Einstein's God Model

The premise attracted me to the movie, and kept me watching despite it's many issues. I tried to set aside the poor acting and dialog in hopes that the plot would develop into something more substantial - but it never did. The story line was thin with the same canned character types you have seen countless times before. As with all too many Sci- Fis, a clever concept was wasted and leaves you wondering what could have been done with it under different circumstances. As far as the production - it mostly had an amateurish feel. There appeared to be issues with the sound editing. That could possibly have been related to the streaming version I viewed. But I noticed several instances where the dialog seemed to be spliced together from different takes causing it to vary in volume from line to line. On the positive side, the special effects and imagery were executed fairly well considering the low production budget.

Very well done for the budget.

PROs: Very original premise and sticks with you longer after the credits have rolled. Beautiful special effects - honestly much better than the rest of the production.

CONS: Some clever humor, but also some very clunky science exposition. Cinematography wildily uneven - at times gorgeous and at times very amateur. Performances were pretty rough in spots. Better casting would have helped.

All in all, this gets an A for effort and a B- for execution. If you like science, especially theoretical physics, you won't be disappointed! Also, LOVE the Chicago shots!

No idea how it ended up on my watch list. Gave it a chance. Honestly it's neither a bad film nor a good film.

Thanks to modern digital production techniques, low budget films look almost as good as big budget. You have to really know lighting to get that last 5%. But where it really shows up is in the acting. Not so much that major films have better actors. Rather they have more time budgeted to get multiple takes and coverage angles for different scenes.

Low budget films like this have a lot of obvious flat acting and poorly blocked scenes. Stuff that could have been ironed out with more takes and a slightly relaxed shooting schedule.

I enjoyed the general story. It's got a little quantum terminology nonsense. But not any more than your standard MCU film. Unless you spend a lot of time keeping up with advances in science (as I do) you may not even notice the nonsense aspect.

The actual storytelling isn't too bad. It does the job. What it did not do was hold my attention. I found myself spacing out and checking my email. Probably missed a few key moments, making it harder to follow. That is partially my fault. But a good scifi movie or TV show should be able to hold the attention.

Supposedly this is part of a series of quasi educational films. Not sure if any others got made. But this one did not do a good job of explaining quantum mechanics, DeSitter spaces or particile physics. While they did use terminology from Quantum mechanics, it was all layered in with a bunch of other plot nonsense in such a way that it's hard to tell where the dividing line between fact and fiction lies. I suppose it could be intended to spur interest in the field. (No pun intended, but I'll take it.) My main complaint in this regard is the way that it not only misuses the prevailing theory on the many worlds hypothesis. But uses a really, really bad CGI graphic to represent it. When I say bad I don't mean rendering. I mean in terms of representation.

The preceding model using slices of bread was moving in the right direction. The rendered version was just a badly realized literal size up of the bread model.

They really should have had a physicist consult on this film.

An enjoyable indie ride with some interesting ideas about quantum physics and reality. Gets points for not dumbing down the science. Yes of course it feels indie and low budget in some places, but that's because it is indie and low budget. This should be kept in perspective when rating.

I would like to start this with a few credentials I am an ex-Paramedic and current bachelors or Physics / Chemistry student. This movie is very interesting. No, the effects are not top notch nor is the acting. However, the movie does a fantastic job at mixing factual knowledge we know about particle physics (of which they over used the word "quantum" like all Hollywood movies) and theoretical physics.

*** It is important to note string theory and quantum entanglement are not proven to be factual entirely. ***

But to even attempt the subject and come up with a film that makes sense to most viewers takes extreme talent. No easy task. I'm curious where the directors / producers obtained their props. The ET tubes, propofol, magnetic field sims, micro transformers were all real (or at least so close to it I could tell no difference). Some of these things are very impossible to come by outside of an anesthesia related field.

Overall Im thoroughly impressed with the film.

Will likely watch it again, though I do not feel it fair that one requires 6+ years of difficult education to comprehend the premise well.