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2036 Origin Unknown (2018)
Fine for an amateur production. They gave it a good go...
This is just not a very well made film. It seems amateur There are elements which are enjoyable - some of the visuals/sfx are nice to watch, despite being pretty low budget, and not especially consistent...
The acting's about average for a straight-to-tv type ameteurish film. Definitely nothing to judge too badly, the actors do ok, especially given the quality of the script.
The sound track is fine. You can very much tell it was done at a midi-keyboard. It's not complex or innovative music but it's nice, and definitely enhances the film.
The direction and the writing....oh boy...It seems like a very rich person decided to write and direct their own film. Fine! If that is the case, they can do what they want and pay who they want to achieve it. Unfortunately...they are just not very good at directing or writing. Some quasi-philosophical ideas are skirted around, but there's nothing especially thought provoking. Some of the 2001: rip off-shots are effective (atmospheric) but unoriginal. The dialogues unnatural and contrived... and the story makes little coherent sense...
Maybe don't watch this film if you don't want to feel dossapointed, as though you have wasted 2 hours of your time. But fair play to the film makers, they obviously had a good time. It's a fun amateur production.
Stasis (2017)
A masterclass in bad film making
Nothing positive to say, I'm afraid. The acting is sub par, the sound track is bland, the cinematography is akin to an early 2000's tale-drama.
Incontrol (2017)
Bland, undeveloped, slow, but watchable.
In control had potential to be an interesting film. The premise of migrating your mind to another's body is a well tested concept, but in controls rendition of this wasn't too cliché.
Unfortunately the film went nowhere, there was no suspense, excitement or intrigue - well...there was intrigue but this relates more to the feeling of watching the last 10 minutes in bemusement thinking "cmon! Just explain...SOMETHING!?"
The music was very tedious...stylistically you can see what they were aiming at: a fugue like state. But the music ended up just slowing the film down...the plot is slow enough already. A well composed score would have really helped this film realise its considerable potential, emphasising the "post modern" dream state. If they had achieved this sylistic concept more successfully - in score as well as every other element of the film - it may not have mattered that there was woefully written dialogue, cheap cinematography, no real character development and a very lazy plot.
Despite all this I actually enjoyed it in a funny way. As a technical exercise in film making, however, it did not succeed; and as an exercise in "feels" it didn't do too well either, watching it was basically a pleasant way to pass time!