Seriously, six episodes away from the finale and the authorship is so uninspired that they simply create antagonists out of nowhere? How profane is that kind of storytelling? I'm really missing the intellectual level from the first half. The series hurts itself on its way to extreme interchangeability.
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4 Reviews
One star from the center of my heart
19 March 2020
This series, whose statement always was to speak out and to take responsibility in the end, treads every deference built up and takes a completely different path in this season finale. A completely wrong way, especially for the young target audience. Abusing a murder - without considering the detestable things a person may have done - to keep yourself the noose from the neck contradicts me and the foundations of my beliefs in humanity deeply. Suddenly the protagonists seem to be concerned with their own well-being only - and literally walk over corpses. The latent tendency towards self-righteousness that arises over the course of the third season is absolutely repugnant to me and ensures the complete loss of credibility of the characters involved. There is no, absolutely no justification for what the group decides to do. How should further identification with the protagonists work if they end up behaving so hideously and disgustingly and seem to forget all of their development and experience from the previous 38 episodes? I better stop writing; I can hardly put my excessive disappointment about this indescribably wrong episode into further words.
11:23 - 09:59 (About Fear)
(2018)
A project that one would rather not have finished
30 October 2018
The genre "horror" is known to have already told all the stories in all versions. "Found footage" has its heyday behind. That did not stop some film school students from trying that style again.
Yes, the film had little or perhaps even no budget. But Paranormal Activity got along with $11,000, so that's not an argument. So one searches in "11:23-09:59" in vain for acting talent, as one searches in vain for a realistic self-representation of the actors. At the latest after the first third, you no longer believe the characters' absolutely irrational actions. The script has neither substance nor backgrounds that explain the story at any point. The figures are unapproachable and appear set up (do I repeat myself?). The catastrophe gets even bigger with the postproduction team, who obviously had to try out all the visual effects of the editing program. What should be a picture disturbance seems more like a dirty cut from times in which analog tapes were used.
This 73-minutes-strip might be a thing to you if you, contrary to expectations, enjoy watching drab performers without any real world proximity fight for their lives in the most illogical way.
Conclusion: I have not seen a more bungling work out of the category "What has happened here?". At the very latest in the finale, your mouth will be open - either because you can not really grasp what you have just seen or because you believe you had a bad dream.
Yes, the film had little or perhaps even no budget. But Paranormal Activity got along with $11,000, so that's not an argument. So one searches in "11:23-09:59" in vain for acting talent, as one searches in vain for a realistic self-representation of the actors. At the latest after the first third, you no longer believe the characters' absolutely irrational actions. The script has neither substance nor backgrounds that explain the story at any point. The figures are unapproachable and appear set up (do I repeat myself?). The catastrophe gets even bigger with the postproduction team, who obviously had to try out all the visual effects of the editing program. What should be a picture disturbance seems more like a dirty cut from times in which analog tapes were used.
This 73-minutes-strip might be a thing to you if you, contrary to expectations, enjoy watching drab performers without any real world proximity fight for their lives in the most illogical way.
Conclusion: I have not seen a more bungling work out of the category "What has happened here?". At the very latest in the finale, your mouth will be open - either because you can not really grasp what you have just seen or because you believe you had a bad dream.
Shed My Skin
(2015 TV Movie)
Good try (updated 23-06-2022)
18 March 2016
EDIT 2 (23-06-2022): Even after six years, I still think this isn't a bad movie, of course not. But I've already seen a few ones doing it better (and also lots that made it worse). I'm collecting LGBTQ-related movies in an IMDb list and kindly ask other 8+ star voters to check if they've already watched the true juwels of that category.
EDIT 1 (20-09-2017): After I read another review of this film, which recommends to "let my head be examined" - because this film deserves at least an 8, if not a 10. I can not and will not leave that without a comment. The review I was reading told relatively little about the film and its plot - it was more about the real love story of two Germans. Perhaps this results in the difference. I tried to evaluate the film objectively. And based on my described below aspects of this film, it can not get any higher rating. Being an actor to play a gay person is not an easy task. And (pitily) the protagonist does not succeed at all. In many places in the film, the reactions of the actors are so incredibly irrational and exaggerated that I wonder what message the film should convey. Perhaps, with stupidities, one receives the necessary attention from his parents or lovers? Okay, it's a feature film. But that does not justify the omnipresent over-dramatization. The almost convulsive attempt to steer towards an escalation bothers me. There are many films that tell a similar story (but way better) - for example "Summer Storm", "Jongens", "North Sea Texas" and "Free Fall", just to name a few. Watch them and then we can talk again about the content quality of "Shed My Skin".
PS: You don't miss a lot if you don't watch this movie.
ORIGINAL REVIEW (18-03-2016): The film does not shrink against the offensive approach to the issue of homosexuality. Even at the present time it is still a taboo when it comes to processing in movies. Nevertheless, it largely dispenses with clichés. The video image is clear, the camera work is aimed fully at the "third-person-view".
Overall, the film is worth seeing, but some character traits appear attached and not logically concluding at scenes before and behind on. Mostly you get the feeling watching puppets acting. Coincidences are brought partly demanded, resulting chain reactions are not fully settled and the final leaves many questions unanswered. The intention of the filmmakers is recognizable, but they still seem to have not sufficiently dealt with the complex topic. The film adheres to long on trifles and loses himself slightly out of sight. Also background information are scattered only scarce.
Conclusion: A good strip which promotes tolerance, but cannot cope with the full range of "other" sexuality.
EDIT 1 (20-09-2017): After I read another review of this film, which recommends to "let my head be examined" - because this film deserves at least an 8, if not a 10. I can not and will not leave that without a comment. The review I was reading told relatively little about the film and its plot - it was more about the real love story of two Germans. Perhaps this results in the difference. I tried to evaluate the film objectively. And based on my described below aspects of this film, it can not get any higher rating. Being an actor to play a gay person is not an easy task. And (pitily) the protagonist does not succeed at all. In many places in the film, the reactions of the actors are so incredibly irrational and exaggerated that I wonder what message the film should convey. Perhaps, with stupidities, one receives the necessary attention from his parents or lovers? Okay, it's a feature film. But that does not justify the omnipresent over-dramatization. The almost convulsive attempt to steer towards an escalation bothers me. There are many films that tell a similar story (but way better) - for example "Summer Storm", "Jongens", "North Sea Texas" and "Free Fall", just to name a few. Watch them and then we can talk again about the content quality of "Shed My Skin".
PS: You don't miss a lot if you don't watch this movie.
ORIGINAL REVIEW (18-03-2016): The film does not shrink against the offensive approach to the issue of homosexuality. Even at the present time it is still a taboo when it comes to processing in movies. Nevertheless, it largely dispenses with clichés. The video image is clear, the camera work is aimed fully at the "third-person-view".
Overall, the film is worth seeing, but some character traits appear attached and not logically concluding at scenes before and behind on. Mostly you get the feeling watching puppets acting. Coincidences are brought partly demanded, resulting chain reactions are not fully settled and the final leaves many questions unanswered. The intention of the filmmakers is recognizable, but they still seem to have not sufficiently dealt with the complex topic. The film adheres to long on trifles and loses himself slightly out of sight. Also background information are scattered only scarce.
Conclusion: A good strip which promotes tolerance, but cannot cope with the full range of "other" sexuality.
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