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All About E (2015)
An illogical plot, lack of continuity, and characters who failed to make an impression.
I just didn't get All About E. Why does Johnny have such a hold over E (and she over him)? This was never really explained. On the road trip, why do houses appear on one side of the highway while the view straight ahead is just a rural landscape? Why is the turn-off to Hay somewhere between Wollongong and Melbourne, when it's actually in western NSW? Why does the clock on the wall give a different time from the one on the mobile phone? Why does Johnny believe he knows for sure where E is purely on the basis of a postcard he finds? Having arrived at what he believes to be E's hide-out (with no evidence), how does Johnny then know the way across paddocks to a tin shed (20km away) where the girls, their dog, and the gay boy, Matt, have fled? Why does the dog suddenly recover from the poisoned meat Johnny gave it? Why does a light plane suddenly appear? Why is the door of the plane open but closed a split second later? Why did the film not have any effect on me at all?
Black Water (2007)
Unrealistic, cheaply made film that is more laughable than frightening.
Two pretty young girls (one of them pregnant) and a short-sighted guy go on vacation in northern Australia, where, according to the introductory titles, both the crocodile and human populations are increasing. They just miss joining a "Black Water" fishing tour through the mangrove swamps, but a friendly guy with a gun and a tinnie (tin boat) offers to take them out himself. A large "saltie" (salt water crocodile) tips the boat over and kills the guy with the boat, so the three travellers are left stranded up a tree. The crocodile, not content with eating the guy it has just killed, terrorises the tourists, making it virtually impossible for them to salvage the boat and escape. This is a totally ridiculous, cheaply made film that is more laughable than frightening. The only thing that will come out of it is that it will unnecessarily discourage overseas tourists from coming to Australia and joining the many safe adventure experiences this country offers.