Intersect

Meh. It was alright. So, in this Covid world in which we live, the vacuum created by the constantly delayed big budget stuff is going to be filled either by mediocre titles that probably would've under performed in a crowded summer theater (Mulan, Bill & Ted 3, Greyhound) or the arthouse/small/tiny budget festival treats that somehow find a footing with critics and audiences alike (Vast of Night comes to mind). But we have run out of those. Intersect is a perfectly decent SyFy movie of the month. It is inoffensive in its attempts at mediocrity. If it means anything - I didn't pause it when i went to get another beer or release said beers back into the wild. If you like sci-fi, and specifically Lovecraft inspired tales, this is a perfectly reasonable 80 minute movie. Except that they made it 40 mins longer than it needed to be (2 hours??!!). If you are desperate for something and its your genre, have at it. 5/10

This film has a lot of interesting themes, which will and clearly is, lost on most viewers. I don't watch modern TV shows, so I have not seen "Stranger Things", I think those who have are misjudging this film. This is indeed a Lovecraftian film, go read up on Lovecraft, but like most Lovecraftian films, it is a mixed bag. I get the feeling, when you are dealing with the bizarre themes of Lovecraft, it must be hard to make things work well, it can be done, but I can only think of a few examples, such as "In the Mouth of Madness", one of the most Lovecraftian films not based on a specific Lovecraft story, and that movie is also incredibly confusing and in the end you may ask, "Did any of this even matter"? I bring this up, because I get the exact same feeling while watching "Intersect".

Intersect has a lot of confusing time jumps and narrative jumps, convoluted is an understatement. At the same time, it does mostly gel together by the end. I found myself very frustrated in the first half, I had no idea what was going on, it was extremely confusing. The bad thing about it being sequentially in reverse is that it is very hard to get what is going on until late in the movie. I am not going to say they shouldn't have done this though, I think it was a good choice, and while clearly the confusion is irritating, I know this was by design. It actually makes sense why they chose to do it this way by the end if you pay attention.

People complaining about the color correction are confused, it is obvious they used a washed out look on purpose. People are really grasping at straws here. Also the comment about "Dubbing shouldn't be used in 2020".... Uhhhhh, dubbing over dialog is EXTREMELY common in all movies for various reasons... Yikes! Is the acting that bad? Nope! Yes, the actor who plays Nate is a tad over the top, he did annoy me, but he really wasn't awful, and everyone else was just fine other than Ryan's mom, she was also slightly over the top. Most the complaints here are really scraping the bottom of the barrel. I get the complaints about the convoluted and confusing narrative, that is a valid complaint, was really confused myself, but I get it now. Be patient, I don't think it is "up to the viewer to decide" what is going on as some else said, but rather, the answers are all there, but it requires patience to find them.

This is not a movie for everyone as it will be a VERY frustrating experience for most people. For those who have a little bit of patience and like science fiction and ideally Lovecraft, you will find much to enjoy. It just isn't an easy watch.

From the first scene it's clear that you are looking at something weird. Then, as the story progresses (or, to be honest, it doesn't) things get more and more confusing and incomprehensible. You hope that going forward with the vision things will start to make sense but no, they doesn't. And the ending is just too stupid to be true. The CGI effects are pretty good for a low budget movie, and the actors are pretty good too. But the plot is so convuluted and absurd that everything fall apart. Basically, i've wasted two hours .

Any time a writer tries to tackle time travel it's a sticky situation.. and this movie actually does a pretty good job of handling time/dimensional travel... so it's with great disappointment that the entire rest of the storyline and execution are so bad. I mean, really bad. An endless string of non-sequitur events, bad CGI "aliens", and an unexplainable ending. They could have focused SO much more on the development of the time machine, the alien influence, the aftermath, instead of things like school bullies, love interests, and dinner outings.

Ah well, better luck next time

The audio is off.

The plot is basic yet convoluted for no reason.

The cinematography is suspect, especially with all the unfortunate closeups.

The acting is dumpster fire trash.

The pace drags.

This story could have been told in less time with less confusion and character development.