Many of you have read my thoughts on festivals. I just want to rant a little more. Because, while I don't mind being beat, it absolutely disgusts me when I see something so inferior kick my ass.
I entered Us Sinners in a free contest located in Hollywood. I expected no awards for my movie. I didn't even expect it to be shown at the screening. I realize (now) that it's a movie for a certain crowd. Who that crowd is, I don't know. But, people judging for festivals are not part of it. That's fine. But, there are one or two categories I felt I had a pretty good lock on, best actor and actress.
While you can despise my movie, anyone who knows anything about acting will say that my lead actors did a phenomenal job. Class A for a no-budget flick. Words like brilliant, excellent, picture perfect, magnificent among numerous others have been used to describe the lead Brandon Schraml. This is absolutely true. I might suck at writing a screenplay. I may not be able to direct my way out of a plastic bag, can't form a sentence or edit a movie. But, I know talent, and Brandon has it in truckloads. His performance is spotless, and better then most budgeted horror movies. Flat out, he's fucking incredible. That's a fact. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know shit about acting. It's like people saying Angela Bettis or Meryl Streep can't act. It's a ridiculous, stupidity ridden argument. REAL talent is not open for debate.
He was beat by a less then amateur hack. I just watched the trailer for this thing, and the actor looks and performs like an Ed Wood reject.
Hollywood! This thing (I won't even call it contest anymore) is located in Hollywood. Run by people who are suppose to know talent. What a crock of shit.
I won't mention the name, because I won't give them the publicity. When I'm sober (shameful Yankee game tonight) I'm going to write a thoughtful fuck you to the promoters of this thing.
For those who think I'm a sore loser; seriously it's like Justin Guarini (From Justin to Kelly) beating Sean Penn (Mystic River) for Best Actor at the Oscars. Yes, that's the gap difference between the performances. And yes, you can tell what a movie is going to be like from the trailer, along with the performances. If the trailer performance sucks, there isn't much hope for the full film.
I entered Us Sinners in a free contest located in Hollywood. I expected no awards for my movie. I didn't even expect it to be shown at the screening. I realize (now) that it's a movie for a certain crowd. Who that crowd is, I don't know. But, people judging for festivals are not part of it. That's fine. But, there are one or two categories I felt I had a pretty good lock on, best actor and actress.
While you can despise my movie, anyone who knows anything about acting will say that my lead actors did a phenomenal job. Class A for a no-budget flick. Words like brilliant, excellent, picture perfect, magnificent among numerous others have been used to describe the lead Brandon Schraml. This is absolutely true. I might suck at writing a screenplay. I may not be able to direct my way out of a plastic bag, can't form a sentence or edit a movie. But, I know talent, and Brandon has it in truckloads. His performance is spotless, and better then most budgeted horror movies. Flat out, he's fucking incredible. That's a fact. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't know shit about acting. It's like people saying Angela Bettis or Meryl Streep can't act. It's a ridiculous, stupidity ridden argument. REAL talent is not open for debate.
He was beat by a less then amateur hack. I just watched the trailer for this thing, and the actor looks and performs like an Ed Wood reject.
Hollywood! This thing (I won't even call it contest anymore) is located in Hollywood. Run by people who are suppose to know talent. What a crock of shit.
I won't mention the name, because I won't give them the publicity. When I'm sober (shameful Yankee game tonight) I'm going to write a thoughtful fuck you to the promoters of this thing.
For those who think I'm a sore loser; seriously it's like Justin Guarini (From Justin to Kelly) beating Sean Penn (Mystic River) for Best Actor at the Oscars. Yes, that's the gap difference between the performances. And yes, you can tell what a movie is going to be like from the trailer, along with the performances. If the trailer performance sucks, there isn't much hope for the full film.
