Reviews

This show has so many great things, but fails. The documentary style of the production is great. The productions themselves have good acting, directing, action, editing, color, style. And shockingly good cinematography at times in the shorts.

But it proves that having everything right, and missing one key part, can make EVERYTHING fall apart. And that is, the writing. The stories just fall apart on the floor.

Without a good story for the short, it's laughable when everything else is perfect. And without a good story for the short, it's sad to watch the documentary on how much work and talent went into making something that resulted in a laughable story.

If anyone ever needed proof there was a case for sourcing scripts, and NOT letting producers and directors rewrite them just for good visuals, this is proof.

Hulu, as much as I love the service, didn't learn from their tragic failure "Resident Advisors." They don't get that they can't become Netflix or Amazon with original content UNTIL they spend money on writers before they dump a ton of cash into production.

No spoilers here, just basics.

The acting was fair to OK. The story/script was fair/OK (interesting, but maybe a little to detailed and over-thought, which COULD be OK or great).

But the direction and production of this just blew any "watchability" elements apart. What was reoccurring themes got lost in the convoluted mishmash of the director over emphasizing things that didn't matter, and letting things that do matter just slip right past. Then throwing in totally unneeded special effects that added nothing, and actually detracted from the ability to get into the story. On and on and on, ever 10 minutes part of me went "ok, I get why the actor played it that way, but why did they shoot the scene like that, and edit it that way, it might has well of been a live play on stage..."

If you can see past the horrible production of this movie, there is some decent acting and an interesting story underneath. But, to be honest, it's SO difficult to see because of the horrible production, I couldn't recommend ANYONE try to watch this movie (unless you are only doing so to get horror movie story ideas and see if the actors in it are any good).

I don't like to dis a movie that so many people obviously worked so hard on. The script, story, cinematography, aren't amateur hour, this movie was something that was worked on in excess, obviously.

But, somehow, the story had this happen and that happened, to the point that the writers over wrote the subplots (which weren't very good) to the point that the main plot was so secondary and anti-climactic that it was boring.

Acting wasn't bad, but they had nothing to work with, where were the characters going, what was their struggle, what was their victory? EMPTY.

It made me feel like it was never going to end, and never going anywhere. I just watched the time pass going REALLY? It's still only part way through?

The best I can say, is if you are a Walking Dead fan, and desperate for a halfway tolerable fix of killing undead like things and surviving, it might be something to pass the time. And, OMG, does it waste a couple hours.

Other than the David Rasche and Robin Williams cameos (which were actually very funny) the rest of this movie was so cliché and boring, I would never recommend anyone watch it. This is just rehash of the most boring plots with bad jokes that was barely even watchable. It wasn't even saved by the great cast and decent cinematography, it was just a flop of a comic attempt with a boring script.

Adding lines to the story, like they did, doesn't make it good. Much like how I have to add these lines to the review to get it over the limit to be accepted. It's so boring and repetitive with the same bad ideas, and goes on and on.

While this movie at it's heart is funny, and probably in it's original script, has some humor, the movie itself falls very flat.

It doesn't suck, but it's not good. It's partly the acting. But I would blame as much the editing and production. The pace of the whole thing was slow.

It's this slow roll of a joke about how the girls think (and the bad accents only make it WORSE with slow rolling, and would be funny if it was quick and witty). But it's missing the comic timing. It's missing the character building drama scenes in between the pointed comic moments.

Characters aren't developed, they are slow rolling shallow comic shills. The whole thing felt off until Aubrey Plaza's scene, and then I went, WOW, that's what's missing, comic timing, wit...

I wanted to blame how it was adapted, but sadly the screenwriter is the director. As a story, it could have been funny. As produced and directed, it's just not living up to the potential comedy that is in the story. The script needed a rewrite and a good producer/director. For example "character development" could be replaced by a thesaurus... and this is rubbish. Bad accents and a thesaurus don't make for good character development. A good character may have an excellent vocabulary, but a great vocabulary does not make good character development.

The premise was funny, really funny. That's the only thing that carries this thing to a 5 out of 10 for me (middle of the road, never recommend it to someone).

Oh Brittany Murphy, the only excuse for this I can think of is that you knew you were about to die, and wanted to get one last paycheck to leave to your family. I know that sounds like an absolutely horrible thing to say, but she had done some decent acting in her life, and this isn't a swan song.

I feel horrible about writing a bad review, knowing it was maybe her last film. But, the acting is bad, the plot is laughable, and it's almost as though the producers of this film didn't even want to spend a dime to research a single scientific element of this film with even a high school kid who passed earth science.

The only thing I can say is, don't watch this. Honor the career of the actress by watching something better she did like Sin City, or 8 Mile (or even Just Married). Don't watch this. It's not only a bad movie, it's an embarrassment to a fairly decent actress.

I liked the start of this movie, I really did. It got my attention, and drew me in with a really strong suspense and drama feel of old school horror, supernatural, suspense, psycho murder. I really didn't know which way it was going to go, it could have been really great at just about any twist, the beginning was really that good.

But then, it slowed down, just as it should have ramped up. And got more and more convoluted (not confusing, convoluted in a totally boring way), and just finished with this sad, flat, boring sort of end. I wasn't scared, I didn't care about the lead character anymore because I was so bored with him, I just wanted it to end, and it went on and on and on and on... This REVIEW is boring and sucks, and the movie inspired that, it was boring and sucked.

I really wanted to see this, because I thought Hot Fuzz was one of the best done total joke of a movie that I just couldn't stop watching and loved. So maybe my expectations were to high? But, I really don't get why this movie is rated so high, or any of these comments. It's just not that great.

Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, but it's hardly "mind blowing" or "ground breaking" like so many of the reviewers keep saying. My guess is all those reviews have to be from 16 year olds who have not really seen a lot of movies.

It's cute, but some times boring because they spend time trying so hard to do something "special" and usually it's just a modern special effects take on stuff that's been done 30 years ago or more. Most of it reminded me of the old Batman TV series with the "Bang" and "Pow" with funky camera angles. Sorry teens, that's not "mind blowing" or "cutting edge" or "super trendy" or whatever great things you try to pretend it is. It's all been done, and it's only new to YOU who haven't seen it, it's not new to most people even.

The bisexual thing, or the lesbians, or the gay guy? Sorry, that's not the slightest bit shocking to anyone over 14 years old, that is a big part of far to many modern movies to name. The "Bang" action sequences are straight out of Adam West's Batman TV series, and Gamer or Crank have already updated the theme with video game style in the serious action to totally goofy cartoon directions. And the story? Wayne's World had a deeper plot... Really? "mind blowing" ? Not even close.

Overall, it's not bad, it has it's moments, it's sorta cute sometimes. But it's maybe SLIGHTLY above average, not a "Mind Blowing 10 star movie."

This movie could be great, IF you have the strength to hit stop, eject the disk, and not watch the end.

If you stop watching this movie around 1 hour and 12 minutes, it's one of the best, yet saddest things I've seen. But if you watch it to the end, it's just an average Hollywood movie. Things get more tragic, but then end with perfect Hollywood happily ever after.

If I hadn't seen the end, I'd recommend it. Instead, I'd recommend stopping at about 1 hour 10 to 1 hour 15 minutes. Only then can you appreciate the drama, reality, potential, and tragedy. It is great if you stop there. It's garbage if you don't, it goes over the top drama, then get's all "oh, we can still get to happy ever after."

Going the Distance was amazingly cute. I kept expecting it to go tragically corny and predictable, and it did... But it did it in such a fresh and funny way I'd watch it again.

I did enjoy the Canadian angle, that they never diluted, or make a joke of being Canadian. And they kept me entertained throughout, even if there were only 1 or 2 flat out laughs. Everything was funny, and the few jokes that were over the top were in great context

Plus, the cameos were amazing. How they got great names to play bit parts in a straight to DVD movie was pretty cool.

It's not a must see. But it is something you should see.

Tries to be deep, but fails because the premise is to Simplistic The plot assumes that we all can except without question that smart people are pretentious people, and less intelligent people are never judgmental or arrogant. Premise failed any sense of realism.

If you can get past that, it's not horrible. But it makes the movie very shallow, and it was hard to get past.

Really, there isn't more to say. Other than that "smart is arrogant, dumb people have to teach them to have heart" overtone, it's a completely boring formula widow gets back out on the market while kids find there own way movie.

This is just more crap for people who love crap. It's typical David Lynch, with bad acting that would only fly in a 1950's sitcom, and a plot that is written solely to make you wonder what's next, yet really has a story behind it, and never goes anywhere.

If you liked Twin Peaks, you'll love this. Because both were `what's going on' and challenging to think about. But, as usual, David Lynch fails on all but one point. Everything is bad, everything except for one thing, he keeps you constantly asking `why?

What's bad? Well among the things that suck are, the plot, the direction, getting the best work from good actors/actresses, the discontinuity in what could be awesome visually relevant scenes, the subplots that do nothing except show their faces, the characters that seem interesting but aren't played out, etc.

David Lynch has a talent, don't get me wrong. He manages to get every single element of a good film together in one thing. But he also manages to drop the ball on ALL of them, as in most of his works!

If ANY other director could manage to collect even half of the elements in a David Lynch film into one movie, and make them work, it would be a blockbuster! David Lynch has again triumphed in getting every possible good element of a project into one effort, and then making every single element fail.

More crap. If you want to study movies, study David Lynch. He is a mast er at SOMETHING, and that is, defining and bringing the key elements, and many many of them into a project. But, don't study what he does with them, just study what the elements are in the project. He can't deliver on a `suspense', because there never is a climax and an ending. He can't deliver on deep characters, because he just keeps trying to build them, but never makes them have significant meaning to the plot. He can't deliver on the plot, because he brings a great plot to the table without ever bringing a `shocking' or `meaningful' conclusion to it.

If there is anything Lynch is good at, it's this.. He is a mold breaker, and does away with the conventions of the typical Hollywood movie. Unfortunately, the parts he does away with are the best parts. It's groundbreaking, no doubt. But if you break all of the ground and leave nothing left to walk on, you can't go ANYWHERE.

People either seem to love or hate this movie. It's obvious in the reviews. Those that love it would be more likely to comment, so I suggest that if you are considering seeing this movie, look for the negitive comments to get a balance. Personally, I think it sucked.

I've seen much better movies on lower budjets, but I have never seen a movie this bad on ANY budjet. If the budjet would have been 100x or 1000x higher, it still would have sucked. And the frequency which people mention how little money this movie was made on only goes to prove how desprate they are to find an excuse for how bad it was.

That was the WORST thing I have EVER seen, ever... Ever.

Bad dialog, delivered with absolutely NO expression. The actors (if you can call them that) seemed to have some kind of contest going on. There was a challenge to see who could 1) race through their lines the fastest, 2) see who could come closest to replying without actually talking at the same time the question was asked, and 3) say the lines with minimal inflection and no expression.

Stupid movie, about stupid people, doing nothing.

The plot was pointless; the acting was the worst I have even seen. I've seen Jr. High School kids with home video cameras make better tapes.

Independent? Maybe independent of talent.

Low Budget? Doesn't matter, with 100 billion they still couldn't have made these actors and this story better.

I'm not anti-low budget films, or anti-independent films. There are some really outstanding films out there on similar budgets... That's why this movie pains me; this should be taken off the shelves before it turns the public off on low-budget independent films.