I think this is a deserving topic of discussion after having watched 2 of the seperate collections, and it is an ongoing series. Granted there is some crap in there but quite a few of them are pretty good and warrant a little discussion.
I'll start with:
MOCKING THE COSMOS
my rating: ***
It is two stories in one, you have the child who is surrounded by self-centered divorced parents. The other story intertwined is that there is a ping pong ball that is the site of microscopic aliens who land and are supposed to "study" the human race they find on the ping pong ball. I thought the acting was brilliant on all sides, especially considering the 4 aliens are actually the 4 main characters in real life, just costumed and make-upped.. but in both sides of their double roles the acting is terrific. What really captures me is the true reality of the situation, the child doesn't have a grasp on the chaotic perverse world of his idiotic grown up parents, but to form some sense of peace and normalcy, he either imagines or actually tunes into the alien story which is one of true sacrafice, honor, love, and betrayal - those aspects missing from his real life which he interprets into the alien story. The title of the first and third act is similar to "We're never as big as we think we are", which ends up being true both metaphorically and realistically, in both the alien story and in real life in seperate ways. Technically it looks great as well and sound was fine especially the music, but I must admit the story, while brilliant, still lacks something... a little too loose in places and could have been tightened up.
Strong acting and dialogue though, in the end I felt bad for the genius kid and I felt like punching the arrogant father and mother, exactly as it should be. Mission accomplished, but as I said just || this close to perfect. Great for a short though. Unfortunately, voters at IMDB don't feel the same way apparently: http://imdb.com/title/tt0170254/ .
Now its your turn, what gems have you found?
I'll start with:
MOCKING THE COSMOS
my rating: ***
It is two stories in one, you have the child who is surrounded by self-centered divorced parents. The other story intertwined is that there is a ping pong ball that is the site of microscopic aliens who land and are supposed to "study" the human race they find on the ping pong ball. I thought the acting was brilliant on all sides, especially considering the 4 aliens are actually the 4 main characters in real life, just costumed and make-upped.. but in both sides of their double roles the acting is terrific. What really captures me is the true reality of the situation, the child doesn't have a grasp on the chaotic perverse world of his idiotic grown up parents, but to form some sense of peace and normalcy, he either imagines or actually tunes into the alien story which is one of true sacrafice, honor, love, and betrayal - those aspects missing from his real life which he interprets into the alien story. The title of the first and third act is similar to "We're never as big as we think we are", which ends up being true both metaphorically and realistically, in both the alien story and in real life in seperate ways. Technically it looks great as well and sound was fine especially the music, but I must admit the story, while brilliant, still lacks something... a little too loose in places and could have been tightened up.
Strong acting and dialogue though, in the end I felt bad for the genius kid and I felt like punching the arrogant father and mother, exactly as it should be. Mission accomplished, but as I said just || this close to perfect. Great for a short though. Unfortunately, voters at IMDB don't feel the same way apparently: http://imdb.com/title/tt0170254/ .
Now its your turn, what gems have you found?
