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Post by Cristo on Jul 4, 2008 16:07:01 GMT -5
See what the controversy is all about!
Thoughts and feedback here.
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Post by Cristo on Jul 7, 2008 12:47:44 GMT -5
Anybody seen it as of yet?
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Post by Stone Cold Films on Jul 8, 2008 8:54:32 GMT -5
Hmmm... Just saw it, it was pretty good. Bit short though... And although the aspects made good points and showed everything from different perspectives, it just didn't have the feel of a movie to it, it was like reading a novel. All in all, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't the greatest.
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Post by Cristo on Jul 8, 2008 11:58:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the review. And I was a little rushed, intended to make it longer.
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Post by iamthebatman on Jul 10, 2008 14:20:08 GMT -5
I didn't like it at all.
2/10
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Post by Legend on Jul 10, 2008 15:00:51 GMT -5
I know you probably think I'm only saying this because we've had arguments lately, but it's the truth.
SPOILERS
It definitely felt rushed and wasn't on par with your earlier movies. Some superficial things I noticed were: The girl got raped, but there is no evidence left behind? No DNA is left behind...from rape? ... And then later, the cops say that they suspect some other guy...with no reason...kind of odd. But yeah, if somebody gets raped, there will be evidence, obviously. It wasn't the biggest thing.
Then there was the "CEO" character (Dimond). This is how I remembered him because it was stated that he was "the CEO of a large company" at least five times, probably three or so by the charcter himself. Again, not the biggest deal, but it's just very repetitive and something that wouldn't be seen in a film.
Then there's the President-he says stuff like "That was a load of bull" and "God damn the Bible" after his address to the American people saying how much he values religion. I could accept if he made that in passing comment to one of his top advisors or one person, but in front of dozens of people, many of whom he doesn't know, the President would never say such things...Once again, not the biggest thing, but the little things added up in this film.
Then there's the random philosophical conversation added into the mix. Two people are talking about the government and the state that it is in, and the one guy randomly starts talking about homosexuality and if it is a choice or not...and whether people have the "right" to be homosexual. Just kind of out of place and going into philosophy where it didn't belong.
I'm not even going to comment on the issue of a main character quitting his job because he would have to mock a dead guy.
The US was potrayed as the sum of all evils in this movie. The President is a God-hating, arrogant man who lies to the American people and then laughs about it. The soldiers call people "Sand Niggers," befriend the whites, and then throw the heads of dead bodies around in jest. The government bombed their own cities because riots were going on. And basically, most of the whites in the movie were potrayed as racist hicks.
My major criticism was the fact that the movie wasn't even about what you claimed it was about. America turning into a 3rd world country...that wasn't what this movie was about. It was about, for the most part, different people complaining about the state of America's economy and a struggle for the leadership of the mafia in a city. Then, they decide to start a riot against the government and apparently overthrow the government. Revolution=/= Becoming a third world country. It wasn't clear if there was even a revolution or not, though, or if the riot went beyond that city.
"There is no reason...no science to explain this." This was the line that was supposed to sum up the film, and it really did, because there wasn't much reason for anything that happened in the film. People had random conversations about philosophy and decided to start a revolution for some undefined reasons, other than that their government "allows terrorism" and apparently supports racism.
Definitely not one of the worst movies on Movie Reels, but an average one. It just wasn't about what the plot says it is about. Just kind of a let down from movies like City of Dragons and All For One.
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Post by Bob Ross on Jul 13, 2008 8:58:23 GMT -5
It really liked the message, and I really liked a lot of the dialogue. I guess I liked it better than most. Sure, it was pretty short and it was pretty sloppy, but I think it's a good script.
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