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AvatarDowNINwardSpiral
Reviewed on December 25th, 2005

I liked the editing on this one

good story behind it

was hoping for a more \"fullfilling\" ending, though I\'m not sure what it would be

I wonder if you will win being the only LW

ponder that one

peace

-Kyle

AvatarJeremy
Reviewed on December 25th, 2005

i thought this was oretty good. im not sure why it was LW as opposed to some of the others that made HW. late maybe? idk, anyway. i lied alot of the music and sound effects in this. the actual sound from the footage needed some work. filler noice, volume, transistions, ect. you could hear everything good, tho. i would have definately tightened up the begining. it was done really cool, but a little long for this length of film. overall pretty nice film.

AvatarAKLPhilo
Reviewed on December 26th, 2005

Um, was this an ad for Chevy trucks? Please don\'t use the Kill Bill music again, I love it as much as everyone else but it\'s way too overused.

Avatarcoolerjohnny
Reviewed on December 27th, 2005

wow! awesome movie guys! i love Riverbend Films! How come this dint make HW, its clearly the best!!!!!

tizzles!!!

~Johnny!

AvatarJustin
Reviewed on December 28th, 2005

Slow motion intros aren't really my thing. They're okay if there's some titles or text going over them, but slowmotion for the sake of slow motion is time consuming!

That's a lot of spinning around the truck - another thing that could be cut down.

That little kid has some nice ninja moves. Good spinning, I like the shot where the Jewish guy says "Let's go!" - nice motion on the camera.

Hah, totally owned by the garage door.

I like your zooms in this, they're quick and effective.

Driving around with a gun in suburbia sounds like a fun way to get the cops called on your asses, heh.

Fun movie, I liked it, good energy, could have been cut down a tad at the start but that's my only quibble. Sound wasn't great but at least I could hear it.

Avatarrocket21
Reviewed on December 28th, 2005

I\'m not sure why you were lightweighted, but this was one of my favorite movies of the fight.

Avatarkimber353
Reviewed on December 28th, 2005

awesome movie guyzzz!!!! wonder why it isn\'t Heavy Weight tho!!!!????

Avataruugh
Reviewed on December 28th, 2005

Why is this a lightweight? It is better than most of the Heavies! Definately one of the top 3 entries in all.

Avatarjulesnathan
Reviewed on January 6th, 2006

RIVERBEND FILMS

Hmmmmm.... RIVERBEND FILMS. Where do I begin? Let\'s start with something nice. Good job stereotyping. A lot of people wouldn\'t want to show an American grabbing his gun and shooting the dirty jew and terrorist Arab but you have given us a slice of real truth here. Thank you.

On to the technical aspects, which were not as good. Acting was bad but expectedly so and I can give you no hints in this department other than maybe find some actors. Audio could be changed quite a bit, other than using pop music and stealing the kill Bill soundtrack and using it ugh... way too many times. It\'s important for you to realize when to cut and extend audio. You had bits and pieces of unnecassary audio like during the slo-motion driving sequence he starts to say something and is cut off, but there shouldnt be any audio from him there, whereas when he screams \"Nooooooo\" you cut off the scream and even if you do cut the shot, you need to extend the audio. That was crappy.

The camera work wasn\'t shaky at least. You could frame your shots better, really plan them out and think about the story you\'re telling next time. Try incorperating Close up shots, as they really sell your movie. Especially with the lack of closure on your dead Arab. The American just traipses past the dead body and moves on to the jew. Now, I thought your premise was potentially funny, an Arab and a Jew steal a Christmas tree. Why? And why don\'t we find out Chris-Master\'s name in the movie? Basically you made an insulting piece which I found to be ill-planned and while I was not personally offended, it shows a lack of consideration on your part. There are many Jews who do not wear a kippah (the hat) around, and there are many Arabs especially the ones in America who do not wear Turbans. SO basically fire your art department.

I\'m not looking for an apology here because you do not owe me one, but seriously next time you pick up a camera and make a movie, think about your reputation before you enter into an online contest where there may be Jews and Arabs viewing your film and thinking that this is what Americans find funny or Patriotic or entertaining, because I am American and found it dull, witless, boring, cliched and inappropriate. Way to celebrate the \"birth of Jesus\" with your degredation and hatred

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