not that anybody will read this, but... there are spoilers. ^_^
this is a medium-length movie that's properly classified as a tragedy, in a sort of ironic sense.
it subverts the traditional tragedy in several ways. unlike greek and shakespearean
tragedies, it does not describe the ruin of some far-off king in a far-off time; rather, our ruined
protagonist is a modern everyday mostly-unemployed independent cartoonist and filmmaker. while he's
got friends and wit galore, he's pursuing that odd beast of love for the central part of the story.
the end does not herald the death of all of the characters involved in the tragedy. and, finally, it
subverts traditional tragedy by being defiantly unwilling to end on the emo final note that it
presents, but it instead offers a hope for the future.
as love frustrates our protagonist, he turns more and more into his music and the music of his friends,
something enabled by the titular lionshare. the lionshare has several roles. in one, it is the only
contact he has had with his lover since the date at the start of the movie; it represents her
interests and a new world that she has drawn him into. he also shares back to the community when
asked and we see him taking his lionshare gains onto cds specially marked with his lover's name. and
the fruits of the lionshare become the poisoning (and later the elevation) of a friendship; they
become the reconciliation of a son with his father; and they become part of the glue that binds
friends together. the lionshare is an environmental influence of division and togetherness.
the lionshare cruelly upends the film's other huge theme: private possession, something having value
because it's shared among a small community. at first it's benign: the protagonist and his lover are
unable to possess a copy of ghostbusters via any normal path, so they obtain it via the lionshare.
then it becomes disturbing: the friend gets mad that his work-in-progress music has been given to
the world by the protagonist, via the lionshare. a symbol of the protagonist's love, a band called
applecurry, goes mainstream and gets radio-play, upsetting the protagonist. and finally, when the
friend shares an in-joke (the "bear facts" in the film) with the lover, the protagonist insists,
"you can't have that joke. it's my joke. it's not yours." -- thus souring an already-somewhat-tense
moment.
between these deep themes are some deep continuity errors. for example, the lover (eva) downloads
the friend's (bracey)'s music from the protagonist (nick/nickorette), but then later claims that she
didn't know that nick and bracey were friends. her screen-name is defined by her love of fictitious
band applecurry, which drives nick to listen to them obsessively, but she kind of shrugs them off
when they go popular, indicating that she wasn't really this sort of devotee in the first place;
she's more of the stereotypical indie.
the moment when the tension bursts into tragedy comes as bracey's band plays a small-but-milestone
show. just as the nick, our protagonist says, "it obviously all works out" -- suddenly, the audience
hears the dreadful line from bracey, "and, and... i... met... a girl, dude. i met a girl. she is
awesome." and we know who it is, who she *has* to be. the wonderful thing that he shared with eva --
the relationship /qua/ possession -- has been shared with somebody else. and the tones of the
conversations suggest that this is going to be eva's and bracey's second or third date, something
that nick had been waiting the entire movie for. as this crushes love and possibly nick's friendship
with bracey, nick crushes any chance that eva could join his group of friends. at home, the
lionshare -- which would have fixed an ongoing issue between nick and his roommate -- falls apart
amid the roommate's comment on eva's "smoking body".
we see nick laugh under his breath, then bury his face in his hands. "you just knew it was gonna end
this way, though."
the film is not satisfied to end on this note of tragedy, though. the roommate, sensing that life
must go on, drives his friend back to the real world. "come on, man, we'll make our own." one is not
left feeling hopeless, and the seeds of long-term friendship weather the storm of emo angst.
overall grade: b. the story is great, and the themes are delicious. the dialogue is realistic and
funny but occasionally, you know, like, fuckin'... leaves something, like, to be fuckin' desired.
the camera-work is occasionally a little too gritty, shaky, or dark -- the viewer is occasionally
wondering whose viewpoint the camera is meant to represent when it's not meant to represent
anybody's, and this is an error.
fnumbers
Posted at 21/01/2010, 04:26
this movie is rubbish. so boring. it's not too bad for a first try, but my god, i was bored within
the first 15 minutes.
checkster
Posted at 21/01/2010, 11:49
omg. lol!
checkster
Posted at 21/01/2010, 11:51
Quote by 02lawsonja
Quote by phoenix2000
i am so sick and tired of hearing people talking about free free health care in canada. it is not
free, it is paid for by the tax payers, so don't waste it on frivolous unnecessary visits. same with
welfare and employment insurance. it is not free. hard working people pay for it. oh and if i hear
another person talking about those who actually work, making a lot of money able to pay for things
for them cause they have lots of money, i will scream. yes some people in this world actually have
initiative, aspirations and want to make something of themselves. i for one did not have rich
parents, so no trust fund, no inheritance. i left home when i was 18 with 100 bucks in my ass pocket
and found a job that day (back when you could). i went to school for my final year and worked. years
later i went to college for for 6 months in computer science. only course i could afford. i
struggled at the start, raised 2 step daughters and a son. i steadily increased from minimum wage to
just under 6 figures a year in 20 years. i believe in charity and helping those in need, but what i
can't stand is how those who are capable of working can justify the comment he makes good money, he
can pay for this for me. oh and don't give me this bs about we are in a recession. i do contract
work. i have gained two full time contracts this year, another contract for 200 hours i did on
evenings and weekends and supported follow up work from 3 previous contracts. both of my full time
contracts allowed for as much overtime as i could handle and i took advantage of it. i have had to
turn away work. work is out there if you want it. if you don't know how to find it, find out how,
you have the free time.
consider this logic for a moment...
in canada companies urge the government to bring educated immigrants in because there are not enough
educated people to choose from in canada.
why are there so few educated people in canada. because educated people, like me, have finally
realized that having aspirations and wanting more just means more stress, time away from family and
paying more taxes to pay mostly for lazy people who want someone else to take care of them, so why
educate yourself. why not just get by on the bare minimum?
logic dictates the government should reward those for their hard work to encourage people to get
educated and have initiative, but they are not going to do that because that is not their agenda.
hear! hear!
"frivolous unnecessary visits"?... "he makes good money"-"he can pay this"?... "why not get by on
the bare minimum" ???????? lol! this guys got his nose stuck up his ass so badly i think hes high
on it or some.
i dont know you, sir, but i'll tell u this much:
u've never had a true obsticle on your way to success in your whole life (despite what u might think
urself), and its obvious you dont appreciate all the luck that has come your way. your iq is
slightly higher than the average and u credit it (funny enough) for your winnings. u also dont know
all the work of others, making u to what u are today, and u feel everybody else ows u something,
even the ones close to u.
sir, i hope u never learn and keep spreading ur "life-learnings" to everybody around u so they all
can see what an ignorant f**k u are. gl @ the nursing home.
WhoAmIAmYou
Posted at 22/01/2010, 16:03
my dear checkster,
to avoid filling up the page with reply posts i shall not post this as i direct reply.
rule #1 when writing on the internet
nobody will read ur posts if u keep using u
rule #2
iq is an acronym and must therefore be capitalized (ironic isn't it?)
rule #3
use spell-check, ows is not a word
rule #4
at least get a job before you start talking about obstacles in life
mycophage
Posted at 25/01/2010, 23:43
yikes. i hope the author of the twatty promotional paragraph running on the main page doesn't think it will make anyone
more likely to watch the film. it's illogically constructed, barely grammatical in places, and makes the filmmaker seem self-
impressed and self-involved. if the creator of the film had anything to do with writing that paragraph, i truly fear for the
script.
dogpatchzerosix
Posted at 09/02/2010, 14:40
this film was garbage. i have never watched such a shitty movie in my entire life.
dogpatchzerosix
Posted at 09/02/2010, 14:41
Quote by drostie
not that anybody will read this, but... there are spoilers. ^_^
this is a medium-length movie that's properly classified as a tragedy, in a sort of ironic sense.
it subverts the traditional tragedy in several ways. unlike greek and shakespearean
tragedies, it does not describe the ruin of some far-off king in a far-off time; rather, our ruined
protagonist is a modern everyday mostly-unemployed independent cartoonist and filmmaker. while he's
got friends and wit galore, he's pursuing that odd beast of love for the central part of the story.
the end does not herald the death of all of the characters involved in the tragedy. and, finally, it
subverts traditional tragedy by being defiantly unwilling to end on the emo final note that it
presents, but it instead offers a hope for the future.
as love frustrates our protagonist, he turns more and more into his music and the music of his friends,
something enabled by the titular lionshare. the lionshare has several roles. in one, it is the only
contact he has had with his lover since the date at the start of the movie; it represents her
interests and a new world that she has drawn him into. he also shares back to the community when
asked and we see him taking his lionshare gains onto cds specially marked with his lover's name. and
the fruits of the lionshare become the poisoning (and later the elevation) of a friendship; they
become the reconciliation of a son with his father; and they become part of the glue that binds
friends together. the lionshare is an environmental influence of division and togetherness.
the lionshare cruelly upends the film's other huge theme: private possession, something having value
because it's shared among a small community. at first it's benign: the protagonist and his lover are
unable to possess a copy of ghostbusters via any normal path, so they obtain it via the lionshare.
then it becomes disturbing: the friend gets mad that his work-in-progress music has been given to
the world by the protagonist, via the lionshare. a symbol of the protagonist's love, a band called
applecurry, goes mainstream and gets radio-play, upsetting the protagonist. and finally, when the
friend shares an in-joke (the "bear facts" in the film) with the lover, the protagonist insists,
"you can't have that joke. it's my joke. it's not yours." -- thus souring an already-somewhat-tense
moment.
between these deep themes are some deep continuity errors. for example, the lover (eva) downloads
the friend's (bracey)'s music from the protagonist (nick/nickorette), but then later claims that she
didn't know that nick and bracey were friends. her screen-name is defined by her love of fictitious
band applecurry, which drives nick to listen to them obsessively, but she kind of shrugs them off
when they go popular, indicating that she wasn't really this sort of devotee in the first place;
she's more of the stereotypical indie.
the moment when the tension bursts into tragedy comes as bracey's band plays a small-but-milestone
show. just as the nick, our protagonist says, "it obviously all works out" -- suddenly, the audience
hears the dreadful line from bracey, "and, and... i... met... a girl, dude. i met a girl. she is
awesome." and we know who it is, who she *has* to be. the wonderful thing that he shared with eva --
the relationship /qua/ possession -- has been shared with somebody else. and the tones of the
conversations suggest that this is going to be eva's and bracey's second or third date, something
that nick had been waiting the entire movie for. as this crushes love and possibly nick's friendship
with bracey, nick crushes any chance that eva could join his group of friends. at home, the
lionshare -- which would have fixed an ongoing issue between nick and his roommate -- falls apart
amid the roommate's comment on eva's "smoking body".
we see nick laugh under his breath, then bury his face in his hands. "you just knew it was gonna end
this way, though."
the film is not satisfied to end on this note of tragedy, though. the roommate, sensing that life
must go on, drives his friend back to the real world. "come on, man, we'll make our own." one is not
left feeling hopeless, and the seeds of long-term friendship weather the storm of emo angst.
overall grade: b. the story is great, and the themes are delicious. the dialogue is realistic and
funny but occasionally, you know, like, fuckin'... leaves something, like, to be fuckin' desired.
the camera-work is occasionally a little too gritty, shaky, or dark -- the viewer is occasionally
wondering whose viewpoint the camera is meant to represent when it's not meant to represent
anybody's, and this is an error.
no, this movie gets a big ol' fail.
thepuncher
Posted at 11/02/2010, 00:30
i couldn't stand the wingeing and the horrible acting. if i was that chick, on a date with that guy,
it wouldn't be for long. i didn't make it ten minutes into this... don't put whiny, bad actors in a
long first scene if you want people to watch your movie. 0/10
jacko691
Posted at 14/02/2010, 15:43
wrong thread
dogpatchzerosix
Posted at 14/02/2010, 16:27
it appears our reviewer, drostie, is the same one who wrote the pretentious and awful description of the
movie on the home page, judging by grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, and word frequency.
