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There Comes a Knocking (2019)
Beautiful looking film, but the premise needs work.
This is not a bad short film. It's good. The cinematography and lighting were an easy 10/10 for me and this whole thing was clearly a high quality project.
However, my biggest gripe is with the narrative. First off, I know it's hard to create a lot of substance in nine minutes. But for me, this story is full of cliches that I've seen before and doesn't even try to present things in any new way.
It's just the whole "grieving character brings a creepy object into the house which makes scary things start happening" story has been done so many times before. Maybe I'm being too harsh and maybe the filmmakers were trying to do more than just that, but that's the general interpretation I got from it.
So overall, it's not bad. People also need to keep in mind that it's a proof of concept so it's unfair to be too hard on it. And to be honest, I don't think it deserves the 1/10 ratings that it's getting. I will be on the lookout to see if this gets turned into a feature someday.
Tranquility - An Independent Film (2021)
Unfortunately, you have to look at it for what it is
The headline is pretty self explanatory. After watching the film I decided to do a quick search of the director & cast, and learned that the director had to have been at least 16 or 17 years old when this film was in production.
For what it is, the film wasn't bad, but not great. It sheds light on mental health concerns and how loss can severely mess someone up. Atmosphere was probably the best thing about the film. It was dark, gloomy, depressing, and really did match the story and what I think it was trying to do.
So again, for a group of high-schoolers, it's fine. If you go in expecting it to be a regular indie film or higher, you will hate it. You just need to be mature about how you look at it and realize it was made by kids.
Locke (2013)
Just captivating and organic
Tom Hardy shows why he's one of the best. I know something like this would be very hard to write and keep interesting, which makes it all the more impressive. Ivan's arc shows what can really happen with just one wrong mistake and how there isn't a happy ending to an awful situation like this.
The entire story is presented through various phone calls from his family, coworkers, and bosses as he drives 90 miles an hour trying to get to the hospital for a woman he slept with who is now about to give birth to his child. Some of it was a bit tough to watch because it felt a little too real. If there's something that anyone can take away from this film, is that the quick pleasure is not always worth it.