I saw this film at the California Independent Film Festival after several days of disappointments and misses. Finally watching the shorts I was struck by how much talent was in these films where some of the bigger and higher budget films just didn't impress me in any way. Most enjoyable of the shorts, I felt, was Weird Science Whatever.
The editing was noteworthy and clever, so many homages in such a short time! I had so much fun just trying to identify each of the references in every scene, shot, sound, piece of music, prop, and line of dialogue. Of course, I wasn't watching the film expecting the next summer blockbuster or Oscar-winning masterpiece...it was an independent short film in a film festival and so I viewed and enjoyed it as such.
I don't know the filmmakers personally or any of the cast members so my only bias here comes from the fact that these homages within the film were to some of my favorite films ever. But in saying that I feel that my review had an even higher chance of being negative as any poor representation of my favorite film would incur my greatest wrath. So this positive and gushy review should be an even greater testament to the achievement that is George and Brandon's masterful Weird Science Whatever.
The editing was noteworthy and clever, so many homages in such a short time! I had so much fun just trying to identify each of the references in every scene, shot, sound, piece of music, prop, and line of dialogue. Of course, I wasn't watching the film expecting the next summer blockbuster or Oscar-winning masterpiece...it was an independent short film in a film festival and so I viewed and enjoyed it as such.
I don't know the filmmakers personally or any of the cast members so my only bias here comes from the fact that these homages within the film were to some of my favorite films ever. But in saying that I feel that my review had an even higher chance of being negative as any poor representation of my favorite film would incur my greatest wrath. So this positive and gushy review should be an even greater testament to the achievement that is George and Brandon's masterful Weird Science Whatever.