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Campus Radio (2011)
Independent film in central Texas
Campus Radio, director Aaron James Sorensen's second film. Now i'd like to dive right in on what i felt. The movie's pace seems to be pretty slow for the most part. It wasn't til the last 20 minutes did it begin to really pick up. I believe the ending should've ended when Xavier played Tommy's song on the radio. It would've been a pretty powerful ending instead of dragging on to the wedding part afterwards, though i think the scenes after "69 days later" should've been during the credits, edited a little quicker and off to the side while the credits rolled. The scenes with the uncle and his *SPOILER ALERT* death should've probably been cut out. It didn't really add much to the story, and it kinda dragged the movie. I think with doing that it could've blossomed more on Xavier's relationship with Tommy, Jolene and the band, and Zach and Dava. To me the key scenes are when Xavier is with Jolene, there was something sweet between them. Also him with Tommy, and Zach and Dava's relationship. The soundtrack was good, and the scene when Tommy played her song to Xavier was great and if the movie wanted to go more in the direction of dramatic territory, like when Xavier confronts the band after finding out he was fired, would've been fine and added more to the experience. You actually kinda felt bad for him. All in all with the right cuts and direction in this film, i believe it could be a great little indie with heart in the vein of Wes Anderson's "Rushmore."