zephyre79
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I scrolled past this little gem quite a few times on a popular streaming service whilst looking for things to watch. The movie description really wasn't of that much interest to me if I have to be honest. However, I finally decided... I have half an hour or so before I am going to head to bed so I can do a bit now and then finish it tomorrow. I was unable to carry out my plan and ended up watching it in one go.
The story follows a radio show host and a telephone switchboard operator investigating strange sounds that came through the radio and switchboard. Also, strange reports coming from the local area of sightings in the sky. After playing the sounds over the radio the calls start coming in.
The dialogue and musical score were good and the performances by Sierra McCormick and Jake Horowitz were worthy of being cast for movies with far bigger budget than this one. If I see Andrew Patterson (James Montague) and/or Craig W. Sanger's names on similar genre films, I will not be skipping past them again. If they can do this with circa $700k... I would love to see what they can do with a few million!
The story follows a radio show host and a telephone switchboard operator investigating strange sounds that came through the radio and switchboard. Also, strange reports coming from the local area of sightings in the sky. After playing the sounds over the radio the calls start coming in.
The dialogue and musical score were good and the performances by Sierra McCormick and Jake Horowitz were worthy of being cast for movies with far bigger budget than this one. If I see Andrew Patterson (James Montague) and/or Craig W. Sanger's names on similar genre films, I will not be skipping past them again. If they can do this with circa $700k... I would love to see what they can do with a few million!
This one is a tricky one for me as I'm not sure whether I liked it liked it or merely thought it was ok.
The movie had a budget alright, plus it was well made and directed. There were even 3 big ticket actors on the cast. It seemed really strange that Donald Sutherland, no stranger to the big leagues, starred as little more than an extra, whilst Tommy Lee Jones had a slightly larger and more important role, yet had very little screen time. If you are going to pay the wages of these guys... get your moneys worth!
Another thing that had me struggling to decide whether I thought this was any good was the main story itself. Normally you have a story and within that narrative, the character development takes place as you progress through it. Here, it felt much more as if we had the character development with the main storyline weaved through that. It came across as a bit backwards to me.
Set in the future, during a time when humans were sending manned craft to the distant side of the solar system to find signs of intelligent life beyond, strange and destructive energy waves which appear to be emanating from Neptune start to cause havoc on the earth. It is believed the father (Tommy Lee Jones) of Roy MacBride (Brad Pitt) is responsible. Roy, who long believed his father deceased on the voyage to Neptune is brought in to try and contact his father before more lethal measures are taken. This basically sums up the story line and Ill go into no further detail so it wont be spoilt for you.
Now, we have the character development of Roy. Roy starts off a little cold, and has pushed everyone and everything other than his duty away from himself. He has isolated himself in order to enhance his performance at those duties. The movie focuses mainly on his 6ish month trip to Neptune and so much of that time is dedicated to his internal journey. Isolated physically as well as emotionally now, he learns just how much he needs to be a part of the lives of those around him and have them be a part of his life.
All in all, I am not saying this was bad. I have given it 6 stars. However, had it focused more on the actual storyline and given us a little more there, I would have given it a couple more.
The movie had a budget alright, plus it was well made and directed. There were even 3 big ticket actors on the cast. It seemed really strange that Donald Sutherland, no stranger to the big leagues, starred as little more than an extra, whilst Tommy Lee Jones had a slightly larger and more important role, yet had very little screen time. If you are going to pay the wages of these guys... get your moneys worth!
Another thing that had me struggling to decide whether I thought this was any good was the main story itself. Normally you have a story and within that narrative, the character development takes place as you progress through it. Here, it felt much more as if we had the character development with the main storyline weaved through that. It came across as a bit backwards to me.
Set in the future, during a time when humans were sending manned craft to the distant side of the solar system to find signs of intelligent life beyond, strange and destructive energy waves which appear to be emanating from Neptune start to cause havoc on the earth. It is believed the father (Tommy Lee Jones) of Roy MacBride (Brad Pitt) is responsible. Roy, who long believed his father deceased on the voyage to Neptune is brought in to try and contact his father before more lethal measures are taken. This basically sums up the story line and Ill go into no further detail so it wont be spoilt for you.
Now, we have the character development of Roy. Roy starts off a little cold, and has pushed everyone and everything other than his duty away from himself. He has isolated himself in order to enhance his performance at those duties. The movie focuses mainly on his 6ish month trip to Neptune and so much of that time is dedicated to his internal journey. Isolated physically as well as emotionally now, he learns just how much he needs to be a part of the lives of those around him and have them be a part of his life.
All in all, I am not saying this was bad. I have given it 6 stars. However, had it focused more on the actual storyline and given us a little more there, I would have given it a couple more.
The original Candyman movies, whilst slightly cheesy, were slightly decent. Focused on "the" Candyman Daniel Robitaille, who felt that his legend had been tarnished and went on to reinforce that legend with death and blood. Eventually, the trail of corpses led us to where it all started with Daniel Robitaille's torture and murder at the hands of a mob.
Now, we have the 2021 addition to the set. Whilst the movie has a few random slayings (that happen mostly off camera) so that viewers will associate this with the originals, a sequel to the three, this really is just one long political agenda driven propaganda broadcast. The short snippets of Candyman related footage are heavily padded out with political narrative.
Now, we have the 2021 addition to the set. Whilst the movie has a few random slayings (that happen mostly off camera) so that viewers will associate this with the originals, a sequel to the three, this really is just one long political agenda driven propaganda broadcast. The short snippets of Candyman related footage are heavily padded out with political narrative.