Pros: Diverse and talented cast that do their absolute best with the material provided, and they seem to be having fun.
Cons: Pretty much everything else from a film-making standpoint.
Every character is pushed too far to the caricature level. A little goofiness and comic relief can be fine, but it is overdone for cheap laughs here.
The spinning camera angles during conversations was nauseating.
The plot is supposed to be about Molly finding herself, but I feel like I know next to nothing about her after the movie is over. There needed to be more time developing her character before going to Burning Man so we could see an actual transformation. It seemed odd to make Molly a veteran Burner, when it would have been so much more interesting to see Burning Man from the eyes of a virgin Burner. I thought the use of words flying around on screen to introduce characters, as opposed to filming something, was all-in-all lazy. It's a visual medium. Show, don't tell.
The sets and props are very poor and lackluster. Burning Man is such a unique environment. It would have been nice to see more representation of the playa than just a few booths behind the same multi-colored curtains. It feels claustrophobic. Considering some of the epic art displays, it was also a bit disappointing that the prop that seemed to have the most effort put into it was the tiny autonomous car.
The music and lyrics at their best gave me earworms. I liked the repeated "What have you heard about Burning Man?" the first few times, but it is overused in practically every song. The songs all feel very similar, and don't try to do anything all that unique or daring. This is supposed to be a movie about one of the largest creative festivals in the world, but I feel like I just listened to someone's kitchen table demo tape.
Also, this film needs a seizure warning for some of the visual effects at the beginning.
Cons: Pretty much everything else from a film-making standpoint.
Every character is pushed too far to the caricature level. A little goofiness and comic relief can be fine, but it is overdone for cheap laughs here.
The spinning camera angles during conversations was nauseating.
The plot is supposed to be about Molly finding herself, but I feel like I know next to nothing about her after the movie is over. There needed to be more time developing her character before going to Burning Man so we could see an actual transformation. It seemed odd to make Molly a veteran Burner, when it would have been so much more interesting to see Burning Man from the eyes of a virgin Burner. I thought the use of words flying around on screen to introduce characters, as opposed to filming something, was all-in-all lazy. It's a visual medium. Show, don't tell.
The sets and props are very poor and lackluster. Burning Man is such a unique environment. It would have been nice to see more representation of the playa than just a few booths behind the same multi-colored curtains. It feels claustrophobic. Considering some of the epic art displays, it was also a bit disappointing that the prop that seemed to have the most effort put into it was the tiny autonomous car.
The music and lyrics at their best gave me earworms. I liked the repeated "What have you heard about Burning Man?" the first few times, but it is overused in practically every song. The songs all feel very similar, and don't try to do anything all that unique or daring. This is supposed to be a movie about one of the largest creative festivals in the world, but I feel like I just listened to someone's kitchen table demo tape.
Also, this film needs a seizure warning for some of the visual effects at the beginning.