Heard this was screening at the Produced by Conference and was intrigued by the premise. Wow. Anyone with a modicum of talent or legitimate film experience will quickly dismiss this bogus, biblical blivit. I'm sure the director is a hell of a nice guy, but 'Lucifer' more closely resembles a particularly bad, mid 90's PC game than the foundation for a proposed a big budget feature.
While the notion of a movie from the devil's POV is not God awful, the execution is (dare I continue the bad puns) a sin. From the laughable casting of Samantha's boyfriend to the clichéd dialogue and poorly integrated CG, the creative choices throughout 'Lucifer' are derivative and simply...wrong. An impossibly ambitious milieu, it's kind of like watching a tone-deaf, American Idol try-out attempt to tackle a Whitney Houston song. Nothing about this short exemplifies talent or an original perspective. Even the presentation credit is a mash up of other established production company logos.
Lucifer certainly feels self funded and was clearly not cheap in spite of it's innumerable shortcomings. Should Mr. Briggs wish to continue in film, I recommend he stick with merely writing the checks.
While the notion of a movie from the devil's POV is not God awful, the execution is (dare I continue the bad puns) a sin. From the laughable casting of Samantha's boyfriend to the clichéd dialogue and poorly integrated CG, the creative choices throughout 'Lucifer' are derivative and simply...wrong. An impossibly ambitious milieu, it's kind of like watching a tone-deaf, American Idol try-out attempt to tackle a Whitney Houston song. Nothing about this short exemplifies talent or an original perspective. Even the presentation credit is a mash up of other established production company logos.
Lucifer certainly feels self funded and was clearly not cheap in spite of it's innumerable shortcomings. Should Mr. Briggs wish to continue in film, I recommend he stick with merely writing the checks.
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