Films I watched this week
Discussion
Coherence - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360
OK, so I had this one recommended to me, it's interesting in a Twilight Zone / Outer Limits kind of way but its reliance on improvised dialogue made it difficult to watch.
It was made for about £30 and shot pretty much in a single room of a house, to make a sci-fi thriller this way was quite bold and sufficient to catch my attention.
We start with a bunch of friends who've come over for dinner, there's then a power cut which takes out the whole street, however there's a house up the road that still has power, when they go to investigate oddness occurs.
I found the dialogue a struggle as, everyone
has
a
a,
everyone, has a habit
of
Constantly the cast would speak in broken half-sentences and constantly interrupt each other to portray shock or anxiety and the endless exclaiming of 'Oh my god!' at every oh my god!! moment made me want to set fire to them after about 20 minutes which was a pity as one of the ladies in the film was particularly easy on the eye.
The lights go out, they panic, why?
There's a house up the road with lights on, they panic at the thought that this could happen, going over is considered dangerous, nothing really has happened at this point so there's no reason for the 'oh my gods', the notion that they could have a generator was deemed untrustworthy.
They then decide to start their generator, the guy that goes downstairs to start it was deemed a saviour, why they not in the middle of the woods, just at home in a modern house in a street that they know. Why was it then scary that the house up the road had lights? They're constantly panicking about very little.
So if they leave the house and go to the other they're back in the same house but a parallel universe version all with another copy of themselves there, it's also concluded that the copies of themselves are somehow evil twins although how they came to this conclusion isn't really explained. They do lots of little experiments that reminded me of the 80's TV show 'The Adventure Game', I was half hoping for someone to turn into a plant or face the vortex to get home.
The ending was classic Twilight Zone and was able to bring the daftness back on track but whilst it's commendable to attempt this for such a tiny budget and the idea itself wasn't awful it needed a bit of help with the script to make it less Am-Dram.
an Oh My God 4/10
OK, so I had this one recommended to me, it's interesting in a Twilight Zone / Outer Limits kind of way but its reliance on improvised dialogue made it difficult to watch.
It was made for about £30 and shot pretty much in a single room of a house, to make a sci-fi thriller this way was quite bold and sufficient to catch my attention.
We start with a bunch of friends who've come over for dinner, there's then a power cut which takes out the whole street, however there's a house up the road that still has power, when they go to investigate oddness occurs.
I found the dialogue a struggle as, everyone
has
a
a,
everyone, has a habit
of
Constantly the cast would speak in broken half-sentences and constantly interrupt each other to portray shock or anxiety and the endless exclaiming of 'Oh my god!' at every oh my god!! moment made me want to set fire to them after about 20 minutes which was a pity as one of the ladies in the film was particularly easy on the eye.
The lights go out, they panic, why?
There's a house up the road with lights on, they panic at the thought that this could happen, going over is considered dangerous, nothing really has happened at this point so there's no reason for the 'oh my gods', the notion that they could have a generator was deemed untrustworthy.
They then decide to start their generator, the guy that goes downstairs to start it was deemed a saviour, why they not in the middle of the woods, just at home in a modern house in a street that they know. Why was it then scary that the house up the road had lights? They're constantly panicking about very little.
So if they leave the house and go to the other they're back in the same house but a parallel universe version all with another copy of themselves there, it's also concluded that the copies of themselves are somehow evil twins although how they came to this conclusion isn't really explained. They do lots of little experiments that reminded me of the 80's TV show 'The Adventure Game', I was half hoping for someone to turn into a plant or face the vortex to get home.
The ending was classic Twilight Zone and was able to bring the daftness back on track but whilst it's commendable to attempt this for such a tiny budget and the idea itself wasn't awful it needed a bit of help with the script to make it less Am-Dram.
an Oh My God 4/10
qube_TA said:
I found the dialogue a struggle
It was pretty much all improvised, which may explain (if not excuse that). I thought the acting was solid, personally, one scene (the bit outside where she realises her partner has no idea what she is on about in particular was superbly executed.For a $50k budget I thought it was brilliant film-making, lots of clever devices so the audience didn't get confused for the sake of it (Primer got dangerously close to this), which meant a potentially stupidly difficult to follow story held together quite well.
Time Lapse is also a good shout, for inventive-filmed-in-one-room-sci-fi.
chris watton said:
BS30 said:
The Babadook
First horror film I've watched in a long time that genuinely chilled me at times. Bizarre in places but really enjoyed it. 8/10
I enjoyed it too, but the kid's constant screaming almost ruined it for me.First horror film I've watched in a long time that genuinely chilled me at times. Bizarre in places but really enjoyed it. 8/10
ukaskew said:
qube_TA said:
I found the dialogue a struggle
It was pretty much all improvised, which may explain (if not excuse that). I thought the acting was solid, personally, one scene (the bit outside where she realises her partner has no idea what she is on about in particular was superbly executed.For a $50k budget I thought it was brilliant film-making, lots of clever devices so the audience didn't get confused for the sake of it (Primer got dangerously close to this), which meant a potentially stupidly difficult to follow story held together quite well.
Time Lapse is also a good shout, for inventive-filmed-in-one-room-sci-fi.
Not quite shot in a single room but did rely on a lot of improvisation I would recommend The Final Cut, thought it was really good - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162958
qube_TA said:
Coherence - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360
The ending was classic Twilight Zone and was able to bring the daftness back on track but whilst it's commendable to attempt this for such a tiny budget and the idea itself wasn't awful it needed a bit of help with the script to make it less Am-Dram.
an Oh My God 4/10
I'm with you on this, I gave it a punt a while back and I think I gave this a 6 tops including a point for an attempt at sci-fi and one extra for a low budget. The ending was classic Twilight Zone and was able to bring the daftness back on track but whilst it's commendable to attempt this for such a tiny budget and the idea itself wasn't awful it needed a bit of help with the script to make it less Am-Dram.
an Oh My God 4/10
The only thing that made it coherent (no pun intended) was the use of glowsticks as not only a McGuffin but also as forced exposition to explain what the hell was going on.
It was a reasonably entertaining idea that needed more structure (and script) to make it work properly.
Rick_1138 said:
Europa1 said:
robemcdonald said:
Hunger games: mocking jay part 2.
The fourth film in the hunger games trilogy.
Eh?The fourth film in the hunger games trilogy.
JustinP1 said:
qube_TA said:
Coherence - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360
The ending was classic Twilight Zone and was able to bring the daftness back on track but whilst it's commendable to attempt this for such a tiny budget and the idea itself wasn't awful it needed a bit of help with the script to make it less Am-Dram.
an Oh My God 4/10
I'm with you on this, I gave it a punt a while back and I think I gave this a 6 tops including a point for an attempt at sci-fi and one extra for a low budget. The ending was classic Twilight Zone and was able to bring the daftness back on track but whilst it's commendable to attempt this for such a tiny budget and the idea itself wasn't awful it needed a bit of help with the script to make it less Am-Dram.
an Oh My God 4/10
The only thing that made it coherent (no pun intended) was the use of glowsticks as not only a McGuffin but also as forced exposition to explain what the hell was going on.
It was a reasonably entertaining idea that needed more structure (and script) to make it work properly.
I was disappointed.
Predestination
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/?ref_=nm_flmg_...
Saw the twist coming, plus The female lead didn't convince me on her other roll in the film (no spoilers)
so a 6.3456/10 from me.
Whiplash
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Loved it, I almost punched the air at the end!
8.921/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/?ref_=nm_flmg_...
Saw the twist coming, plus The female lead didn't convince me on her other roll in the film (no spoilers)
so a 6.3456/10 from me.
Whiplash
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Loved it, I almost punched the air at the end!
8.921/10
Antony Moxey said:
Rick_1138 said:
Europa1 said:
robemcdonald said:
Hunger games: mocking jay part 2.
The fourth film in the hunger games trilogy.
Eh?The fourth film in the hunger games trilogy.
From what i am reading, while its good, theres a lot of filler, and the part 1 film could have been a fair bit shorter. Still enjoy it mind.
The Douglas Adams bit was in reference to the recurring numbering joke (a trilogy in 5 parts etc)
unfortunately 800 page novels don't fit in to 2.5 films, but they don't stretch to x2 2.5 films.
You either do a 3 to 3.5 single film, or x2 1h45 to 2h films.
I think one of the early mistakes made trying cram a book into one film and ruining it in the process was Dune, they had 2 films worth of footage, massive amounts of the book was filmed and cut, never ever to be seen even in special editions.
You either do a 3 to 3.5 single film, or x2 1h45 to 2h films.
I think one of the early mistakes made trying cram a book into one film and ruining it in the process was Dune, they had 2 films worth of footage, massive amounts of the book was filmed and cut, never ever to be seen even in special editions.
Edited by cirian75 on Thursday 26th November 10:50
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