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This guy spent his life savings on the trailer.


What a crazy bastard.

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He'd be less crazy if the trailer was more... good.

Seriously, this can only end in tears.

***Excuse me, but I have minds to twist and values to warp***

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I think it looks good...if given the necessary budget I'd love to see what he could do! I think the concept is very interesting and I'd love to see it made into the full movie...
Crazy or not to spend your life savings on it...at least he has ambition...you won't get anywhere without taking risks.
All that to say I really want to see the full feature!

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Taking risks is one thing. Jumping from the Empire State Building without a parachute is another. I think this man can start saving again, because he - clearly - hasn't found the duck with the golden eggs. I mean he has found the duck. But the eggs are bad.

The concept of angels and demons is not that original to come up with. I have been thinking about this concept for several years now myself. What you need is a good angle to bring this subject. Chasing for dragons is not a good angle. The only right thing he has done is touch the rivalty between good and evil. But that's an obvious decision to make. You didn't even needed to think about that. I don't want C-grade special effects, B-list actors and an expensive A-list production crew. I want a good angle to bring this damn concept. Cheesy dialogue, the most obvious sound effects, the most unsubtle music since Alexander and wooden acting add nothing further. I mean, what can seperate your story from the mythological tv-stuff like Xena, Hercules, Earthsea, .. etc. What's your cinematic IDEA??

This man makes a short film of five minutes and he can't hide (already) what his interests are with this material: special effects extravaganza. Instead of so many people working on this trailer or short film, whatever you want to call it, all he needed was one script editor to tell him he had nothing to start with (yet). Sorried to say that, but it's true. Some Hollywood producers have made this kind of special effects-garbadge into films already, but that doesn't give me reason to give this guy a chance.

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This is a promo, not the actual movie. Give the guy a break.

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