Senn

A must watch for all budding filmmakers- this is a nano budget feature film which shows that you don't need a big budget multimillion dollar to create art.

If you appreciate subtlety and dry humor, and can overlook some seemingly-wooden acting, this might be worth it. I say ''seemingly'' wooden acting because in some ways, given the context of the culture and futuristic era in which this is to have occurred, a sort of bland, passionless mannerism would actually make a great deal of sense. The world is a hopeless, dull place, filled with nothing but drudgery and monotony, and no hope of things ever changing for these people. So that, while it may not appeal to a lot of movie-watcher's tastes, is actually a rather logical thing to include, assuming it was deliberate. Even if it wasn't, it worked for me.

It's very slow-paced, not an action film at all, and events are presented in a very non-linear way (scenes pop up out of nowhere, and they don't make much sense until later on in the film - that worked well for me, to maintain interest). Something similar in feel to Ryan Reynold's ''The Nines'', though lower-budget.

The visuals were somewhat reminiscent of 1990s CGI, but nice just the same, and the concept was very intriguing. Pay attention to the guide's outfits, and how the props change from scene to scene while on ''the ship'' - it's all very subtle, and this type of visual subtlety works its way throughout the entire movie.

There is full-frontal male nudity in a few scenes, but it's not gratuitous, vulgar or overtly-sexual at all. I suppose the story -could- have been made without it, but it did help add a bit of realism to certain things.

All-in-all, I think it takes a fairly rare temperament to enjoy this sort of film. If you're not sure after about 15 minutes, just watch until you've seen a few minutes of their interaction with the occupant of the 'ship', as that frames the tone for the rest of the movie. By then, you should know if you want to see the rest of it or not.

For my own part, I think I probably enjoyed this more than most people would. But if it sounds like it -might- appeal to you, I definitely recommend checking it out. :-)

"Senn" is a visually and intellectually immersive experience that explores not only what it means to be human, but how it feels to be human. The amazing attention to detail makes even those parts of the film which take place on a wasted, rusted out world, simply beautiful. Themes of environmentalism, corporate greed, and human rights are obvious and everywhere before our eyes in the first part of the movie, but "Senn" manages to avoid seeming preachy, nonetheless. These are all presented mainly as factors enclosing the characters in a space that is essentially beyond hope.

The storytelling is especially deft as the film begins to pick up steam, embarking on a journey aboard an alien spacecraft, where the sentient beings who built it have, with care and conscientious regard for their guests, created a pleasantly sylvan Earth environment. Here the dreams and visions that the character Senn has been having are partially explained, and begin to seem full of possibility rather than merely compelling. The relationships between characters, also, are now given room to expand, although from an already tightly woven and believably complex base.

Without giving away any more of the plot, it is easy to say that "Senn" was thought provoking and appealing on a level of intellectual self-exploration and self-examination. However, the film's true success is that, although as far from being an emotional tear jerker as it is possible to be, it quite insightfully asks, "How do you feel?" Senn is not a magical chosen one, but an everyday human who receives and develops an extraordinary destiny purely by coincidence. Any of us could do the same, perhaps. So, how does it feel to be human? And then, only then, what does that mean?

Senn is a masterpiece of world-building from the otaku-grade attention to detail of the landscapes and hardscapes, to the visionary worlds created within the main character. The production design is top-notch, yet never overpowers the story. The special effects are minimal strengthening the story, rather than replacing it. The score by Cubosity enhances the feeling of the scenes and fits nicely within the overall story telling.

Senn is a great exploration of what it means to be human, and how every day lives can be changed in an instant. It is clearly concerned with contemporary issues such as environmentalism and human rights, without being dogmatic. The relationships in the film are strong, complicated, and real. The subtleness of Senn allows the viewer to leave their own imprint on the film and take from it something very personal.

Go see what Senn has for you.

13 August 2016. This sci fi movie is a brilliant fusion of the George Lucas classic dystopian futuristic THX-1138 (1971), the mysterious hard-hitting sci fi adventure thrill of Star Trek: The Movie Picture (1979) and the contemporary mind-bending celestial experience of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar (2014). The result is a gorgeously amazing cinematic experience of creative dazzling visuals along with a sharp Stanley Kubrick simplicity in set design and photography almost as a tribute to Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) . What makes this superb movie come together is its underlying fresh musical new age tones artfully editing into the movie along with its solid melding of a variety of delicious hard core sci fi concepts into a simplified and low-budget full feature film.

This break through movie is a sensual feast of the harsh metallic and bleak life of drudgery along (even with its own written language and The Demolition Man (with an astronomical galactic vision of dazzling stellar craftsmanship and the meditative and delicate purity of nature. Mostly this movie is about connections at their most fundamental and multi-dimensional existence that transcends the current sci fi films of today. Except for a slight wobble in some musical strains and a brief prolonged droning dialogue early on, Senn is a breathtaking, step beyond into a compelling and extremely appealing science fiction mystery, adventure.