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maddox0404
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Fave films: Scream quadrilogy, Elephant, Brokeback Mountain, There Will Be Blood, Donnie Darko, The Talented Mr Ripley, Doubt, No Country for Old Men, The Dark Knight, Dogville, Milk, Mysterious Skin, The Shawshank Redemption...etc etc etc
Fave authors: Neil Gaiman, Michael Marshall Smith, Stephen King, Armistead Maupin...
Fave music: Absolutely adore Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman, Bjork...that sort of thing :)
Fave TV: Six Feet Under, Damages, The X-Files, The 4400, Dexter, Brothers and Sisters, Fringe, Supernatural...and so on...
Fave authors: Neil Gaiman, Michael Marshall Smith, Stephen King, Armistead Maupin...
Fave music: Absolutely adore Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette, Tracy Chapman, Bjork...that sort of thing :)
Fave TV: Six Feet Under, Damages, The X-Files, The 4400, Dexter, Brothers and Sisters, Fringe, Supernatural...and so on...
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Island (2007)
Subtle build of atmosphere, but ultimately fruitless
28 August 2008 - 1 out of 2 users found this review helpful.
Caught this by accident in the wee hours of the morning on Channel 4 (great to see they're showing more shorts by the way!)
OK, so here's the good: slow and creeping sense of foreboding, helped by an ideal location for a horror film and some particularly sinister buildings. I also thought the ending shot was a great idea for the end.
The bad: very thin and predictable plot line. Absolutely nothing new to say to the audience.
And the ugly: ultimately, this seemed like the location came first followed by an empty script simply to make use of the island. It's a shame, because it felt like it was building - only it didn't go very far.
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