pope523 Reviews

Love + Hate (2005)

Make sure you watch it with English subtitles

[5/10 · 15 December 2008]

The dialog delivery was awkward and unnatural. I get the feeling that they were trying to make it sound more "natural" with the actors stepping on each other's lines, but it just sounds like they don't know their parts so well. It could just be bad acting. Maybe the actors were attempting to ad-lib. I don't know.

The writer has low expectations for the audience's understanding and feels he has to spell everything out in the dialog. The racist kids walks out of the back room, it's pretty obvious that it's because he doesn't like the new Muslim girl. The Muslim girl says "Why did he just leave like that without saying anything?". Duh.

And I can't understand most of what the two chav prostitutes are saying. That's what you are, by the way, when you get all dressed up to sit by the side of the road waiting to get picked up for sex with random guys in their cars. A hooker.

It's not a terrible film, but it's not exactly an original story either.

Wormwood (2006 Video)

Oh my God, they killed Kenny! You bastards!

[5/10 · 9 June 2006]

I don't know what this other guy was talking about in his review. The estimated budget for this film (as reported on IMDb) was around $400, not $55k. All the cast and crew were volunteers.

For a first try, I don't think this film is so bad. There are some technical details that need work (the lighting particularly bothered me), but you work with what you have. Because of the limited shooting schedule (due to the availability of the primary set) they shot on at least one day when their makeup artist was unavailable (hence the KISS zombies).

The crowbar as a "signature weapon" was a nice attempt, but because it's thin and black it's difficult to see, not like Shaun's cricket bat, Lionel's lawnmower or Ash's chainsaw which are plainly visible and have distinct silhouettes.