Reviews

The animators worked very hard to make something visually stunning. I wish they put as much effort into characters we can have an ounce of empathy for - especially the main character; the mute little girl. She ran around the village stealing, disobeying her mother and being an all around uncontrolable pest. The other characters as written were 1 dimensional. Interesting contrast to the 2.5D animation

The actors gave amazing voice performances.. with a script that is heavily based on a book of poetry. Each poem went on and on far too long. - Mind you, I am not a fan of poetry.

What I was entertained most by this film is the endless string of "Executive Producers" and "Co- Executive" producer credits.

Of course, if you are a fan of Gilbran; you might like it..

The sets were either borrowed or stolen from the ultra low budget Alaskan made film: "Space Trucker Bruce" . The "story" revolves around a band of soldiers flying around space hunting Vampires for a private company. The first and only question that came to mind is how a private company can make a profit hiring professional soldiers to kill Vampires? Its briefly explained in the first 10 minutes in a few lines of dialogue when the band is on a mission on the planet Vancouvira - btw, all the "different" planets they land on look a lot like British Columbia, Canada. The space cowboy takes a picture of the lead vampire..in broad daylight just before they behead him to collect his bounty. I honestly doubt bounty hunters make this much money to fully arm and supply to hunt vampires all over the galaxy. Plus, it seems odd that they never tell us if they are special ammuntion that does kill them .

Heck, there are so many inconsistencies with not just the vampires, but every single character and story, it made me want to sleep. When it came time for the big "surprise" 'twist" ending.. I didn't care. The writers had this absurd "the evil humans" colonizing *our" indigenous planet nonsense was too much to swallow. I mean, who honestly empathizes with blood sucking beasts?

This is one of the worst movie I have ever seen in my life.. and I've seen "Winslow, The Christmas Bear". At least that movie had a main character and clear cut goals.

However, the script, overly written by the star and director spews out a whole lot of nothing. There's supposed to be a "Big Chill" type effect ...a funeral that re unites old friends and family...but honestly, the main character is so self absorbed and 1 dimensional.

The ONLY character in this film is the token white guy who gets beat up who generates ANY shred of empathy. Otherwise, every other character in this film is essentially a "professional victim" Not one actor can act... Then again, it may fall back on the heavy handed, inconsistent script - and possibly the "director" not knowing how to get the actors to show depth.

After the first 10 minutes into this movie, the lack of depth, self awareness and/or insight to any character in this movie had me looking at memes instead of captivating my attention.

The non-linear editing was noticeable instead of seamless. It often drew attention to itself... which is sadly the parts of the movie I was engaged in. Sadly, when it jumps from character to character.. you don't know when or where it takes place. As each scene goes on, it left me wondering what relevance does this have with...anyone else in the film? Occasionally, one or two scenes pop up and have some bearing on the characters...but not enough to keep me rivited.

PS, you can tell when the credits should start rolling...when this woman starts singing this off key "Enya-esque" melancholy song and the screen

• eventually - fades to black....

and its still black...

and its still black...

and its still black....

FINALLY THE CREDITS ROLL... THAT'S the best part of this movie.

The DVD extras have everyone comparing "God Bless America" to Oliver Stones: "Natural Born Killers" but y'all have forgotten John Waters made a much better version "Serial Mom" way back in 1994.

Having gotten that off my chest, Bob Goldwhait made an amazing film that I'm sad to learn didn't make it much further out than the film festival circuit the first time around. Thankfully to video streaming, you can.. and MUST watch this movie at least once a day.

The script artfully dips it's toe into political motivations for the charming Duo's killing spree..but gracefully does not dwell in it. *Spoiler* the finest example of this is after they shoot up a "Glen Beck" type pontificate-tor Frank says to his victim that he does agree with some of his politics.. this does not sit well with the girl.. she asks Frank: What issues? ...right after they shoot up the loudmouth asshole.. "Gun control" ...and that's all they needed for the story.