Simulation

For what it's worth, the video was interesting to watch and it left some interest in what the rest of the story is, BUT - Are you expecting me or anyone else who has paid for this preview to pay again when some kind of sequel comes out? Fat chance of that. If that's your intention, I won't be duped again.

The story is thin, the CGI is heavy. Any truly substantial dialog doesn't happen until the third act! Everything else is filled up with CGI, unnecessary scenes, and of course, exposition. And more exposition. Exposition is the murderer of story! Show, don't tell! Illogical things happen just so the story could progress towards the "sit-down-and-listen type of explanation" (which I consider it another form of exposition) in the third act.

The director obviously doesn't seem have watched any video online (or read any book) on how to create a balanced story. This film reeks of someone who came into some money and said "I have some big ideas that I want to put on film". But it takes more than scientific interest and self-importance to create a film. It's a craft, and this director/writer has not mastered it yet.

I paid for this film, but now that I've watched it, it's not any better than the films premiering on the DUST channel on youtube for free. It just has more CGI than the usual sci-fi short film.

This film was truly an inspiring work of art. It was so incredible that I think I shall now define my life into two periods. That before I bore witness to this incredible, mind blowing masterpiece, and that after. My life before the viewing of this film was lost and misguided, but now I now know the true way which was presented to me in a very clear manner by this amazing piece of culture. The beauty of this film is unparalleled in human history and never before has such an incredible and revolutionary work of art be presented to the masses, as was done today The director of this film shall be the Albert Einstein or Julius Caesar of cinematography from this day on.

Yes, fantastic graphics, good soundtrack, make-up, clearly lots of work has gone into this. But: Content? Acting? Narrative? Sorely lacking. Basically a lengthy synopsis to what might come. Depressing. No idea who all the 10 star reviewers might be.

The short film is more of a display of CGI rather than a story. As a first project, it's a good effort by the filmmaker, but I believe that the story and CGI should have been well balanced. Some of the CGI sequences, especially at the beginning of the film, feels a bit unnecessary and random. Also, due to the lack of depth in the story, I feel like many scenes were uselessly extended. Low light scenes have a lot of noise. I understand that the film had a very limited budget, but with such detailed CGI noise reduction should have been considered.

Coming to the story, it seems to be a bit inspired by The Matrix, but has nothing interesting to offer. The background score of the film is very good. However, in my opinion, it's not worth paying for. Not even the great looking CGI could justify the price tag for the movie. I consider this as a type of short film, which should be available freely on YouTube or other video platforms. I do understand that the producer needs to generate revenue somehow but in my opinion, this model will not work if the movie isn't balanced. Perhaps one should review the journey of the YouTube movie "Kung Fury" and see how one person was able to provide such an entertaining, heavy on CGI, movie with a very limited budget.