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A review of Imperfect Faith

by andycapp328 on 11/20/2011

The best thing about this movie is it had a message. Let me try to interpret the message as I see it, and then get into the specifics of the presentation. A man who expects faith to save him in his last moments, is going to be sorely disappointed. OK, that's the best I can come up with. But there's nothing wrong with letting an audience interpret a movie in their own way... The best thing about this movie is it had a message. Let me try to interpret the message as I see it, and then get into the specifics of the presentation.

A man who expects faith to save him in his last moments, is going to be sorely disappointed.

OK, that's the best I can come up with. But there's nothing wrong with letting an audience interpret a movie in their own way.

Let's deal with the film itself. At first, with the shots of the gangsters driving in the car, I couldn't help but feel it was a bit of an ego-piece.

The reason I say that is that all the gangsters wore sunglasses, were captured in slow motion/close-up and were presented as ultra cool. This is how egotistic film-makers, who cast themselves in their own films, often shoot.

Now, I'm not going to check if the actors in the film were the director/producers, but I'm just saying, it had that feel. If you guys like seeing yourselves in slow-motion, or in ultra-close-up, that's fine, but you should think about getting someone else to write your material.

So you had a point, which was something about faith. If my interpretation above is correct, or close to it, you did manage to convey it, and it's an interesting point.

However, to make that point, I think it would have been more effective to give some information about the protagonist who is about to die. Was he a moral person? Did he have true faith? Was he led astray, or was he innocent? Was he Jesus, or did he just get his hair designer to follow Jesus' style?

If the audience does not know the answers to these questions, it is hard to interpret the meaning of this film, and, hence hard to enjoy it.

There is also the issue of resolution and upload quality, which was fairly low. I'm not sure if TriggerStreet's policies prevent you from showing this film in all its glory, but it was blocky to a distracting extent in many scenes.

However, I did enjoy the film overall. It just had way to much slow motion, which broke me out of the story, and a slightly confusing message, which I was happy to attempt to interpret.

Speed up the first half of the film, and I think it would be a much more effective experience for the viewer. read

Ho hum

A review of Cowboys and Music

by andycapp328 on 02/07/2005

Here we have another film-maker exploring an intellectual idea in the least inspired way possible: by placing two people on a park bench and having them talk about it. But hey, we've all done 'em, so I wouldn't hang you for it.What I think let you down here the most was the acting. Since it's a pretty simple piece technically speaking, you needed a couple of excellent actors... read

Quirky and original, but drags in the first half

A review of Longbranch

by andycapp328 on 02/06/2005

Well about halfway through I still wasn't convinced of what I was seeing. I may have even been in danger of turning the movie off if it hadn't been a TriggerStreet assignment. However, the film comes together in an interesting way and redeems itself well.It's quite well shot, with bold colours appropriate to the mood. The music is a bit repetitive, but works, although I think... read

Good ideas, average writing.

A review of the interview

by andycapp328 on 02/05/2005

There are some strong ideas in this piece, but I didn't feel the delivery worked very well. The film makers took an intellectual idea and translated it to the screen with minimal creativity and effort. There was basically no story in the film, just two unlikeable guys talking for 10 minutes. Despite the "twist" at the end, this is not enough to sustain an audience's attention... read

Good gag, average execution ('scuse the pun)

A review of Like Father Like Son

by andycapp328 on 12/22/2004

There's not much to this piece. It's just a good and, as far as I can tell, original gag that done in a pretty drawn out way. The intro is too long. All you need to do is establish that they are hitmen and then move straight to the musical build up (which was well done). The film could have ended with the shot of the guy with the sucker on his head. I didn't see the point of... read

Heavy on atmosphere, light on point

A review of Happy Hunting Ground

by andycapp328 on 12/22/2004

I was thoroughy bemused by this confusing and seemingly meaningless piece. I suppose it was supposed to be scary in a kind of Texas Chainsaw way, but to me it was just strange and pointless. The atmosphere of the film worked well, with the music and the 16mm footage working eerily together. But the lack of story and purpose (and in the end, of anything actually happening at... read

Entertaining

A review of Goldfish Blues

by andycapp328 on 11/09/2004

This animation doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but it's definitely entertaining within it's own ruleless world. Intellectually it loses respect for the undisciplined story it creates, but I can't say I was bored or frustrated at any stage.Animation was pretty good. Nothing complex here, but there is never any doubt as to what's going on. Sound was deliberately minimal, which... read

Outstanding production values

A review of Untitled

by andycapp328 on 11/08/2004

Not sure what to say about this one. Outstanding production values in every aspect, from the filming to the music, to the special effects. This film is one of the most tecnically accomplished I've seen on the site so far.I wasn't really sure what to take away from the story though. Some sort of message about being buried in one's work when you could be sleeping with a cute... read

Too slow for my taste

A review of Gunfighter's Waltz

by andycapp328 on 11/07/2004

I found this account of the gunfight at the OK Corral extremely tedious to watch. The intro text sets the viewer up for a breakdown and perhaps analysis of the gunfight itself, but it takes an age to get there. The gunfight itself was staged well and the gun effects were great, but as soon as I realised I was going to see the whole thing again in the epilogue, I wished I had... read

Style over substance...

A review of Sleep of Reason, The

by andycapp328 on 11/07/2004

I liked the way this short looked. I felt it was stylish and appropriate for the theme. Music was good an appropriately creepy.I had a few problems associated with web viewing, most notably an inability to read some of the text on the letters.There didn't seem to be a lot to the story itself, except to say that shock therapy is bad, but I suppose only so much fits into a four... read

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