Was I stunned or.. was I stunned...!!??

Yes.. i was really stunned after watchin this sci-fi movie The Man From Earth and i'm still under the cast that this movie has spell on me.. i'm doin nothin but think about this movie.. its not even been 24 hours since i saw the movie for the first time, n i've already seen it thrice till now.. n i dunno how many more times i'm gonna watch it... this was the first time i ever saw a movie twice continuously without a break.. there have been movies which almost convinced me of watchin it again like The Last Samurai, Shawshank Redemption, The Truman Show etc.. but i never did... (i've seen them at a later time though...) i mean.. there r these protagonist characters in some movies which we feel we wanna b in our real life.. these r all some of them... n this character John Oldman in this movie is (the best) wat i would like to be if it is possible at all...

The film is about a guy who claims to be 14,000 years old and how he manages to convince his colleagues/friends (or maybe not.. watch the movie.. :P) that he really is.. n all his experiences in his lifetime.. (14,000 years is quite a lifetime.. aint it...??) the movie relies entirely on the conversation that this group of people has and that too in a house.. infact, in jus a hall.. highly intellectual i must say.. its a movie that kinda surpasses time n space.. it jus gets u goin frm the beginnin... with some thunderbolt kinda shocks in the middle.. one such at almost an hour into the movie... "Wat the...!!??" is wat u'll feel.. i guarantee...

The movie definitely rises a lot discussions.. very high level discussions indeed..  but u jus keep sittin there n watch it without anythin u can say until its over... one thing i felt durin the course of movie is that some devout christians might not like the movie jus coz the topics/discussions that arise.. but, at the end, the more u think about it, the more it'll make u feel that anything is possible.. the more it'll start to make sense to u... ofcourse, there r quite a few logical questions that u mite ask a guy who claims to be 14,000 years old.. like drivin license, social security number (this movie bein American) and other such stuff.. but this will mean u believe wat he says.. the more significant claim that he's that old.. the screenplay perfectly jus doesnt have that.. really need to appreciate the writer here.. n afterall, its jus a moooovie u kno... there's obviously no logic in a lot of high budget sci-fi movies.. n its not fair if u ask me if this one has any.. also, i wanted the movie to be more lengthier.. atleast 30 more minutes of absolute trance i wud say...

I am really very happy to have seen this movie.. a sci-fi movie made at modest budget of jus $200,000.. with no CG or SFX n no flyin superheroes or gadgets or satellites.. nothing...!!! its a movie that is thought provoking.. highly intellect.. with a lot of interestin history facts.. all this in jus a conversation between a group of teachers/professors.. wat more can u expect...!!??

This movie is highly recommended to all those who believe sci-fi movies can be made at low budgets.. or for those who'll atleast start to believe the same once they watch this movie.. :P

The best way to watch this movie is to download it from the internet (torrents n stuff..) as a matter of fact, the producers themselves have thanked BitTorrent for havin made this movie available on the internet (illegally ofcourse) and obviously for the free marketing.. a lot of ppl have downloaded frm the internet.. so go ahead.. download this movie.. (the producers will be more than happy...) my friend Praveen is one such guy.. n i've no words to thank him for this gem.. 

I have no problem in promotin a movie like this.. do visit this site once.. http://www.manfromearth.com/index.html

psst:   

1. the guy who plays the lead character John Oldman looks a lot like Robert DeNiro... 

2. more importantly, it wud have been nice if u read this post after watchin the movie... ;)