Chad-11

It's ironic how most films portray teenagers inacurately, and then are attended by many teens. She's All That, probably the prime exsample. I was glad I caught Levelland (at Tribecca Film Festival) because it didn't suck, it wasn't pretenous, and it was very accurate. This is a film teens all over the country can releate to, enjoyable without sidestepping darker issues. Sure it had a few very small flaws, but this film lived and breathed. The cast was effective, as was Clark Walker's direction. The skateboarding footage was well done and some montages did play on a little too long (with in exception for one that coems near the end, which is great). Ultomatly I hope Levelland will get some level of distribution, and soon: it's the movie that teens should see, it's not escapest entertainment but it sure is inspiring. This is probably the best teen indie since "The Adventures of Sabastain Cole".

Wow this movie was bad. Very bad. To throw back to everyone quoting prices on the board I payed $8.75, and should probably seak $25 back from the filmmakers for this garbage. This film is pure garbage, and whats even worce is the subtitle of this film contains 'Volumne 1' as if there may be more pictures? Lets hope 1.-those cost more on improved digital video (for all who talk about the quality of DV in this film see Personal Volocity or Sex & Lucia, two films that use it beatifully) 2.-it has a plot that can not only conger up scares but is interesting and not assulating to one's intelligence, and 3.-choses talented actors. With all this said, if this were a quality horror film (and the trailer looked like it might have been) I would be chearing the efforts of low budget filmmakers to use grassroots marketing and limited releases to scare selected markets. Thats a nice idea. But this is cinematic torcher. It's even worce and feels even longer than Atarajat: The Fast Runner.

After "Halloween Resurrection and the limited release that plagued the NJ area "The 13th Child" I have to say I really enjoyed "They." It tries harder than most films and most of the time I was really into it, it's the type of film that is a good horror film. I say this not a film lover, in fact I've seen more than 200 in theatres this year and this is amongst the most pleasurable of my experience. Guess it depends if your 1.-into this sort of thing and 2.-if you have an audence thats into this sort of thing. Sure some eliments will have you yelling at the screen, but I don't know....theres something really likeable in this. It might even be a guilty pleasure, but it's not a bad movie by a long shot. I don't know why Miramax has such little faith in it, dumping it into theaters with the cheesy title "Wes Cravin Presents" which ussually indicates a very bad movie (remember Wes Cravin Presents Wishmaster), this is suprizingly good.