The title is, of course, a reference to the post-credit line, meaning I actually did watch this in full.
Well, what can I say...It wasn't good. I always feel bad bashing simpler movies by inspired directors filmed on a minimal budget. But this one just wasn't the case.
Yes, it felt very cheap, but this wasn't the problem. Cheap CGI was ok, minimal cast - fine, one location - no biggie. The problem(s) were pretty much everything else.
1. The direction in some scenes was horrible, pushing bad/inconsistent acting to parody levels.
2. The editing, in the beginning, was frantic and disorienting. One shouldn't edit introductory scenes like this.
3. I'll just list all other problems with one word - the script. It just wasn't interesting. Why not craft an interesting story if it's a small enthusiast-level production? The premise was there, and it just went absolutely nowhere. In the end, the core was just as simple as in 'Amulet (2020)'. An old god was punishing a bad man for his actions.
Simmons was excellent, but there was little to no exciting dialogue and one good joke. I enjoyed his voice lines as much as I could, but at some point, I gave up. And I can assure you that small films about two people talking in rooms can be great. I mean, we do have Infinity Chamber (2016). It's not like I'm making this up.
Overall, I don't know what went wrong or what the film was supposed to become, but it failed in the process and will be forgotten, just as mentioned in the end.
I still don't know why it's called Glorious, though.
Well, what can I say...It wasn't good. I always feel bad bashing simpler movies by inspired directors filmed on a minimal budget. But this one just wasn't the case.
Yes, it felt very cheap, but this wasn't the problem. Cheap CGI was ok, minimal cast - fine, one location - no biggie. The problem(s) were pretty much everything else.
1. The direction in some scenes was horrible, pushing bad/inconsistent acting to parody levels.
2. The editing, in the beginning, was frantic and disorienting. One shouldn't edit introductory scenes like this.
3. I'll just list all other problems with one word - the script. It just wasn't interesting. Why not craft an interesting story if it's a small enthusiast-level production? The premise was there, and it just went absolutely nowhere. In the end, the core was just as simple as in 'Amulet (2020)'. An old god was punishing a bad man for his actions.
Simmons was excellent, but there was little to no exciting dialogue and one good joke. I enjoyed his voice lines as much as I could, but at some point, I gave up. And I can assure you that small films about two people talking in rooms can be great. I mean, we do have Infinity Chamber (2016). It's not like I'm making this up.
Overall, I don't know what went wrong or what the film was supposed to become, but it failed in the process and will be forgotten, just as mentioned in the end.
I still don't know why it's called Glorious, though.