Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by TA (A) on September 02, 2002 at 13:13:45

Anybody see this? Got horrible reviews all around - I mean, way worse than Scooby Doo - yet see the excerpts from Roger Ebert's reveiw (italics added). I can also think of other *bad* films that are still technically very impressive.

If the final 20 minutes had been produced by a German impressionist in the 1920s, we'd be calling it a masterpiece. All credit to director William Malone, cinematographer Christian Sebaldt, production designer Jerome Latour and art directors Regime Freise and Markus Wollersheim.

Now. Do I recommend the film? Not for the majority of filmgoers, who will listen to the dialogue, and will expect a plot, and will be angered by the film's sins against logic (I do not even mention credibility). But if you have read this far because you are intrigued, because you can understand the kind of paradox I am describing, then you might very well enjoy "feardotcom." I give the total movie two stars, but there are some four-star elements that deserve a better movie. You have to know how to look for them, but they're there.