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Imdb being fair or not?

posted 10 years ago by DevonWellinchild
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I saw this movie at Worldfest in Houston and I have been watching the Review War taking place.
From What I can see any of the honest and negative reviews are being removed and replace by FAKE reviews from the filmmakers. So I figured it was time to chime in.
First Off Look at the review from Roger Scott Budge, If you check the credits on the imdb page he is a cinematographer on the project. Hmmm, could he be biased?
Second Check the review by James Sterling I would bet you money that is actually the director. How would a non partial movie goer have had access to the screenplay and know about how it was written? He says "The screenplay was written based on a much more mind bending mental action thriller and this is fine with me" Come on dude?
Plus all of the other reviews are written by accounts that were created like one or two days ago?
Fact of the matter is I DID SEE THIS MOVIE and the honest reviews are TRUE!

The movie is scored with Hans Zimmers Greatest Hits, in fact go check out the director you tube page. His AXI series id FULL of movie soundtracks, from Hans Zimmer to Johnny Williams.
You can not steal other peoples work and not get called on it Mr. Welling.
Also he did use the scene from the climax of SIGNS as well as the MUSIC!
The scene with Lee Majors is a Rip Off of the Town Hall scene in Jaws, There are scenes recreated from the Shinning, and THe movie even opens up with a Rip Off of Mystic Rivers scene where Shawn Penn finds his daughter dead.
IMDB I sincerely hope you leave some of these honest reviews up. For years you have been the standard that people look to for reviews to decide where they are going to invest their time and money when enjoying a film.
Now more than ever when any jerk off with a 5-D Camera can go out and make a pile of poo and call it a movie we need you to let people voice their honest opinions.
If the filmmakers do not like what they are reading from the audiences they will either do one of two things.
1.) quit making movies, (let's hope that is the case here) or
2.) they will learn their craft and take seriously the privilege of producing cinema.
So lets see how long my review last before Mr. Welling takes it down. Even with the ones that come down new ones will come up and the truth will get out there. and one day soon, people like Christopher Nolen, Hans Zimmer, and M.Night Shyamalan may have something to say about the public exhibition of their work used with out their permission.
Thank you imdb for this opportunity to give my honest thoughts on this film.
and anyone else who saw this movie please chime in!
Doesn't matter if it is good or bad only that it is honest.

[–] DevonWellinchild 10 years ago

Glad I posted here as well. As I expected my review was removed from the user review section and yet all of the positive but still fraudulent reviews remain posted. Including more glowing members of the cast and even this guys girlfriend Michelle Simmons. They continue to attempt to deceive people and give praise to this really bad movie.
If the comments are honest then why delete them imdb? Why not also be fair and delete the positive reviews that are clearly fake.
I suggest you leave them all up. Let the potential audiences read them all and decide for themselves. Chances are that they will be compelled has I was to start an imdb account just to warn people not to waste their time.
The is America , we are supposed to enjoy the God given right of freedom of speech. People died for the us to have the rights we have today. All of these rights should be protected.
This guy has the right to go out and make has many films has he wants. But we should also have the right to comment on the work and voice our opinions,without censorship.
The only thing he doesn't have the right to do is teal other peoples work, the music and the dialog from other great films belongs to those innovators that created them and for that these same laws that Americans have in place should hold this guy accountable.
Bottom line If you want to make bad movies go for it, but make them your own, do not steal others work and be finally be a grown up and take accountability for your failures as well as your triumphs.

[–] jim_baxter_2007 10 years ago

I read some of the bad reviews before they were deleted. Some of them were genuine reviews. Clearly, the filmmaker or someone from his team has thin skin and cannot take the heat. If you are going to be a filmmaker, you have to take the good reviews with the bad. NO movie has 100% good reviews. It is clear most if not all of the good reviews here are planted.

[–] DevonWellinchild 10 years ago

Thank you sir for your honest reply, I really do see the need for a defense against trolling and hate, however what about positive trolling by the filmmakers?
And the whole dance lesson thing is just too funny.

I am sure it will be deleted soon so I am going to copy and paste it here:

From ChachiFan 101:

The two main reason all the user reviews on this movie are at a 9 or 10 are:

No.1 - Shawn Welling has a new promotion at his dance school Planet Funk. Any student or parent of a student that writes a positive review and scores the movie at 9 stars gets a discount on there very expensive dance classes. And if you did not see the movie do not worry because the director himself will help you out by writing the review for you, and best of all this can all be done at the studio with the help of Mr. Welling and his helpful staff.

Oh and, drum roll please, the second reason...

No. 2 - Mr. Welling and his staff are constantly monitoring the IMDb page and immediately having any negative reviews taken down.

Don't worry fellow Americans. The truth cannot be hidden forever. All the reviews on this film are from "User's" . Wait until an actual film critic gets hold of this winner, or better yet someone from Warner Brothers Legal or one of the fine associates of Mr. Hans Zimmer. Hope these fine folks get an invite to the next screening!

So have you ever wanted to learn to dance? Grab those dancing shoes and get your rear end down to Planet Funk and take advantage of this special offer. Write a glowing Legend of Darkhorse County movie review and get a discount on their otherwise expensive classes! "But I have not seen the movie?" you say... Don't worry Mr. Welling or one of his courteous staff will be glad to fabricate one for you!

So what are you waiting for? Act Now!

[–] jim_baxter_2007 10 years ago

I screen captured some of the bad reviews that I read, which have since been deleted.