Proof (movie)

[Doctor Q]

Oh boy! A movie about math!

Proof (http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/proof.html), opening tomorrow. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins, and Hope Davis in a story about the daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed math professor.

I assume it is mostly about eigenvalues, Riemann sums, triangular numbers, and magic squares, with a little bit of story about the human characters tossed in for good measure. Sounds great to me!

I wonder if I should wait for reviews or just head out to see it?

[neocell]

Oh boy! A movie about math!

Proof (http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/proof.html), opening tomorrow. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins, and Hope Davis in a story about the daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed math professor.

I assume it is mostly about eigenvalues, Riemann sums, triangular numbers, and magic squares, with a little bit of story about the human characters tossed in for good measure. Sounds great to me!

I wonder if I should wait for reviews or just head out to see it?
Have you watched the movie Pi (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/)? Very mathy, very crazy, sounds like you'd like it


**EDIT**
apparently MR doesn't like the Pi symbol

[~Shard~]

This sounds right up your alley Doctor Q - let us know how it is! :D

[Blue Velvet]

...a story about the daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed math professor.


Sounds familiar... In a Hollywood film, you cannot be brilliant without being mentally disturbed.

Pi: Rented and ripped to the Mac, waiting for a rainy day which shouldn't be a long wait in London.

[Applespider]

Pi: Rented and ripped to the Mac, waiting for a rainy day which shouldn't be a long wait in London.

You had a perfectly wet opportunity yesterday....

I assume it is mostly about eigenvalues, Riemann sums, triangular numbers, and magic squares, with a little bit of story about the human characters tossed in for good measure. Sounds great to me!

Except that you just know that you'll go and see it and all the formulae will be nonsense but look sufficiently complex on the blackboard. They'll gloss over lots of details so that the non-maths audience won't go to sleep and get just enough wrong to upset you...

[Blue Velvet]

You had a perfectly wet opportunity yesterday....

Ahhh... but I was mucking around here and watching the occasional episodes of The Prisoner. I think it was a metaphorical rainy day I was referring to.

BTW: Fingers and toes crossed -- all the best. I'll be sending good vibes your way at the time! ;)

[Abstract]

And in the riveting climax, two math professors duke it out on the blackboard......to the death!! :eek:

[Blue Velvet]

And in the riveting climax, two math professors duke it out on the blackboard......to the death!! :eek:

Who will chuck the chalk and use their fingernails instead?! :eek:

[Nermal]

**EDIT**
apparently MR doesn't like the Pi symbol

Sure it does, you just need to know how to type it :)

π π π π π :D

[jsw]

Sure it does, you just need to know how to type it :)

π π π π π :D
Since those look like the letter 'n', I'll blow one up (and yet it still looks only somewhat like pi....):
π

[jsw]

For those playing at home, it's done with the HTML code (http://www.natural-innovations.com/wa/doc-charset.html) "π" in your post - but, if you preview, copy your post text first, because the act of previewing the post will remove the HTML code from the text box, meaning you'll have to re-type it (it'll look right, but when you post, all the codes will come up as '?' characters).

[neocell]

Sure it does, you just need to know how to type it :)

? ? ? ? ? :D
Yeah I did that at first 'option p', looked fine in the reply to thread window but when I posted it they were all replaced with '?'s. ?????????

**EDIT**
See what happened to your quote and all those ? were actually pi s. Here's a screen shot to go with it

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[szark]

Oh boy! A movie about math!

Proof (http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/proof.html), opening tomorrow. Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins, and Hope Davis in a story about the daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed math professor.

I assume it is mostly about eigenvalues, Riemann sums, triangular numbers, and magic squares, with a little bit of story about the human characters tossed in for good measure. Sounds great to me!

I wonder if I should wait for reviews or just head out to see it?


I saw the Broadway play that this movie is based on, and it's a great story. With that cast, I'm sure the movie will be fantastic.

[Lacero]

Some say Math is the universal language, but I beg to differ.

[clayj]

Some say Math is the universal language, but I beg to differ.Don't beg to differ.

Just differ.

[IJ Reilly]

"Proof" is based on a wonderful stage play of the same name -- which is by no means entirely about math. It's really about the relationship between a math professor (once brilliant, now disturbed), his daughters and a grad student. The title itself refers to far more than mathematics. And the story has a great twist at the end. But I won't give away too much.

The play is terrific, and it looks like they've cast the movie well. So it should be a good one!

[macartistkel]

Oh I definitly want to see this movie and not because it has anything to do with math....I have missed Gwenth lately since she had her baby she has been laying low. AND JAKE is too hot. One o fmy favorite movies of all time is October Sky starring him! I will definitely go see this movie! :)

[IJ Reilly]

I just checked the credits on the trailer and the screenplay was co-written by David Auburn, the original playwright. This is always a good sign that the play hasn't been butchered. Also, it's been directed by John Madden. I like his work a lot.

[dejo]

Also, it's been directed by John Madden. I like his work a lot.

Me too. Especially on Monday Night Football! ;)
(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

[Doctor Q]

Except that you just know that you'll go and see it and all the formulae will be nonsense but look sufficiently complex on the blackboard. They'll gloss over lots of details so that the non-maths audience won't go to sleep and get just enough wrong to upset you...Oh no! Don't they hire consultants to make sure these details are correct? And don't they hire "continuity" people whose job it is to make sure that all functions are continuous?

Ahhh... but I was mucking around here and watching the occasional episodes of The Prisoner.We rented the whole series and watched them, one per week, finishing last month. Some were really odd, but that's part of why I liked them. Be seeing you.

And in the riveting climax, two math professors duke it out on the blackboard......to the death!! :eek:With Gary Larson taking screenplay credits. (OK, this one isn't about math professors, but it's the closest I could find quickly.)

[IJ Reilly]

Me too. Especially on Monday Night Football! ;)
(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)

Try to resist next time. Please try! :D

(FWIW, I was thinking of the "Inspector Morse" series and of course "Shakespeare in Love".)

[Nickygoat]

Pi:[/B] Rented and ripped to the Mac, waiting for a rainy day which shouldn't be a long wait in London.
What a great movie, but lots of people I recommended it to were saying "what?".
If you like that check out Aronovskys follow up - "Requiem For A Dream", better but depressing as h***.
It's not released here until 30th December though :(

[Nickygoat]

Oh no! Don't they hire consultants to make sure these details are correct? And don't they hire "continuity" people whose job it is to make sure that all functions are continuous?
My aunt used to do continuity on films - a lot of the old Bond films are her. This seems to be a job for you, Dr Q.

[jsw]

And don't they hire "continuity" people whose job it is to make sure that all functions are continuous?
Good grief. You should be ashamed of yourself. ;)

[Blue Velvet]

What a great movie, but lots of people I recommended it to were saying "what?".

Yeah, but I'm a massive Lynch fan -- I'm inoculated against a certain level of non-linear weirdness. :)

[Blue Velvet]

Be seeing you.

Be seeing you too, number 12149. :)

[deputy_doofy]

Have you watched the movie Pi (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0138704/)? Very mathy, very crazy, sounds like you'd like it


**EDIT**
apparently MR doesn't like the Pi symbol

PI = Great f'in movie. For that matter, so was Requiem For a Dream (same director and a lot of the same actors).

[wdlove]

Oh boy! A movie about math!

I wonder if I should wait for reviews or just head out to see it?

Yes, I think that you should go to see "Proof." I enjoyed the trailer. With stars like Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, certainly makes it a movie worth seeing. Since it is about math, I would highly value your review Doctor Q. ;)

[solvs]

It's supposed to be good. Good reviews all around, and supposedly the acting is oscar worthy. But thanks to some spoil sport, I already know the ending (NO SPOLIERS!). I'll probably rent it when it comes out on video.

[Doctor Q]

I already know the ending...You mean the movie isn't transcendental? :p

[Lloyd1994]

Mathies are so much more fun than CS geeks. I majored in both in college and found the math majors held much more entertaining conversations. This thread takes me right back to Hilbert Space (the math lounge). I love Math movies, too. I'll have to rent ? again tonight. I'll have to see Proof sometime, too. I think I've seen A Beautiful Mind enough, though ;)

[IJ Reilly]

You mean the movie isn't transcendental? :p

Somebody's looking for a pi in the face. Actually, the story is transcendental, in a way -- but I won't tell you how. :)

BTW, I share a birthday with Anthony Hopkins -- and he even used to live around here.