Meet the Mobius Strip of Movies (PLOT EXPLAINED)

Rating: 7/10 (10 April 2011)

This movie, a bit like the film, "Inception", has the formulaic properties of a real mind melter...that is, "if" one tries and understand it (how the movie works).
I'll compare it's plot, and trying to understand it, to the mathematical mobius strip. It's non-orientable, has no beginning, no end, the movie, just like the strip, "just is." Unlike "Inception," as well as numerous other movies which incorporate this plot twist, this leaves no room for speculation as to how the truth may or may not be apparent, as it wasn't designed for speculation, just an "ah-ha!" moment.
At first, you'll want to watch it again, after coming to conclusions as to whether it happened this way, to cause that, or that cause was an effect of this causal reality, and try to ascertain a somewhat clear opinion (and it will be opinion, like as to what an artist may or may not be saying with their art);however, the point of this mobius strip movie, in my "opinion," is not for it to have audiences arrive to a conclusion as to what was real, what was fantasy, what was effect, what was cause, nor do I believe it had anything to do with time travel, quantum physics, but the whole movie was itself just a gimmick to have the audience concentrate on figuring it out.
I won't go into details about the beginning clues, end clues, as they are irrelevant in my determination that this film had only one mystery, and it wasn't to see what was cause, and effect, or what was real, what was fantasy, nor delve into metaphysics, fringe science, but to be simple, it was in my opinion, a perfect example of a cinematographic interpretation of the 3 dimensional mobius strip.
If you are not aware of a mobius strip as learned in math class, research it. The plot, and writing were beautifully executed to bring a harmony and balance in tit for tat clues which in the end were so balanced, they each canceled one another out, until there were essentially no clues, and looking at the formula, and discarding the variables which may give the watcher a clue, you will find, your mind has just played a trick on you, believing there was some point to this, some end, some beginning, but the only real point was the pleasure in trying to figure this out, and the only beginning was the time you sat down to watch this nicely executed film, twist your mind back and forth, and finally, mangle it in the end with a flurry of what ifs, and why this, and how about that...
Most films of this nature, give you a clue as to what "really" may have happened, and the better ones leave the watcher with a sense of it being open to interpretation, and gives subtle hints as to it's true intention based on the characters, the direction, the end, and the beginning;however, if you try to make sense of this movie intentionally riddled with plot holes which embraces it's twisting nature which is not apparent until the end, you'll find it makes no sense, other than a nice trip that had no beginning, and no end.
What I found quite clever about this film is that no one seemed to get it, that this film is not to "get," but to be enjoyed in "being got" Yes, if you think you know what really may have happened, even if arriving to the conclusion, that one cause is the original effect, or even if there are two or more possible conclusions one can arrive to in an effort to make sense of this mobius strip movie, then you have been "got," and the writers and producers must be really enjoying the reviews, and watchers interpretations as this is all in your heads, in our heads...a film that delivers an intentional purpose supposedly, but when mathematically weighed, and logic applied to the max, the only explanation is this is a gorgeously balanced equation that says only one thing..."I am here." An enigmatic, "what came first, the chicken or the egg?" formulaic artistic cinematic experience that will leave you guessing, until you realize, your guesses are in vane, and unlike most films of this genre, is not open to interpretation based on clues, or lack of.
A twisting loop that has no end and no beginning...possible only in math with our linear thinking minds, but when you put it on the big screen, the dear mobius strip comes to life in vivid color and detail; however, it being a representation of a mobius strip, one can finally conclude, this movie had no end, no beginning, and the twist was intentionally put there to confuse you as to whether it did or not.
The acting is good, cast is decent, and a movie I'd recommend to friends, just to hear their interpretation of what "really" happened. (nothing really happened, as there is nothing causal without an effective reality, which this movie operates on, so it essentially, never happened...the movie was nonsensical, but appeared to make perfect sense, but what movie can make sense, that according to math, never happened?) Writers are starting to incorporate math into their movies, as the tired trite twists of yesterday become mundane and over shadowed by the glittery graphics of the new age of cinema, and expect more math in the movies, especially as our society becomes more intrigued by thought, than by mindless entertainment.
A good movie, worth the cash, but your "final and real" decision on what REALLY happened, like I said, will be in vane, as an argument on determining the beginning and ending of a circle would be.
Well, there's my two pennies.
I've wasted my last two, so.... a penny for your thoughts?