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 Great little short, soooo worth your time. Loved the framing throughout. Eddie Eagle is easy to hate as The Dad, in fact after about thirty seconds of ... | Great little short, soooo worth your time. Loved the framing throughout. Eddie Eagle is easy to hate as The Dad, in fact after about thirty seconds of watching him you'll love doing so. He just takes the role of sleezy, hypocrite to the next level; kudos! The twist at the end, isn't a new one (wait...does that mean it's no longer worthy of "twist" status?...) but by the end, we're so caught up with the characters we hardly see it coming. Each one is filled to the brim with their own emotions (desire, contempt, greed, self-pity...), and the over flow of it all all made me drunk, and happy to be in the lucky little voyeuristic position of audience member. |
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 The first time that I watched this, I was pretty pleased, but I wasn't 100%....and I was a little perturbed with the "can't put my finger on it" sensa ... | The first time that I watched this, I was pretty pleased, but I wasn't 100%....and I was a little perturbed with the "can't put my finger on it" sensation that had taken hold of me. Especially because the matters that the flick tries to wrestle with -soul searching, biting the bullet, spiritual and career quests- all interest me. So, I watched it again.
Afetr my second serving, the unease only gew: the mentor/inner voice/guide character is a sweet break for the viewer; and I greatly appreciate imaginative bits that give depth to our hero, while spicing up what would've been a regular old straight from the hip narrative. The mythical qaulities that this character (even dubbed Fury) claims as its own fall right into place with the fate and cosmic themes that run through the piece. Perfect.
So, with all of this green is for go goodness, why are my panties even the slightest of bunches? Well, one: I wish that the filmmaker had gotten a hold of a more experienced DP. There's this flatness throughout, that I found really distracting. It threw the mood off just enough to take the piece down a tiny. 2.) The same goes for the editing. I kept feeling yanked from moments that I wished would linger, and allowed to ho-hum around in shots that I knew in my gut were done. And lastly the cast and crew were working with very little cash. Believe me, I appreciate indie filmmaking and don't care how much a flick is made for, as long as the props and materials are screaming their budgetary secrets down at me the whole time. Shouldn't working off of a small coin make the hunt for convincing material, and locations even sweeter? In the end, it really was the technicalities that took my experience from magical to good. But like LeVar Burton use to say, "...you don't have to take my word for it." |
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 I was most impressed with the title, and how it was presented to us. The opening made me feel like the filmmakers wanted to get their hands dirty, and ... | I was most impressed with the title, and how it was presented to us. The opening made me feel like the filmmakers wanted to get their hands dirty, and really grasp the emotion, love for and outlook of bLuE... Points also for tackling such a broad and unlikely topic. But that said, I'm spent.
Great cut aways, (M&M's, gas stoves starting up, etc.) do not in and of themselves make a great documentary. I would have been willing to invest way more time, so I wonder why the moviemakers weren't willing to do the same. It all happened too fast... What? You're a lover of these bite sized docs, fine. I'll rephrase: Every second is precious in uber shorts, and the piece would have benefitted from some focus. Less people going deeper into their reasons would have moved the audience, and that's the kind of less that equals more. |
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