They have posted, and I quote the following, and film with a description of "my first, worst, and really lame movie", and another film in which a dull, lifeless, stupid 'Brickfilmer' monologues whilst posing minifigs under police cars and only remembers what he was going to say 20 seconds into the movie. He then continues to monologue in a dull, confused way for five minutes after that. I never considered self-harm before that movie, but during it... if there was a knife around, I wouldn't be here typing this.
However I HAVE found something 'decent'. This film is called 'Breathing Space', and is a sci-fi 'thriller' in which a robot malfunctions and some spaceman chases it around a spaceship. The film is very Space Odyssey-esque, and has the same mood and feel to it. Its graphics are good for an amateur, and the CGI robot interacts well with the real environment. Faces of the minifigures are edited in afterwards, but do not blur when the 'fig is out of focus. This causes huge aesthetic issues.
The music is, on the whole, heavy metal-ish and ghastly. It aims to try and up the tempo of the otherwise slow and dull film, and fails in that respect. Sound effects are loud and glitchy, and I found the film much more enjoyable with the sound muted.
The film, as Chris would say, has no plot. Well, it has a beginning (robot malfunctions), a middle (spaceman chases robot into room without gravity) and... well, that's it. For some reason, if you throw your helmet onto a malfunctioning robot, it is put back to normal. What the HELL? I watched the ending five times, and I still don't understand WHY that happens? Why is he smiling? Why is the gravity back? What actually HAPPENED?
So, all-in-all, a pretty crappy film. However, the credits are good. That's about it.
So please DON'T visit the Brickfilms 'podcast' (ie YouTube account).
~John
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Wait a second... You post 5 of those lame Dane Cook films as if they are worth seeing, then you post this film and rip it to shreds? I'm missing something here...
"the credits are good" hahahahaha.
That was funny John, cracked me up.
@James: The Dane Cook films at least have some sort of style. And anyways, I just wanted to rip Brickfilms.com's new 'podcast' to shreds. It deserves it. Did you know they have access to everyone's Brickfilms that were on their old site? They could post any one of them without asking its creator. That's Brickfilms.com for you.
Yeah, but you already ripped Brickfilms in you "news" article... I think we know how you feel about them. ;) But when reading blogs, I want to see stuff I want to see, not stuff I shouldn't see.
And I guess the Dane Cook thing is a matter of opinion.
I'm trying to show you something bad so you can laugh at it. Sometimes bad stuff is good, and there's good stuff in everything. You just need to know where to look for it.
I didn't write the News article, funnily enough. That was Luke. But still, have you even SEEN Brickfilms.com? The new design? It's truly awful, no-one can say otherwise.
Ahh... it's always interesting to read a review of one of my older films. While it was pretty scathing, I don't disagree with what you said, and I've gotten a lot of similar feedback, which I've learned a lot from.
The story falls apart mainly due to the fact that I made the unwise decision of trimming the 4-minute film into 2 minutes to enter into a contest, which explains the strange pacing/ending.
Anyway, I always enjoy getting feedback on my films, even early ones, so thanks for taking the time to review it.
- Jordan Harris
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