Here's My Take

Out of all of the posts I've read on this movie, this by far is the best theory. People have talked about everything from religion to online gaming and no one has come close to this. It's a universal message and I thank you for your post.

Sorry dude cant see that one, we all fight who we are at times and the idea that S is simply a manifestation of his sub conscious is understandable but the subtlety of their actions in forcing him to realize what he was does not lend much to sub conscious realization. That's the core of the movie in itself in that he needs other people to save him from himself. Giving divine figures mortal short comings is a constant trend in divinity. The idea that only God is above our faults and not his servants lends to the idea that in fact angels are human and suffer as we suffer if not more so. Aside from that he creates his world which is beyond the limitations of the traditional understanding of angels. The parallel of demi god fits more appropriately which is why there are others of equal capability to help him.

As the story progresses you realize that he needs to accept who he is. The larger unanswered question in my mind is what role is M. If you would compare G to a drug addict then isn't M simply a junkie with him. Or better yet is M the junkie and G is the supplier and an addict. As much as it is painful to see G dilute himself you have to remember that M is avoiding reality as well. She is living in his fantasies as opposed to blazing her own path. As M and S fight in the first story I got that sense of I am trying to save him and then the classic addict response of he can make his own decisions. In the end of course M realizes that it cant go on.

The last point I want to make is that M is holding him back but it is clear that he cares about her. In the second story however it is clear that he cares more about the illusion (his drug) then he does about her. So you can track their feelings through the stories and the realizations they have until they both have to come to terms with the truth. That he loves her but that's not why he is with her in her world. S forces him to chose between M or the illusion in the second story knowing that M is what grounds him into the illusions because he did not create her.

I am about as far from religious as can be. A professed atheist, however I grew up Catholic, going to parochial schools nearly all the way through. Here's some food for thought on the angel angle - The Archangel Gabriel was a Seraphim from the NINTH Choir of Angels.

Seems to support, or at least lend credibility, to your proposed theory.

I like the 'Sims' allegory better. lol

I am the One, True Brian. All other Brians are false. Kneel before Brian.

I agree although it sure as hell could have been made a lot clearer if that was the case. But yeah, we all escape into "maya," the illusory story of self and individuality. Our entire world and existence is this story. But at some point we need to wake up, "remember who we really are," and this destroys our entire world (or at least the way we knew it) completely.

Each of the three stories go up one level. In the first, as an actor, he shapes his own identity as an individual, in the second, as a writer/docu-star, he shapes his personal environment, and in the last he creates an entire world in every aspect. To me the stories seemed like stages of awakening as he was climbing out of his own illusions.

I think it is all pretty well summed up when she tells him he is a powerful, multi-dimensional being. This is the story of your life, the story of my life and all of the other, "MEs" running around that think they are separate people. It is the illusion of separation, separation from a God or from each other. People say all the time, "how could a God exist when horrible things happen, if a God does exist - why would it LET horrible things happen?" It's because all of the "MEs" are really just the same being.

Whatever God is, it big-bang split its self into a multi-billion fingered glove where the fingers don't realize they are all pieces of the same hand/mind just screwing with its self for entertainment purposes, and also to experience the absence of love so as to see just how perfect and fantastic it is.

Science and religion are both correct but people always need to see things through their own reality tunnel. This causes fanatical bickering and makes for great drama. Reality tunnels are created from our first sensation of living and are built around everyone else we encounter and every decision we make.

I am he -as you are he -as you are me and we are all together just breaking our own heart daily. We can't really be hurt or destroyed - we are powerful multi-dimensional beings waiting to be pulled back together for an eternity of reference material based on the experiences and trips down the reality tunnels of all 7 billion of us. So, enjoy your life and try to make the best of it because eventually we will all be watching THAT movie too.