Indigo

I'd never heard of indigo children until a month ago, and just happened to see this movie while browsing at the video store. I thought it might help me learn a little more about this phenomenon.

Five minutes into the movie, I was sure it must have been a made-for-TV movie. Ten minutes into the movie, I was sure it was a really bad made-for-TV movie. Fifteen minutes into the movie, I was tempted to turn it off.

Technically speaking, the soundtrack was nothing but irritating. There was sappy violin music playing louder than the dialog. Add to that the fact that the grandfather whispered most of his lines, and you have a recipe for real irritation. My finger was worn out by the movie's end, having to continually raise and lower the volume.

The script was unoriginal and predictable, reminding me of a story a 6th grader might write. The movie taught me only one thing about indigo children, and that is the origin of the term (indigo for their "aura"). Beyond that, I'm supposed to believe there are a bunch of Jesus-like children in the world, healing the sick and seeing the future? If that's so, why has there been no media about these miracles? Better they should have interviewed some 'real' indigo children and their families, so we'd get a true sense of them and what they think and can do.

This movie was a big disappointment.

I have known of the story of the Indigo Children for quite some time now, and I have run across cases that seem genuine as well as cases that seem fraudulent. This movie is the latter. Riding the success of the far better "What the Bleep do We Know?" "Indigo" jumps on the new-age bandwagon by making a film, essentially, about super-children. This is not the purpose of the idea of Indigo Children.

The Indigo Children are a new wave of children enjoying a maturity and a sensitivity unusual even in most adults. These children are great teachers, and they bring a childlike innocence back to the idea of wisdom. It is refreshing to see wisdom untainted by a jaded adult perspective in these children.

"Indigo," however, with its ludicrous plot and its poor acting, never substantiates any of its information. It merely tells us the story of a super-child who has control over everything. Ironically, the idea of control over anything is contrary to the very idea of wisdom. The filmmakers will tell you, before the film, that it was not dumbed down. I equate this with Nixon telling us he wasn't a crook. The film is completely dumbed down.

I love the story of the Indigo Children, and I cannot do anything but hope that most of the cases are true, because, if they are, these children represent a new wave of society that is very promising. "Indigo," however, represents one of the worst and most misrepresentative films I have ever seen. I was expecting a semi-documentary, looking at real cases of Indigo Children and the parents and guardians who have lived with them. Alas, this was not the case. I actually almost walked out, and I have never walked out or even considered walking out on a film before. I hope, for all of our sakes and for the reputation of Indigo Children, most people will give this one a pass.

I heard this movie was made for only $500,000 and shot in only 3 weeks or so. Keeping this in mind I feel on a technical level they did the best they could with such limited resources. I know if they had more money and time they could have gotten better actors or at least better performances out of the existing ones (i did notice most of the smaller roles seemed to have better actors than the major roles hmmm).

My biggest concern about this film is that it sets unrealistic expectations of the capabilities of indigo children. The girl in the film professes that she is actually at the lower end of the ability scale and that there are others much more gifted than herself.

I feel it would have been more fair to say she was more gifted than most and that the gifts of most indigo children actually center around having a more general deep intuitiveness and spiritual knowledge.

I worry that most people will now dismiss or overlook the indigo phenomenon when they don't see children running around predicting the future, healing the sick and communicating telepathically with other indigo children around the world via the etheric web.

The Indigo movie was not well done. There were artistic problems with the movie and it did not live up to the hype. That said I would prefer watching INDIGO with a community of spiritual seekers than to go to 95% of Hollywood films. Hollywood's hold on the movie going audience is more of a problem to me than Indigo. I agree that Indgio was not comparable with What the bleep do we know. But I think the director's have the right idea. Indigo children is a fascinating subject and the movie did not do it justice. I do think that Donald Neale Walsch's acting was good and some of the scenery in the movie was very beautiful. I think that we should strive for excellence in what we do and I wish that the director's and producers could have worked harder to make a more artistic film. I still am glad I went and would rather watch a movie like Indigo that is about redemption than the exploitation that we are exposed to daily in the media and especially Hollywood movies. I liked seeing ordinary people portrayed on screen instead of women that all look like the mainstream idea of beauty. There was a lot of beauty in the film that was not hard to find. I encourage the producers and directors of Indigo to try again make a better film but I feel my money was well spent by going to see Indigo I have spent much money on typical Hollywood films and felt ripped off but I was not at all ripped of financially by Indigo. I would gladly give more that ten bucks to people who really want to raise the level of healing and spirituality in this time of violence and war that we are constantly exposed to. I took my 12 year old daughter and she was interested in the film but did not seem to feel enlightened by it. She thought the actress who portrayed Grace was Slick. I would give Indgio an A for effort and a D for artistry.

The movie delivers what one expects mostly related to spiritual elements of Indigo children and the message gets across quite well but sadly enough the directing is so amateurish that most of us left feeling like it was not of any caliber close to What Dreams May Come or What the Bleep... and felt more like a cheesy TV episode of Saved by an Angel or Bewitched shot on video. The acting was remedial except for Walsh who was able to do a nice job but the directing was almost as bad as some student and amateur films but something not expected from a film from a producer of such great movies that must know a few good DPs and actors that would sign on to the project. But it was a decent effort but not one that i would recommend people go spending 10 bucks on at a theater.

Maybe their next film will be of a higher budget and spend more time focusing on the children rather than some dramatic family story that had little entertainment value. Personally id rather seen a them put together a documentary style film to bring more value to the subject but maybe it will inspire other filmmakers to take this grass roots movement to the mainstream and not do it like some X files children that are going to tell us when a tire is going to blow out or cure people of Alzheimer's which is feasible but is probably going to make people believe they can walk on water like Jesus.

ANd i agree with some comments on here that gifted children have always been a part of history and these children just happen to be born more common because we have the internet and world news so that people are more aware of such facts, be it a new dimension happening in 2012 or whatever spiritual chatter but regardless one thing is very clear - humans need to wake up and be more peaceful, loving and balanced to one another and the planet, to avoid more conflicts and hatred and most of all war.

Peace and keep up the good work towards new spiritual grass root films!!