I give it a 2 because there can be only one 1...."The Room", which fails in all aspects.
But this one is pretty close...
Very poorly shot (there is an item in the bonus features called "Production Shuts Down", with laughable misspellings, which is a pet peeve of mine in our spell check society, devoted to the Saga of the Broken Letus. I figured, "Oh, bad equipment, that explains it", but it seems the problem was solved, so why is it still so poorly shot?) and there is no actual "plot" besides "young people get lost...mayhem ensues".
Not one minute comes off as natural or organic-the characters do and say nonsensical things with a detachment and indifference utterly belying the context of the scene, and while in some instances it might be attributed to the talent level of the actor, overall they are given little script-wise to exhibit their skill upon. They come off as strangers handed cards to read to each other rather than dialogs between lovers and friends. Baffling choices are made repeatedly, apparently for no other reason than the script calls for it. Characters have knowledge they couldn't, yet seem to forget it moments later-editing miscues, perhaps. Nothing is explained, even obliquely. One character seems to appear once and vanish, another takes up a lengthy scene having no exposition purpose at all. I won't "spoil" it by pointing it out, if you see the film it's obvious you were supposed to learn...something...but you don't) and while "suspension of disbelief" is fine, "suspension of coherence" is not.
This was an interesting premise (at least from the box cover) that really failed to deliver. When scenes in the Deleted Scenes section (allegedly there because the "commercial" won out over the "artistic") are more competently executed than the feature, that can never be good for a film.
This production should have taken it's equipment problems as an omen, and called it a day.
But this one is pretty close...
Very poorly shot (there is an item in the bonus features called "Production Shuts Down", with laughable misspellings, which is a pet peeve of mine in our spell check society, devoted to the Saga of the Broken Letus. I figured, "Oh, bad equipment, that explains it", but it seems the problem was solved, so why is it still so poorly shot?) and there is no actual "plot" besides "young people get lost...mayhem ensues".
Not one minute comes off as natural or organic-the characters do and say nonsensical things with a detachment and indifference utterly belying the context of the scene, and while in some instances it might be attributed to the talent level of the actor, overall they are given little script-wise to exhibit their skill upon. They come off as strangers handed cards to read to each other rather than dialogs between lovers and friends. Baffling choices are made repeatedly, apparently for no other reason than the script calls for it. Characters have knowledge they couldn't, yet seem to forget it moments later-editing miscues, perhaps. Nothing is explained, even obliquely. One character seems to appear once and vanish, another takes up a lengthy scene having no exposition purpose at all. I won't "spoil" it by pointing it out, if you see the film it's obvious you were supposed to learn...something...but you don't) and while "suspension of disbelief" is fine, "suspension of coherence" is not.
This was an interesting premise (at least from the box cover) that really failed to deliver. When scenes in the Deleted Scenes section (allegedly there because the "commercial" won out over the "artistic") are more competently executed than the feature, that can never be good for a film.
This production should have taken it's equipment problems as an omen, and called it a day.