Final Draft

I was given a DVD of "Final Draft" by a friend of mine. I thought it had a very nice look to it... very polished. Although I am getting a little tired of the "writers writing about themselves" device, I thought it worked in this case. I liked the performances and the story, even though it was predictable at times.

A very solid movie, much better than the standard Hollywood rom-com or buddy movie. It reminded me of "Swingers" in some places, too... (one of my favorite films.)

And speaking of favorite movies, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is one of my favorites as well. ;^)

Nice work, Oren and Yariv.

Well I saw the 'world premiere' of this movie last night in the smallest theatre at the capital six here in Victoria last night.. it was playing at the Victoria Independent Film & Video Festival..

Anyway, the movie had a LOT of "inside jokes".. i.e. jokes only 'serious movie-goers' or 'film students' etc would really get. This movie was the first movie i had ever seen that mentioned imdb.com in it.. and in the Q&A period afterwards I told them I thought that joke was "Brilliant" :)

So, moving on. The acting, editing, and film-technique in this movie is all quite good. I was pretty impressed with what they managed to do with a budget of a meer $500k. I thought the 'film noir' spoofs were humourous and well-done.

To sumarize my little spooge of thoughts on this movie.. If you can get the chance to see it - see it. It is DEFINETLY worth your time, and I was very satisfied leaving the theatre. >