Posted: 11/10/2008 12:16:33 AM EDT
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Now, don't start ranting on me. The local RedBox rental was pretty pathetic so I went ahead and rented it.
As a movie, it sucked wind. However, considering that it was produced by guys with NO formal backing, and little or no formal theatrical training, with a budget of about 5 thousand pounds UK, and FILMED IN SCOTLAND, it was quite good. Well, the story still sucked but the production was pretty good. Essentially, it is a SF story filmed by 10 guys in 10 days of filming (plus 18 MONTHS of post-production). The 'core team' (director, camera operator, etc) of 3 guys was a group of friends who had made their own super 8 and VHF productions.. which were much, much worse. Considering what they had to work with, the movie turned out surprisingly well. Don't watch it to see a good movie; watch it and then look at the 'extra stuff,' especially the "how it was made" portion, to get an education about movie making. It was an eye-opener for me! |
It was filmed here... not seen it on the shelves in Blockbuster, but that's nothing new for them... 
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