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AvatarJustin
Reviewed on March 15th, 2010

Decent shooting - great camera. I like the music. Think the ending is a great twist as well. Story is pretty basic, and it feels like it's got some filler even at only 30 seconds, but all in all enjoyable and made better with the twist.

Avatarbeobug
Reviewed on March 15th, 2010

Nice and simple with a great ending and im loving the choncords :) Definatly my favorite of the heavyweights
great film
matt

Avatarcarolinedennis
Reviewed on March 15th, 2010

I loved this. I was watching this, and it was definitely an "Oh, no... you've got to be kidding me" moment. I was racing through my mind all the things this could possibly be, and I have to say, the blowing of a nose didn't come up.
I really liked the choice of shots you used, however, that being said, my only real criticism is that a few of the shots were a little bit shaky and I found it distracting. Try stabilizing them a little more?
Otherwise, I absolutely loved it. It emotionally disturbed me. In a good way.

AvatarHLR II
Reviewed on March 15th, 2010

Love LOVE LOVE flight of the conchords!!! Oh i soooo thought you were going for something else... which is what you wanted of course. Danielle you rock!!! good to see you in the heavies. In the very begining I thought you were going for a guy taking the dump -- man you sure have been loving the bathroom lately (past shorts) eh? Thank you for submitting danielle!

AvatarHLR II
Reviewed on March 15th, 2010

And I just watched it again -- i loved the vary shots ( the slow crooked pans) the rack focus in - besides being funny this shows some maturity (evolution if you will) in your "career here at filmfights." :)

Avatarthemattcastro
Reviewed on March 16th, 2010

Pretty good delivery. You went for an entirely different kind of intense here then the other heavyweights!

Avatarcakebakejake
Reviewed on March 16th, 2010

This was beautifully shot, and I love the black and white. Even though the song fit very well, you shouldn't use copy written music! If someone was going to feature this on an ad revenue based internet show, they wouldn't be able to because you don't own the music. Funny premise, I laughed at the way the actor pulled the toilet paper off the roll. But the ending was a little subtle considering the build up. You could have gone even more over the top. But, in the top 3 this week.

AvatarBalls
Reviewed on March 16th, 2010

Hm, I'm not smart enough to get this as well as the others. Strange.

AvatarJames Dierx
Reviewed on March 16th, 2010

As soon as I heard Flight Of The Conchords I knew it was going to be good. Hilarious.

☆☆☆ 3/4

AvatarSometimes Mike
Reviewed on March 16th, 2010

I'm sad this was late -- it's very clever.

You guys are great at the slow paced subtle comedy which I think is great, but don't know that it grabs the votes of the Filmfights audience as well as something like the Recyculator will. SometimesFunny has the same problem.

A lot of people liked the music choice, but I thought it was a bit obvious, and also kinda 'sneaky' as it's a comedy song. Sexy bass might have been better. I'm all about your guys films, keep it up amigo!

Avatarmillertime83
Reviewed on March 17th, 2010

I liked the "twist" at the end. The use of music, slow focus, and choice of black and white suited this well. I'm not sure, though, if it was quite as "Over the Top" as some of the other videos.

Avatarloveislbind2all
Reviewed on March 18th, 2010

I agree that the biggest problem with this is the music. It was literally the first thing we added at random. The good news is that it's easy to replace with something different.
I'm not so sure about copyright issues because if someone wanted to use it, they would contact the submitter for permission to use it and for them take off the music and replace it with something not copyrighted.
I do <3 flight of the concords though, and this song was just too good to pass up.

It isn't as "over the top" as I thought it would be, but it still has a dramatic feel.

Thanks for all of the awesome reviews you guys! <3

AvatarJeremy
Reviewed on March 21st, 2010

That was cool abbreviation of the FF intro. Love the Flight of the Concords! Great depth of field. Must be a good camera, lens. Not sure I love the B&W. Ha, nice take3 on "Business time". Fit the fight, well. Was not as "over the top" as some entries, bu Ti really liked it.

AvatarVolatile Productions
Reviewed on March 22nd, 2010

I think going with black and white helps make this entry stand out a bit more, and I just thought I'd mention I've been to the real St Ives. Twice. teehee

AvatarLivethislifestudios
Reviewed on March 26th, 2010

The audio fit the mood of the video, black and white work very well for it. loved the twist ending, hope to see more of your videos.
-Larry

AvatarJohnnieKelley
Reviewed on March 27th, 2010

I strait up loved this film! The camera work was beautiful and it worked amazing with the black and white. I thought this was hillarious and i laughed really hard first time watching it haha :D

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