Inspired by the reggae band Psycho Key, a Caribbean weed farmer journeys beyond his home in the St. Lucia mountains in search of spiritual wisdom.Inspired by the reggae band Psycho Key, a Caribbean weed farmer journeys beyond his home in the St. Lucia mountains in search of spiritual wisdom.Inspired by the reggae band Psycho Key, a Caribbean weed farmer journeys beyond his home in the St. Lucia mountains in search of spiritual wisdom.
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Umm...what did I just watch?
So much for spiritual discovery! Did I have to be intoxicated to appreciate this? I appreciate independent film making, I really do – but this isn't easy cinema viewing for one who hasn't got drugs circulating around in their system. In fact it's absolutely horrible. After all that isn't what cinema is about. You can make a movie trippy for intoxicated viewers, but it still has to be enjoyable for the sober; there are lots of critically acclaimed drug based films that do this and lots of people like them. Harvest does not do this, Harvest is boring regardless if you're intoxicated or sober.
The story is about a man who lives in secluded hills on an island in St. Lucia territory seeking personal and spiritual wisdom. It doesn't really go anywhere. The spiritual discovery element relies too much on trippy 1960's-esque visuals and relatively modern reggae music by Psycho Key. If one were intoxicated it isn't soothing and serene, but bland and uninteresting. Viewing this movie sober you really don't gain anything at all.
To simply put it, there is no story. You only get to see about three to five minutes of story and then ten minutes of music footage. Some scenes had potential to build story and character; for an example when our two leads are stuck in middle of the ocean and panic...only to smoke weed and enter a music montage scene. Hmm...but it isn't just that one scene; it's the whole film. Any part of the script where the creators could have developed something threw it all away instead of going somewhere with it, replacing it with trippy visuals and music footage.
There were only three characters and they are completely rushed. The protagonist visits his beloved mother where we are introduced to a woman who supposedly became wise raising so many children. Do we see it? No. All the characters seem overly rushed. The main character at one point says "To escape from ghetto life, George sold his soul to the army. What he never imagined was that he would find himself swimming for his life" well, in this circumstance joining the army is a more productive life style than getting stuck at sea and the only conclusion to have is smoking pot. In a very biased attitude, a soldier is saved by hippies and then abandons his military position. How droll and immature.
I like a film based on drugs and trippyness incorporated into it but I prefer characters, story and meaning behind a film instead of mindless acid trip-like scenes constantly occurring for sixty minutes that are actually quite generic. No inventive drug related cinematic style what-so-ever; it is insipid as one would find in a low budget music video. The creators didn't completely fail but they sure could have gone to some more effort.
Another bone to pick with this film is that there is more footage of Psycho Key than there is footage of story and characters. Perhaps I have too much of a strict attitude of cinema but this film did not move me and in all honesty I don't think it would if I were high either. The worst thing about this film is that five minutes was made into an hour and hour was made into two minutes with narration of the main character summarizing the aftermath of his journey which was, let me see, leaving his home, entering a village to see his family, go to a party, then get stuck at sea. That's it. So much for spiritual discovery! What a ridiculous film. In fact this movie is so inept I'm laughing about it as I conclude this review.
The story is about a man who lives in secluded hills on an island in St. Lucia territory seeking personal and spiritual wisdom. It doesn't really go anywhere. The spiritual discovery element relies too much on trippy 1960's-esque visuals and relatively modern reggae music by Psycho Key. If one were intoxicated it isn't soothing and serene, but bland and uninteresting. Viewing this movie sober you really don't gain anything at all.
To simply put it, there is no story. You only get to see about three to five minutes of story and then ten minutes of music footage. Some scenes had potential to build story and character; for an example when our two leads are stuck in middle of the ocean and panic...only to smoke weed and enter a music montage scene. Hmm...but it isn't just that one scene; it's the whole film. Any part of the script where the creators could have developed something threw it all away instead of going somewhere with it, replacing it with trippy visuals and music footage.
There were only three characters and they are completely rushed. The protagonist visits his beloved mother where we are introduced to a woman who supposedly became wise raising so many children. Do we see it? No. All the characters seem overly rushed. The main character at one point says "To escape from ghetto life, George sold his soul to the army. What he never imagined was that he would find himself swimming for his life" well, in this circumstance joining the army is a more productive life style than getting stuck at sea and the only conclusion to have is smoking pot. In a very biased attitude, a soldier is saved by hippies and then abandons his military position. How droll and immature.
I like a film based on drugs and trippyness incorporated into it but I prefer characters, story and meaning behind a film instead of mindless acid trip-like scenes constantly occurring for sixty minutes that are actually quite generic. No inventive drug related cinematic style what-so-ever; it is insipid as one would find in a low budget music video. The creators didn't completely fail but they sure could have gone to some more effort.
Another bone to pick with this film is that there is more footage of Psycho Key than there is footage of story and characters. Perhaps I have too much of a strict attitude of cinema but this film did not move me and in all honesty I don't think it would if I were high either. The worst thing about this film is that five minutes was made into an hour and hour was made into two minutes with narration of the main character summarizing the aftermath of his journey which was, let me see, leaving his home, entering a village to see his family, go to a party, then get stuck at sea. That's it. So much for spiritual discovery! What a ridiculous film. In fact this movie is so inept I'm laughing about it as I conclude this review.
- buddypatrick
- Jul 10, 2009
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