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I'm impressed

posted 19 years ago by orlandoent
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With the list of talent involved and the fact that the film was brought in for $750,000 says a lot. The script must be something special as I'm sure the film itself will be. I've read some of these earlier posts and I'd like to offer a little piece of advice for those who felt the need to post negative comments about a film that hasn't even been released yet. Don't slam things you don't know anything about. Just because your career might not be where you want it to be doesn't give you the right to take it out on people who are working their butts off to make great things happen outside of the studio system. I've just recently wrapped on an independent project that I wrote, produced and starred in and I'm acutely aware of the determination and heart that it takes to make these types of projects happen. My hat is off to Bradley Kramer, Craig Sheffer and everybody associated with making this project happen. Including the actors who all took a definite pay cut to work on something that they were passionate about rather than taking on a higher paying project with less integrity. This is filmmaking at it's roots.

[–] SHaGGGz 16 years ago

everything about this movie was sub par. the only good thing, the cast, turned out to be the worst thing because it was the reason i picked up this movie in the first place, which ended up being a colossal waste of time. i feel betrayed by many of these actors because ive come to expect something worthwhile from them, and they blatantly shat in my face. i hope theyre at least ashamed of themselves.

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[–] JayCeezy 16 years ago

Well said.

The cast was the reason for putting this in my Blockbuster Online queue. The writing, acting, and direction was horrendous. If I was in the cast, I would have taken up a collection to buy this film and bury it forever.

[–] bratface11 16 years ago

Agreed SHaGGGz.

And to the OP, what does someones career have to do with not liking this movie?

[–] CGlenn79 16 years ago

This movie was terrible, from direction to acting, plot, etc. just a real bad movie. Orlando you can say all you want that this was only made for $750,000 the fact is it shouldn't have been made at all! It was a waste of money. And the fact that it came in with a budget of $750,000 doesn't make me watch it in a whole new light saying oh wow how good it is. It was just a poorly done movie that I would bet the actors would like to remove from there resumes.

[–] orlandoent 16 years ago

I finally saw the movie. From a production stand point, what they were able to pull off cast wise was amazing. But I agree, the movie was bad. Flat out. i couldn't even finish it. I hate to say it, but it's true.

[–] Spaceygirl 15 years ago

You need psychiatric help,
my friend. This is THE
MOST OFFENSIVE movie
I've EVER seen!

"I never knew
magic crazy as this"
Nick Drake
19/06/1948 – 25/11/
1974
RIP