Coherence/Decoherence and this dictates how the entirety of the movie flows. The second act revelations begin with comparisons to the Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment, but it is very much focused thereon out with quantum decoherence. Out of necessity, some plot convenience occurs in this regard, as they begin to figure out and hypothesize openly about quantum decoherence as it applies to their situation, while casting all blame on the cause of it being the comet overhead. Despite this seemingly un-toppable sci-fi anomaly revealed and somewhat explained, rather than turn into a boring "how do we fix this" adventure plot, it continues to heighten the mystery while also remaining grounded in reality; the members of the party are well aware of the insanity going on, yet still get into fights with one another when intricate plots go wrong and compromising personal information and secrets end up revealed. Yet these interpersonal issues never supersede the overall tension, managing to only heighten it further, and in some cases intertwine with it, as in the example of Mike, who is afraid that the anomalous events will lead to violent reactions from him and "others". New elements keep getting added to further exacerbate the tension and anxiety (most especially the "Box" with the numbers and the items inside) The human element is never separated from the quantum mechanics at play, and arguably the end result is the logical outcome of the colossal stress, anxiety, and perpetual "Capgras-esque" paranoia afflicting the protagonists all throughout. This film is astonishingly low budget, and never manages to look, sound, or feel low budget. I would never have realized if not for seeing in the IMDB trivia that much of the dialogue and interactions were improvised. The style and the complex science (rendered relatively simple in this film) draws a favorable comparison to "Primer" (2004), but this is definitely its own film.

MY MOUTH WAS SHUT AND ALL SENSES WERE ACTIVATED THIS THRILLER.. AS I REMEMBER... IT COMPLETELY BLEW ME AWAY.. THANK YOU, ALL THE FILM CREW FOR GIVING US SUCH A BEATIFULLY HAUTING EXPERIENCE.... ABSOLUTELY,GO FOR IT