This literally looks like a Lifetime or Hallmark movie... The editing, cinematography, directing choices, and half the acting are exactly what you would expect if hallmark tried to make a horror rather than a christmas film this year. Some of the scenes are full on something you would expect to see in a student film!
and dear lord... If the Soska's keep insisting to act in their own movies they should really take some acting lessons.
many of the scenes that are supposed to be scary come off as funny for how silly and poorly executed they are.. The way they handled the crash and the first time the tentacle emerges were so bad I burst out laughing, the face prosthetic was clearly a rushed job that again takes the viewer away with how un convincing it was, the acting is so consistently cheesy that it must have been a directing choice rather than the will of the actors(who I have seen kick ass in other movies), and the sheer amount of blatant stock footage shots again made it feel more like a lifetime movie.
I was excited for this film when I heard that Paula Fairfield was doing sound design (did sound for the dragons and creatures in Game of Thrones) But it's clear she only worked on a few creature scenes amounting to probably no more than 8 minutes of screen time, because all the other sound was, again, just as generic and boring as a lifetime movie.
it's clear that American Mary was a fluke for being such a great movie, because every other project they've done got worse and worse.
The only thing that genuinely impressed me was some of the practical effects, prosthetics , and set pieces in the final 10 mins of the film. but even then, those effects were still surrounded by more poor cine and editing.
Basically the Soska's achieved with $5 million what some film school graduates achieve for free during their end of year projects.
and dear lord... If the Soska's keep insisting to act in their own movies they should really take some acting lessons.
many of the scenes that are supposed to be scary come off as funny for how silly and poorly executed they are.. The way they handled the crash and the first time the tentacle emerges were so bad I burst out laughing, the face prosthetic was clearly a rushed job that again takes the viewer away with how un convincing it was, the acting is so consistently cheesy that it must have been a directing choice rather than the will of the actors(who I have seen kick ass in other movies), and the sheer amount of blatant stock footage shots again made it feel more like a lifetime movie.
I was excited for this film when I heard that Paula Fairfield was doing sound design (did sound for the dragons and creatures in Game of Thrones) But it's clear she only worked on a few creature scenes amounting to probably no more than 8 minutes of screen time, because all the other sound was, again, just as generic and boring as a lifetime movie.
it's clear that American Mary was a fluke for being such a great movie, because every other project they've done got worse and worse.
The only thing that genuinely impressed me was some of the practical effects, prosthetics , and set pieces in the final 10 mins of the film. but even then, those effects were still surrounded by more poor cine and editing.
Basically the Soska's achieved with $5 million what some film school graduates achieve for free during their end of year projects.