I can't remember whether I voted or not... how annoying. I don't want to cast an illegal second vote - though I wish I could have voted for both because they're so well done.
I took the liberty of downloading both movies - much faster an more convenient than watching them streamed. It also afforded me to opportunity to watch them several times.
Zen - I really liked the plot; had me guessing right up to the surprise ending. Camera work was okay, did you have someone running the camera during the "at the piano" scenes? I think a couple of close-ups would have been interesting like during the "how to torture her" lines - a wistful faraway look during delivery would have been superb. The "caller" sequences were well done with the wave effect. And I have to ask... was that you playing the piano?
Poke/Goat - I liked the plot; it was silly but acting by both Poke and Goat carried it. In particular, there were a couple of very subtle pieces I enjoyed for their humor and understated presentation. First, Poke's voice-over piece about "... trousers around my ankles and some bum asking me for 20 pounds..." Second, the fade-out during Goat's "Damn, I stepped in the doo-doo" just cracked me up. Subjective humor, maybe, but my style.
Thanks, guys, for establishing the competition - and well done! I hope I'll be able to participate in the next round.
