I rarely give such low ratings to movies but I had to say something this time because this IMDb rating, really feels like someone went to a lot of trouble to rig the reviews here. I love independent cinema, I collect Blu-ray's from indie movies but this is one that I won't be watching again for sure.
The high reviews here in IMDb feel totally out of place and unreal.
Usually it's me on the other side giving great reviews to indie movies that people seem to hate on IMDb. Not this time. This time I totally agree with the bad reviews and I cannot get over the feel that all the excellent opinions were planted by the filmmakers and family or friends. And only them.
I love this type of twilight zone story, indie supernatural stories set in small towns tend to work well but not this time.
The story on this one is so predictable that I immediately though this was going to be some copy of the classic twilight zone story, The hitchhiker because the concept was evident from the get go. So zero mystery, zero suspense and nothing will amaze you at the end because the new age type spiritual message is so thrown down our throats that it totally ruins the good idea this story obviously had when it comes to the mystery of the lights.
The pacing on this movie is really off. Many times it seems takes are left running forever adding unnecessary seconds to many of the scenes making everything extend artificially as if the filmmakers really needed to hit 95 minutes but had no content to go beyond 45. At first I thought the movie was trying to be artsy but soon became evident that was just terrible editing. Perhaps because there was no material to be filmed.
Something that worked against the actors too as there are plenty of terrible performances in this that could be avoided with good editing to trim the unnecessary forced moments in many of the lines.
The pace in dialogues is so off that it's clear when an actor is just waiting for the other to stop speaking to be able to deliver his line next and that totally ruins the flow of the story.
It's a weird mix with the acting, it's as if they just picked people from the street and filmed stuff just because.
Some dialogues are actually funny in a good way but then the amateur delivery almost ruins them completely. The hitchiker and the waitress are really good but then other actors are so bad that they ruin everything. Although I bet much is to blame on the director too. This is really a weird movie. There's some weird twin peaks vibe to it as if this is trying to be some David lynch movie but nothing works.
The movie has a cool soundtrack but once again there are so many songs in this stuff that many times I was wondering if the movie was just made to showcase some cool indie bands material and not to tell the story, because even the songs tend to stall time because there's plenty of sequences in this where the story actually stops to give room for the songs to be played to illustrate pointless narrative points.
So overall is this a terrible indie movie? It's bad but it's not terrible although I felt that it's necessary to pull this rating down a bit to realistic levels as I'm sure there will be plenty of people which will be fooled by the unreal 8, 9, 10 ratings. At best this deserves a 3 for the effort but that's it.
It's the first time I say this about a movie on IMDb but it really feels like the excellent reviews were just planted here by the filmmakers, family and friends. Don't be fooled.
The high reviews here in IMDb feel totally out of place and unreal.
Usually it's me on the other side giving great reviews to indie movies that people seem to hate on IMDb. Not this time. This time I totally agree with the bad reviews and I cannot get over the feel that all the excellent opinions were planted by the filmmakers and family or friends. And only them.
I love this type of twilight zone story, indie supernatural stories set in small towns tend to work well but not this time.
The story on this one is so predictable that I immediately though this was going to be some copy of the classic twilight zone story, The hitchhiker because the concept was evident from the get go. So zero mystery, zero suspense and nothing will amaze you at the end because the new age type spiritual message is so thrown down our throats that it totally ruins the good idea this story obviously had when it comes to the mystery of the lights.
The pacing on this movie is really off. Many times it seems takes are left running forever adding unnecessary seconds to many of the scenes making everything extend artificially as if the filmmakers really needed to hit 95 minutes but had no content to go beyond 45. At first I thought the movie was trying to be artsy but soon became evident that was just terrible editing. Perhaps because there was no material to be filmed.
Something that worked against the actors too as there are plenty of terrible performances in this that could be avoided with good editing to trim the unnecessary forced moments in many of the lines.
The pace in dialogues is so off that it's clear when an actor is just waiting for the other to stop speaking to be able to deliver his line next and that totally ruins the flow of the story.
It's a weird mix with the acting, it's as if they just picked people from the street and filmed stuff just because.
Some dialogues are actually funny in a good way but then the amateur delivery almost ruins them completely. The hitchiker and the waitress are really good but then other actors are so bad that they ruin everything. Although I bet much is to blame on the director too. This is really a weird movie. There's some weird twin peaks vibe to it as if this is trying to be some David lynch movie but nothing works.
The movie has a cool soundtrack but once again there are so many songs in this stuff that many times I was wondering if the movie was just made to showcase some cool indie bands material and not to tell the story, because even the songs tend to stall time because there's plenty of sequences in this where the story actually stops to give room for the songs to be played to illustrate pointless narrative points.
So overall is this a terrible indie movie? It's bad but it's not terrible although I felt that it's necessary to pull this rating down a bit to realistic levels as I'm sure there will be plenty of people which will be fooled by the unreal 8, 9, 10 ratings. At best this deserves a 3 for the effort but that's it.
It's the first time I say this about a movie on IMDb but it really feels like the excellent reviews were just planted here by the filmmakers, family and friends. Don't be fooled.