I just saw the trailer and it's awful - they shouldn't go around making this film on such a small budget with awful special effects, props, etc. Look at LOTR - they could have made it on a $500,000. budget and it would have been awful;you have to make a film with a lot of money for it to look good.
share... so tell me ... who are you and exactly what films have made ... i am always open to criticsism from seasoned film makers ... also do you personally have " a lot" of money ... if you do and have such a passion for film/film-making, why dont you just hand us the cash and we will be glad to make your money work for you... fact is, Danny's films have always been extremely successful and in my view are the best in the genre ... and the best is yet to come ... Also you say the film is "crap" yet you've not seen it, as far as I know they are not finished with the sound, foley, fx, etc...
its about respect friend, and until you've walked in the shoes of a indie film maker, and make such severe critiques without even seeing the film ... welll, i think you get it .... any comments, thoughts?
Look, jolsmith456 may have mis-titled his post (based on his first sentence, perhaps it should read "This *trailer* is crap."), but come on.
"What films have made" [sic] is irrelevant. He's basing his opinion on the trailer.
But I'll speak for myself: The trailer is awful.
Does that mean the movie is bad? Not necessarily. I've seen dozens of GREAT trailers for terrible films, and even a few pathetic trailers for films that wound up being wonderful.
I don't need to walk "in the shoes of a [sic] indie film maker" to know if I like something. Using your analogy, you wouldn't be allowed to dislike the taste of liver and onions until you went to cooking school.
Movies aren't made for other filmmakers. They're made for the audience. The trailer is supposed to help a movie find that audience, and in this case, it isn't helping.
"I don't need to walk "in the shoes of a [sic] indie film maker" to know if I like something. Using your analogy, you wouldn't be allowed to dislike the taste of liver and onions until you went to cooking school.Movies aren't made for other filmmakers. They're made for the audience. The trailer is supposed to help a movie find that audience, and in this case, it isn't helping."
Well said! I personally enjoyed the film and mentally made allowances for the low budget when I realised that the film makers were working on a limited budget. If I had walked in to a movie theater after paying ten dollars for a ticket, I would not have been so charitable. But for a direct to DVD release, I was pleased with my purchase and the experience.
There is an independent film movement in place and it's not just a Christian movement. I think there are many who are just disgusted with what Hollywood has to offer. So I support films like Pilgrim's Progress because I am aware in the back of my mind that every dollar I give in support to independent cinema is one less dollar given to the Hollywood Machine. I think the originator of this thread meant his comments to be constructive and shouldn't be scolded for not being in the industry.
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No one seems to have noticed that the second post made here was written by the actor who played Christian. It would have been more interesting to get some productive dialogue going.
shareIt was noticed. I think his responses came off as somewhat arrogant and so I personally chose to not respond. That also might be the case with the other posters who hadn't responded. Don't get me wrong, I respect actors and their ability to create characters convincingly, but that doesn't mean worship them. Actors/actresses are just attractive people who have learned to emote memorized lines and that's all.
BTW, the IMDb administrators tend to erase thread lines with professionals interacting with "fans". Case in point, the Don Swayze message board read like a TMZ chat room. It was just ridiculous!
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