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Saint Cy of JFC said:
Ehh, I didnt mind those aspects at all since they are visual clues. You still have to be paying attention to the movie to know, so I dont think it follows the recent Netflix slop model of heavy exposition at all times. There's far more extreme examples of "handholding" and flat out exposition where characters are explaining plot points every 10 minutes. I think the only critique I would have over that is that they showed her watching Survivor at her apartment, then showed the Survivor audition video on the plane, so a bit redundant on the Survivor references.

I would have edited out her watching Survivor at her house. Just showing the Survivor audition video on the plane would have been enough.
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That is really what I was getting at. It didn't ruin the movie at all, but they did go kind of heavy-handed though.
 
LogGrad98 said:
That is really what I was getting at. It didn't ruin the movie at all, but they did go kind of heavy-handed though.
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Yeah, they drove home "awkward nerd who likes survival" to the extreme and the day to day surviving stuff on the island. I think they could have cut maybe 15 minutes of redundant scenes and it would have been a bit better.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yeah, they drove home "awkward nerd who likes survival" to the extreme and the day to day surviving stuff on the island. I think they could have cut maybe 15 minutes of redundant scenes and it would have been a bit better.
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I did like the twist at the end. It occurred to me about halfway through that there was something else going on. That fruit was too perfect for a true deserted island. Not gonna say any more for spoilers.
 
Watched a small budget movie called Coherence. Great plot idea and great acting but just didn't quite execute it well enough. My style of movie (confusing psychological thriller) and very interesting angle (comet passes close to the earth which causes chaos in the form of multiple dimension craziness) which could have been a much better movie if the writers and director etc were better (or had a bigger budget.
All in all it was worth a watch and then after watching I went to reddit and saw some interesting theories about different aspects of the film that kept me engaged.
 
fishonjazz said:
Watched a small budget movie called Coherence. Great plot idea and great acting but just didn't quite execute it well enough. My style of movie (confusing psychological thriller) and very interesting angle (comet passes close to the earth which causes chaos in the form of multiple dimension craziness) which could have been a much better movie if the writers and director etc were better (or had a bigger budget.
All in all it was worth a watch and then after watching I went to reddit and saw some interesting theories about different aspects of the film that kept me engaged.
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I really liked that movie. Like you said it had issues, but for the budget I thought it was a great indie movie.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
I really liked that movie. Like you said it had issues, but for the budget I thought it was a great indie movie.
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Its right up my ally. I enjoyed it quite it bit.
Im always looking for movies like that.
I figure you have seen it already but I have to recommend Momento
 
Iron Lung. It was pure torture, and not in a good way.

The lesson: even if you're a passionate first-time filmmaker and feel like you need to do everything yourself, please at least hire a professional editor.
 
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LogGrad98 said:
As an example, a few years ago I recommended Blade Runner to a bunch of younger kids, my youngest daughter's age and younger, to see what a gritty film noir scifi asthetic can be like from the 70's and 80's. Most of them came back with so many questions, it was like they didn't watch the movie at all. But Blade Runner leaves a lot for the viewer to imagine, even while it has a bit heavier voice over than some other movies, which by the way was reportedly required by the studio because they felt he was leaving a little too much to the imagination.
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I've never seen the original theatrical release of Blade Runner that has the voiceover. Only the Director's Cut and Final Cut, both of which I love and own on Blueray. The lack of needless exposition really lets the movie breathe and draws you into the atmosphere.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
I've never seen the original theatrical release of Blade Runner that has the voiceover. Only the Director's Cut and Final Cut, both of which I love and own on Blueray. The lack of needless exposition really lets the movie breathe and draws you into the atmosphere.
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Exactly.
 
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