i_am_here
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I am surprised how few reviews of this movie comment on the so called background music that runs in the forground for around ninety-nine percent of the thankfully short running time. Even if the music was truly background, its unceasing presense would be extremely annoying, but at the excessive volume level it is, it is overbearing and masks a significant proportion of the dialogue which was inaudible above it.
I can only assume that the movie producers decided the dialogue was so terrible that it needed obscuring.
Perhaps I have misunderstood the whole point of the experience. Perhaps I was supposed to have listened to the music and the video in the background was there to add a little interest if I wanted it. If so, too many distracting sounds would have spoiled that experience too.
If there was any redeeming quality, it was the comedy provided by the poor production values. I especially enjoyed seeing the massive crowd attending from within and out of town. It was so vast, the event could have been held in a toilet cubicle. That would have been somewhat appropriate, as this **** of a movie could then have been flushed away.
I can only assume that the movie producers decided the dialogue was so terrible that it needed obscuring.
Perhaps I have misunderstood the whole point of the experience. Perhaps I was supposed to have listened to the music and the video in the background was there to add a little interest if I wanted it. If so, too many distracting sounds would have spoiled that experience too.
If there was any redeeming quality, it was the comedy provided by the poor production values. I especially enjoyed seeing the massive crowd attending from within and out of town. It was so vast, the event could have been held in a toilet cubicle. That would have been somewhat appropriate, as this **** of a movie could then have been flushed away.
What were the producers of this extended music video thinking? The not particularly good music was incessantly oppressive from start to finish; 86 minutes of continuous acoustic assault. For the first time that I can recollect, I was actually looking forward to the commercial breaks, as they provided some much needed respite.
It wasn't even background noise, and while it never quite overwhelmed the actors' delivery of their respective lines, it was certainly a significant distraction. Then again, given the poor quality of the script, and indeed the entire screenplay, maybe this was deliberate.
The only redeeming quality, it makes one appreciate the beauty of silence.
It wasn't even background noise, and while it never quite overwhelmed the actors' delivery of their respective lines, it was certainly a significant distraction. Then again, given the poor quality of the script, and indeed the entire screenplay, maybe this was deliberate.
The only redeeming quality, it makes one appreciate the beauty of silence.
This has to be one of the worst films I have seen.
'Not Today' has an important message, but sadly it is not the main one..... The religious hard sell is. To a non-believer such as myself, the endless references to God, the church and prayer are appalling. One or two references I can tolerate. But this!? Furthermore, the reasonable quality picture was frequently defaced underneath a layer scrawl. The subtitles, if indeed they can be termed that, since they were not 'sub', appeared randomly all over the screen in random fonts, colours and sizes. They were often made more distracting by being dynamic too. All this, when the viewers' attention should be focused on the images of the appalling conditions and hardships faced by the little girl and her father pictured in the background. On the DVD, I even had the subtitle option turned off, but this distracting 'arty-farty' nonsense remained.
Maybe the makers will think to remake, re-cut or re-edit this to play it straight and simple. Cutting the abundant reference to religion should also broaden its appeal and increase awareness of how badly too many people are still treated in today's world.
In my case, the DVD now resides in the rubbish bin, one of the few discs I have purchased that are not worth enduring for a second time.
'Not Today' has an important message, but sadly it is not the main one..... The religious hard sell is. To a non-believer such as myself, the endless references to God, the church and prayer are appalling. One or two references I can tolerate. But this!? Furthermore, the reasonable quality picture was frequently defaced underneath a layer scrawl. The subtitles, if indeed they can be termed that, since they were not 'sub', appeared randomly all over the screen in random fonts, colours and sizes. They were often made more distracting by being dynamic too. All this, when the viewers' attention should be focused on the images of the appalling conditions and hardships faced by the little girl and her father pictured in the background. On the DVD, I even had the subtitle option turned off, but this distracting 'arty-farty' nonsense remained.
Maybe the makers will think to remake, re-cut or re-edit this to play it straight and simple. Cutting the abundant reference to religion should also broaden its appeal and increase awareness of how badly too many people are still treated in today's world.
In my case, the DVD now resides in the rubbish bin, one of the few discs I have purchased that are not worth enduring for a second time.