I have to say that I can't believe that this film received the positive reviews. I would never trust anyone about a movie again who would give this more than two stars. I believe that the good reviews must have come from those who had some stake in the film.
This movie wasn't even bad enough to be good. The look of the film seemed to be created by lining up the worst DV cameras in the world and shooting every scene with a different one, while not worrying about setting them up. The entire visual experience is ruined by this. Nothing flows. Every type of camera effect looks like an afterthought.
Things need to happen in a movie to make a viewer want to watch. And the characters should be at least remotely interesting. This was like watching some "Day in the life" cam show-only interesting to those who have no life themselves, and/or have a scatological perversion. Seriously, how did showing a person evacuating their bowels further the story or give us insight into the character? Yeah, I know that happens. I read about it in the toddler book, "Everybody Poops."
I think the thing that makes me so angry about this film is that it really stinks up the independent movie scene. I have defended the indy movie scene to many people that believe true indy movies are synonymous with crap. This one won't help.
I gave this movie one star because I couldn't select 0. The director of this film seriously needs to think about finding a different line of work. I do wonder who actually finances junk like this. In closing, if you didn't get this from the review, I feel this movie had no redeeming value and wish I didn't have to look upon the box at the video store. I don't mean for this review to sound spiteful or hateful but I feel truly feel it is a slap in the face to all those people who are struggling to get out a genuine, thought provoking piece of entertainment.
This movie wasn't even bad enough to be good. The look of the film seemed to be created by lining up the worst DV cameras in the world and shooting every scene with a different one, while not worrying about setting them up. The entire visual experience is ruined by this. Nothing flows. Every type of camera effect looks like an afterthought.
Things need to happen in a movie to make a viewer want to watch. And the characters should be at least remotely interesting. This was like watching some "Day in the life" cam show-only interesting to those who have no life themselves, and/or have a scatological perversion. Seriously, how did showing a person evacuating their bowels further the story or give us insight into the character? Yeah, I know that happens. I read about it in the toddler book, "Everybody Poops."
I think the thing that makes me so angry about this film is that it really stinks up the independent movie scene. I have defended the indy movie scene to many people that believe true indy movies are synonymous with crap. This one won't help.
I gave this movie one star because I couldn't select 0. The director of this film seriously needs to think about finding a different line of work. I do wonder who actually finances junk like this. In closing, if you didn't get this from the review, I feel this movie had no redeeming value and wish I didn't have to look upon the box at the video store. I don't mean for this review to sound spiteful or hateful but I feel truly feel it is a slap in the face to all those people who are struggling to get out a genuine, thought provoking piece of entertainment.