Nuada7
Joined Aug 2003
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The technical strengths and conceptual potential of this movie are squandered in dull affair with incurious characters and no theme.
The medium of film, used well, leverages a maxim of "show, don't tell," but the characters here are constantly spouting exposition and verbally describing every single thing that happens from start to finish. Every interesting action happens off-camera for at least the first two thirds of the runtime--and arguably all of it. They introduce a literal Chekhov's gun, but the character carrying said gun serves exactly no other purpose in the story. Internal logic is inconsistent even within the bounds established by the film. In a science-fiction movie, the (all-white) characters ask no questions, follow no arcs, and never actually confront their central problem, from which they are saved by a deus ex machina. Many reviews point to the actors, but I think the real issues are the direction and scripting.
Still, it's an interesting concept that could be reworked into several interesting stories in the hands of someone who actually sought to tell those stories. A couple of well-staged shots near the end. Good use of lighting throughout, and the special effects are generally solid. But the potential was wasted on what comes off as a well-funded student film.
The medium of film, used well, leverages a maxim of "show, don't tell," but the characters here are constantly spouting exposition and verbally describing every single thing that happens from start to finish. Every interesting action happens off-camera for at least the first two thirds of the runtime--and arguably all of it. They introduce a literal Chekhov's gun, but the character carrying said gun serves exactly no other purpose in the story. Internal logic is inconsistent even within the bounds established by the film. In a science-fiction movie, the (all-white) characters ask no questions, follow no arcs, and never actually confront their central problem, from which they are saved by a deus ex machina. Many reviews point to the actors, but I think the real issues are the direction and scripting.
Still, it's an interesting concept that could be reworked into several interesting stories in the hands of someone who actually sought to tell those stories. A couple of well-staged shots near the end. Good use of lighting throughout, and the special effects are generally solid. But the potential was wasted on what comes off as a well-funded student film.
