I'm blaming the writer on this one.
This film looks great and has great acting, particularly on the part of Jason Spevack, the young incredibly talented actor who plays the title role.
But the writing is AWFUL. The "story" is a mishmash of indie fantasy clichés with dialog and story line so predictable it's not difficult for the savvy film viewer to not only guess where the story is going but to know what many of the characters are going to say before they say it.
What a waste of effort. This is the sort of film that makes me angry because it probably could have been a really great indie film had it been written by someone else.
I think this is supposed to be a comedy, but the only funny scene in the film is where an author burns a huge pile of a book he'd written (I think it was his book, it was difficult to really care about the details) and that scene is only funny because I was wishing the writer had made that same choice with his script.
This film looks great and has great acting, particularly on the part of Jason Spevack, the young incredibly talented actor who plays the title role.
But the writing is AWFUL. The "story" is a mishmash of indie fantasy clichés with dialog and story line so predictable it's not difficult for the savvy film viewer to not only guess where the story is going but to know what many of the characters are going to say before they say it.
What a waste of effort. This is the sort of film that makes me angry because it probably could have been a really great indie film had it been written by someone else.
I think this is supposed to be a comedy, but the only funny scene in the film is where an author burns a huge pile of a book he'd written (I think it was his book, it was difficult to really care about the details) and that scene is only funny because I was wishing the writer had made that same choice with his script.