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Ulrich11's rating
Assessments lacks any wit, or even the remotest morsel of humour, making it so serious you'll find it hard not to vomit from the odours of over-confidence and directorial arrogance, somehow synchronised with poor narrative and over-reliance on pretty images.
Shots are seemingly composed for the sake of aesthetics rather than meaning- a sure sign of a film empty from any real message or philosophy.
Whilst the none linear narrative is all very well if lacking justification, other than to hide what is in fact an incredibly bland story, it does nothing to change the feeling, meaning, or two dimensional characters of Assessments. Worse is the direction, which in fact seems to have taken a back seat to an over ambitious set of nonsensical visuals. The little direction there is to speak of wreaks of indecision and inability, and the inexperienced cast are used badly.
And yet, what really stands out as the worst attribute of an overall very poor short, is its complete lack of either depth or intelligence. Simple movies are fine, when that's what they are; but this is a simple movie dressed up to be something else. At its heart Assessments is pretentious, with unfulfilled aspirations of being a comment, or even just an observation, of youth emotion. Its tone is thoughtful, and yet it is quite thoughtless. Avoid.
Shots are seemingly composed for the sake of aesthetics rather than meaning- a sure sign of a film empty from any real message or philosophy.
Whilst the none linear narrative is all very well if lacking justification, other than to hide what is in fact an incredibly bland story, it does nothing to change the feeling, meaning, or two dimensional characters of Assessments. Worse is the direction, which in fact seems to have taken a back seat to an over ambitious set of nonsensical visuals. The little direction there is to speak of wreaks of indecision and inability, and the inexperienced cast are used badly.
And yet, what really stands out as the worst attribute of an overall very poor short, is its complete lack of either depth or intelligence. Simple movies are fine, when that's what they are; but this is a simple movie dressed up to be something else. At its heart Assessments is pretentious, with unfulfilled aspirations of being a comment, or even just an observation, of youth emotion. Its tone is thoughtful, and yet it is quite thoughtless. Avoid.