agolddog Reviews

Revelation: The End of Days (2014– )

Spectacular in its badness

[1/10 · 4 January 2015]

Came across this night. One of those films which keeps you watching to see how much worse it can get.

As an example, the part I saw was set in New Orleans; however, the film editors were too lazy to make sure the stock footage at least wasn't *obviously* wrong. Both a police/military force with Cyrillic lettering on their uniforms and the Staples Center made an appearance.

Sigh. Fascinating in the same way a train wreck is. Which is kind of appropriate, I guess.

On the plus side, the electricity never went off despite Armageddon, so they were able to keep their laptops/cameras fully charged.

Jonah from Tonga (2014)

Didn't get it

[1/10 · 10 August 2014]

Saw the entry on the Dish program guide the other night. I'd been to Tonga a few years back, so I thought it might be interesting to see a bit more of their culture. Didn't realize it was a mockumentary.

It wasn't offensive, or shocking, or whatever they were trying to go for. Just stupid. No coherence to what was going on. Didn't feel as if there was anything authentic about the performance. Even 14 year old boys can come up with more clever dick jokes than were given here.

As jp said above, maybe it just doesn't translate well to America, and it's a riot for those in Australia. I remember thinking afterward that might've been the worst half-hour of television I'd ever witnessed.