When a film starts out in pink gaseous clouds with a hot pink planet in the background, one might immediately wonder where the rest of the flick is going.
Unfortunately in this case, not much of anywhere. When I read the 2 negative reviews here and saw that both reviews had 5 "unhelpfuls" (ummm... did 5 people make this film?) I wondered if it was worth watching. Figured I could handle 20 minutes so gave it a try.
The sets, filming and photography are good, as is the sound production. Costumes are better than average. This had all the makings of a fairly decent fan film. But like so many in this kind of presentation the story just bites weasels. If viewers have read the book it's based on it may be somewhat more interesting, but for someone going in clueless, we wind up remaining that way.
The discussion in the med bay is the beginning of having no idea where this story is going. "Tell so-and-so this, maybe tell him that"... but who is so and so and what is all this time-consuming discussion about? No idea.
There's no explanation for spots on the arms. We just kinda have to guess-- either blood draws or reaction tests? Those are about the only two options. The director leaves the audience uninformed. Can't be a spoiler because there's nothing to spoil.
The characters are confusing: rebel uniforms on an Empire ship... with the Jedi looking like something from the Dark side. Dialog based on issues never revealed, characters unexplained-- this is a case of the production team just taking it for granted the audience knows what's going on. Well folks, we didn't, we don't, and we could have used a bit less lengthy, dry dialog and a bit more story line.
I will say this again: fans, if you are going to go to the time, expense and difficulty of making a film, *start with a good story line*. If you don't... you'll wind up with a film like this.
I would give it creds for the fight scenes but the actors seemed to be wielding 5-lb broadswords rather than near-weightless lightsabers. All through the scene the one thing I wondered is, "Who are these people and why are they fighting?" I guess the obvious answer would be "One is a Darth and one is a Jedi, what more reason do they need?".
It doesn't, the other reviewers are right, and now you five can give me my thumbs-down too. ; )
But before you hit that thumbs down button a bit of advice: film makers, never, ever rate the reviews for you own film. It's low class and you show you've learned nothing from what the reviewers are saying.
