Saw this at a screening in Toronto, Canada on Sep. 22, 2011, where the director was in attendance.
The visuals were quite good, especially the use of time-lapse and wide angle lenses. But the scripted dialogue, imitating a radio call-in show, was abominable, to the point of the person beside me whispering "Is it just me or is the dialogue really corny?".
I think the film will be appealing to those with an interest in seeing the goings on of a day in Toronto, but it may find limited appeal elsewhere.
Unless...
Unless the dialogue is totally redone.
Redone as in completely gutting the über-phony radio host with painful "radio guy" voice, and sans amateurish callers-in. Speaking of which, it was a bit suspicious how they all had the exact same tonal quality, i.e., obviously altered EQ settings attempting to emulate the "phone sound".
The visuals were quite good, especially the use of time-lapse and wide angle lenses. But the scripted dialogue, imitating a radio call-in show, was abominable, to the point of the person beside me whispering "Is it just me or is the dialogue really corny?".
I think the film will be appealing to those with an interest in seeing the goings on of a day in Toronto, but it may find limited appeal elsewhere.
Unless...
Unless the dialogue is totally redone.
Redone as in completely gutting the über-phony radio host with painful "radio guy" voice, and sans amateurish callers-in. Speaking of which, it was a bit suspicious how they all had the exact same tonal quality, i.e., obviously altered EQ settings attempting to emulate the "phone sound".