ghola_belial
Joined Sep 2003
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I couldn't believe that the film I saw was really the one depicted here as a "masterpiece"... I am not joking, this is the truth: I sought for other similar titles to see if Don't look Now was really the film I had started watching.
Yes, I interrupted my viewing because I wanted to make sure, but also because I was bored. I can very well understand why people call it a masterpiece: it's because they don't care about the cinematographic quality, which is very bad. I was pleased to see that some reviewers noticed like me the appallingly poor quality of the sound, both effects and voice-over. That's bad cinema and it does make the movie hard to watch. That to me stands in the way of calling a movie a masterpiece...
As for the story, well, like it not: it makes no sense.
The acting may be good, but it's hard to tell with such bad direction, and with asynchrone sound...
I really wanted to add my comment because I can imagine the disappointment of the person who goes out and buy the DVD on account of the good reviews in here.
My advice to you is: try and watch it first, or read more about it before buying it.
Yes, I interrupted my viewing because I wanted to make sure, but also because I was bored. I can very well understand why people call it a masterpiece: it's because they don't care about the cinematographic quality, which is very bad. I was pleased to see that some reviewers noticed like me the appallingly poor quality of the sound, both effects and voice-over. That's bad cinema and it does make the movie hard to watch. That to me stands in the way of calling a movie a masterpiece...
As for the story, well, like it not: it makes no sense.
The acting may be good, but it's hard to tell with such bad direction, and with asynchrone sound...
I really wanted to add my comment because I can imagine the disappointment of the person who goes out and buy the DVD on account of the good reviews in here.
My advice to you is: try and watch it first, or read more about it before buying it.
This short tells the exact same story as Cube. I liked Cube for the cute trick of having one set for the whole movie. But after seeing this I wonder if Natali actually has anything to say.
People seem to be OK with being left to imagine a lot, but here you really have to imagine everything. There is virtually no plot apart from the movements of the actors. The dialogs are pointless and repetitive and the acting is not really convincing (like in Cube) but this is a small budget short.
We are left with nothing as for the reality of the "aliens", the motives of the guy in the suit and of Ben's. Only the woman seems to be like some sort of office clerk who may well be a normal person trying to go home. Apart from the killing of Ben we don't have a clue as for what is going on, just people stuck in an elevator.
Leave it to our imagination? I wonder after seeing Elevated and Cube if Natali will ever have more than one idea.
I'll have to see Cypher...
People seem to be OK with being left to imagine a lot, but here you really have to imagine everything. There is virtually no plot apart from the movements of the actors. The dialogs are pointless and repetitive and the acting is not really convincing (like in Cube) but this is a small budget short.
We are left with nothing as for the reality of the "aliens", the motives of the guy in the suit and of Ben's. Only the woman seems to be like some sort of office clerk who may well be a normal person trying to go home. Apart from the killing of Ben we don't have a clue as for what is going on, just people stuck in an elevator.
Leave it to our imagination? I wonder after seeing Elevated and Cube if Natali will ever have more than one idea.
I'll have to see Cypher...
