This is one of James' best films ever! The story is great, the acting ain't cheesy, and there isn't really any bad special effects, which I get, this was his seinor project, but it just doesn't feel cinemassacre you know? With most of his films, they seem like full on b or low budget movies, which they are, and they are done like that on purpose, but with this, it shows he can really try! This is one cinemassacre film I can recommend to just about everyone, as it isn't internationally bad. All in all I really love this short film! I wish he continued with more episodes and not just repurpose this one as one film.
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An uncharacteristically moody/atmospheric short with a bonus.
patrickhauber6 April 2016
James Rolfe, aka the Angry Video game Nerd, aka Board James, aka comrade to all true-hearted Millennial homespun artists of all kinds, really nailed it here, in my humble opinion. As opposed to the hilariously bad, ragey, yet somehow endearing AVGN shorts, and James's other campy horror stuff, this is something I'd truly call an atmospheric, non-ironic film.
It's something I'm sure we'd all like to see more of from James Rolfe.
That said, the film is a not-too-dark horror short with a bunch of heart. I say heart not because of the content itself, but because it feels so very much like the stuff of Twilight Zonia that James so obviously loves. Interesting, realistic characters, otherworldly subjects, dark settings, the forest, the wild of the universe, the unknown--all these wrap up into a nice vignette of scare. But the surprise might be the zeitgeist that James just nailed here. Legend of the Blue Hole is a youthful slice of the times--baggy jeans, white t-shirts, urban myths, camp fires, wry dry boy-girl chitchat, long hair, Green Day (well maybe not Green Day, but it fits)...and much more importantly...hmm...so much that I can't quite describe. And it's all seamless, not because it was engineered, but because it grew that way.
Really good job James. 9/10.
It's something I'm sure we'd all like to see more of from James Rolfe.
That said, the film is a not-too-dark horror short with a bunch of heart. I say heart not because of the content itself, but because it feels so very much like the stuff of Twilight Zonia that James so obviously loves. Interesting, realistic characters, otherworldly subjects, dark settings, the forest, the wild of the universe, the unknown--all these wrap up into a nice vignette of scare. But the surprise might be the zeitgeist that James just nailed here. Legend of the Blue Hole is a youthful slice of the times--baggy jeans, white t-shirts, urban myths, camp fires, wry dry boy-girl chitchat, long hair, Green Day (well maybe not Green Day, but it fits)...and much more importantly...hmm...so much that I can't quite describe. And it's all seamless, not because it was engineered, but because it grew that way.
Really good job James. 9/10.
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