Black Flowers

...definitely written by college sophomores! This movie had a lot of potential, and I can only give credit for great cinematography, all else is...sophomoric. I started watching it and realized, "Oh crap, it's gonna suck...", and it did, faithfully, but I watched it till the end to give it a fair review. Ah well, not everyone is meant to be a writer. But I need 600 characters to end this, so...boohoohoo. All I want is to have 600 characters so I can finish this. Stupidity states 600 min characters for a review when sometimes only less than 20 suffice. Oh please! This is worse than the movie! Must I go thru this twice? Come on man, 600 characters? Really? Who came up with this amount? Certainly not Roger Ebert.

I enjoyed this movie mostly because I know the director and lead, and because it was shot heavily in where I'm from. The aesthetic was very specific and consistent, and the cinematography stood in a really pleasing way from time to time. I had a hard time connecting to any of the characters, but many of their decisions sparked sympathy for them in their situations. If you like dissecting low budget films and enjoy the post-apocalyptic genre, I would definitely recommend this film.

There's just seem to be a lot of people out there who are just making movies just for the sake of making movies with no other purpose. The movie is void of explanations to the situations we are presented with. The acting varies from passable to worst. The sound editing is absolutely horrible. The cinematography is o.k. At best. Not much is happening overall and the all thing feels very very long and is more of an exercise in patience than an entertaining experience and at almost two hours running time, you better brace yourself if you are determined to go through with it. Oh... And the musical score is as generic as they come.

Overall, not a bad flick. There are both pros and cons. While I feel the story moves along and has a clear intention, there are a few holes in it that leave to be desired. The acting is up and down - some people do well and there are parts that feel forced.

The scene with the party is probably the best part - it feels good overall - this is in terms of how it is acted, the story telling, as well as the cinematography.

There are a lot of generic aspects to it, but again, low budget flick, so that gets a pass from me.

I personally think people are giving it a hard run - yea, it's not a big box film with a huge budget, it's not gonna be able to fight with them in terms of all the aspects we judge amazing films by... but for a B-flick... def worth at least a watch if you are into them.

Overall - decent flick with a handful of pros that balance out the cons. If you are into post apocalyptic flicks and especially B-flicks then give it a go.

The story was decent but everything else was very bad. such bad acting and transitions from story to story. a lot didnt make sense. Ending went against what they were fighting for the whole time.

so now it is normal to have children with 3 eyes?

3.4