It's flat, the image is flattened. The cinematography here is just horrendous with most of the movie filmed without any or very little depth of field, giving it that faux-green screen look you can't help but notice.
This is achieved by the filmmaker insisting on practically every scene having the foreground, middle-ground, and background all kept in equal focus; which completely flattens the image.
It is not how our eyes work. It is not how professional photography looks. It is not what you would see in any professional looking films.
I'd bet money that the movie was mainly (or all) filmed on actual locations, but given the shoddy camera focus a lot of it only looks artificial and green screened.
As to the movie itself...
Honestly I'm a few days removed from seeing it and have mostly forgotten it. I guess read into that what you will. I do remember some ridiculousness though with the directing as well, like:
Actors who are supposed to be dead being posed like they are just taking a nap (with no blood, or injury, or awkward contortions)... Scenes brazenly staged with actors telegraphing every intention with no nuance or subtlety... Characters that appear from just off-camera to the surprise of those in-camera...
...But seriously, pay attention to the way dead people appear in films Dave DeCoateu has worked on. They're always just napping.
................ MY RATING SCALE ................
- 1. Reserved for Poorly Produced/Amateur Video
- 2. Utterly Terrible
- 3. Really Bad
- 4. Mediocre
- 5. Perfectly Average
- 6. Surprisingly Entertaining
- 7. Very Good
- 8. Incredibly Good
- 9. Exceptionally Great
- 10. Reserved for my Personal Favorites.
