Ah - so close, so close. This could have been a SENSATIONAL film - (my favorite movie of all time is 2001: A Space Odyssey). Instead, they chopped up the time line and forgot that dialog is meant to be heard, understood and processed by the audience. Fully 3/4 of all the dialog in this film was lost to this audience member. Poor diction from the actors, poor recording equipment, accents... I have no idea WHY I wasn't allowed to understand the dialog. After a point I assumed it wasn't important. That's like saying the notes of music aren't important in a symphony.
The other major detraction was the chopped up time line. I am so sick of this gimmick. Stop it. NOW. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Just tell that GD story. Beginning - middle - end. We don't need you to take the scenes, splice 'em up, toss 'em in the air, and tape them together willy-nilly. It's stupid, annoying and adds absolutely NOTHING to the experience, except perhaps to show your insecurity as an artsy-fartsy movie maker.
To reiterate: if they would have looped the dialog and left the time line linear, this would have been a SENSATIONAL film. Instead... a fail. No wonder it was released to video.
Oh and by the way - the alien is an OCTOPUS. That's almost as lame as the reason behind the conflict in Star Wars was.... TAXES.
Stop treating me like I don't have a brain.
The other major detraction was the chopped up time line. I am so sick of this gimmick. Stop it. NOW. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Just tell that GD story. Beginning - middle - end. We don't need you to take the scenes, splice 'em up, toss 'em in the air, and tape them together willy-nilly. It's stupid, annoying and adds absolutely NOTHING to the experience, except perhaps to show your insecurity as an artsy-fartsy movie maker.
To reiterate: if they would have looped the dialog and left the time line linear, this would have been a SENSATIONAL film. Instead... a fail. No wonder it was released to video.
Oh and by the way - the alien is an OCTOPUS. That's almost as lame as the reason behind the conflict in Star Wars was.... TAXES.
Stop treating me like I don't have a brain.