This is really, really bad. It's fascinatingly bad. Video projects I made in my seventh grade Spanish class had better cinematography than this incomprehensibly, nauseatingly bad "film."
Now, I revel in bad movies. I had long considered "Jan-Gel: The Beast from the East" or its sequel "The Beast Returns" the worst movies ever. But the redeeming thing about those stirring films is that you can hear the dialogue. In Ax'Em there's a constant screeching and the occasional f-word that rises nearly intelligibly from the mass of noise that is like listening to pigs and whales having an argument in an aquarium. When the characters walked into focus about six feet from the camera, I could almost hear what they were saying. Unfortunately these shining moments of dialogue occurred during mundane conversations about whether the characters were still going up to the place in the country that weekend. Then later on, there was another almost audible joke that was very, very long, and very, very not worth the straining of my ears. And that's about it for my understanding about what was said.
And it was offensive! Not just to my intelligence, but to African Americans!At times, it was like an old Betty Boop cartoon or some other cartoon from the '30s. I wish I could articulate my feelings on this aspect of the movie, but my words, just like the words of the characters, fail me.
I just watched it last night, and I can't remember whether I managed to watch it all the way through. I just need to mention in passing a few more highlights: the appearance of the guy with the clapboard (really? A clapboard? That would imply that they shot more than one take), the sudden screeching to the halt of a car that had "run out of gas," the girl tripping twice while standing still, the looping of another girl running through the woods (yes, as soon as she exited the shot, they repeated it), a random character walking through a vacant house shouting "I just want to use your phone!" Mark Wahlberg-ly over and over again to no one, stifled laughter during events of mayhem, et cetera, et cetera.
I do recommend it, though. It's inspirational: You too could make a movie!
Now, I revel in bad movies. I had long considered "Jan-Gel: The Beast from the East" or its sequel "The Beast Returns" the worst movies ever. But the redeeming thing about those stirring films is that you can hear the dialogue. In Ax'Em there's a constant screeching and the occasional f-word that rises nearly intelligibly from the mass of noise that is like listening to pigs and whales having an argument in an aquarium. When the characters walked into focus about six feet from the camera, I could almost hear what they were saying. Unfortunately these shining moments of dialogue occurred during mundane conversations about whether the characters were still going up to the place in the country that weekend. Then later on, there was another almost audible joke that was very, very long, and very, very not worth the straining of my ears. And that's about it for my understanding about what was said.
And it was offensive! Not just to my intelligence, but to African Americans!At times, it was like an old Betty Boop cartoon or some other cartoon from the '30s. I wish I could articulate my feelings on this aspect of the movie, but my words, just like the words of the characters, fail me.
I just watched it last night, and I can't remember whether I managed to watch it all the way through. I just need to mention in passing a few more highlights: the appearance of the guy with the clapboard (really? A clapboard? That would imply that they shot more than one take), the sudden screeching to the halt of a car that had "run out of gas," the girl tripping twice while standing still, the looping of another girl running through the woods (yes, as soon as she exited the shot, they repeated it), a random character walking through a vacant house shouting "I just want to use your phone!" Mark Wahlberg-ly over and over again to no one, stifled laughter during events of mayhem, et cetera, et cetera.
I do recommend it, though. It's inspirational: You too could make a movie!