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karlbroderick
Reviews
Electrician (2020)
fell a little short for me.
I am always on the lookout for indie films that have that character driven, dark sort of element to it where the protagonist is struggling through life, and.... I could see that this film was trying to go for it, but I felt it never fully delivered on it.
Now, I was invested in what Mark was going through, that was probably the most compelling part of the film for me. At the end of it I thought back on what he went through and I guess I felt for him. I just wanted to experience it more viscerally moment to moment, it all seemed to drag little as the film went on, there was never any momentum or the film never grabbed me and thrust me into the chaotic life he was going through, it needed those harsh compelling moments more, to make me feel it right in the gut for him. It all seemed to end so suddenly with no real....well, ending to it.
I see a lot of the 10/10 and 9/10 are all from brand new accounts that were made to review this film in a positive light. I guess someone (I don't know who, lol) was trying to overcompensate for this film. Just let the chips fall where they may, let the cookie crumble so to speak, no point in falsely selling the film, there, I said it, now I guess my review will be deleted, oh well. What ever happened to fair and honest reviews. I thought the acting wasn't the worst but not great either, visually not bad, and the soundtrack had it's unique moments too, but overall the story needed more work.
On the Corner of Ego and Desire (2019)
initially fun but slipped into s tedious annoying venture
This had the potential to seem like a fun adventure for 3 budding filmmakers and some of the funny mishaps that happen along the way that can develop the characters and what not....but sadly it didn't. I was bored and put off by them all, it all felt annoying, especially the red head.
THe film didn't accomplish or explore any themes, like that of failure to see ones vision, the pain of not fullfilling your passion, it all felt like 3 whiny people trying to elevate their self worth, they were all soooooo annoying, I'm sorry Mr filmmaker, there's a good story in here I think...it's just not on the screen.
Backwater (2018)
hmmmm.....not that bad.
So, I made a review of this film on Brendan's YouTube channel and....it was not just deleted, he disabled the likes and the comments. There was a comment crediting the film, so that was gone, very irresponsible. You know, Brendan, I gave you a mostly constructive feedback about how the film was made, but you deleted it...that says a LOT about you, it tells me you have ZERO interest in learning from your mistakes and becoming a better filmmaker. I see so many filmmakers take criticism in their stride and it's awesome, they have the potential to go places, what are you thinking?
My original review:
"The sister should really be the protagonist, plus she can actually act not that badly, as was the father too, impressive. The main guy though..I'm sorry, but his acting was awful, a noticeable distraction every time he was on the screen. The guy needed to have a stronger goal than "trying to keep everything as is" too.
A status quo goal is fine on a micro level in a film outside of a conflict but not in it, it really weakens the gravitas of the character. The sister was actually pursuing a strong goal, why wasn't she the protagonist? I was invested in her the whole time. Other than that, it wasn't all that too bad."
When the sister first meets her father in the film, that's the best moment in the film, she has magnetism between her and her father, it feels so genuine...why can't this film be about them two?
Unfortunately the lead actor is distractingly bad at acting, it effected my overall experience.
The stakes aren't very clear through the film, so its hard to know what to feel.
To be fair, seeing them (the father and mother) in their prime on their wedding day in the pictures is really sad, I'm a sucker for that sort of thing.
On a side note, the opening song was just wonderful! :)