Swordplay
Everything was really good with this movie, the plot, characters, and the amazing plot twist at the end. The only thing I felt was off, was the swordplay. It was awfully boring, it only consisted of 3 slow motion moves that weren't even deserving of slow motion. Still, this was a good film.
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as both a frequent visitor to NG and a fan of films both independent and otherwise, i went into watching this without any bias. firstly, i will tell you that i have seen a great deal of short indie movies, 99% of which are from film students. i thought your film 4 Minutes had its pros and cons. the first piece of acting we see is laughable, i hated the girl on the computer. also, the second woman in the film with the sword provided terrible acting, matched with sloppy choreography. the music and score fit nicely, although i thought when the second rap song kicks in when we're introduced to the "bad guy boss," it seemed unnecessary.. perhaps just an instrumental would have sufficed. when the third song kicked in as the good guy was sniping people with a silenced gun, that was more appropriate. the bad guy boss himself provided the audience with mediocre acting capabilities, although his performance seemed Oscar-worthy compared to the false contact. --- here's the thing, the short film gave us some action sequences and rap music, but where's the substance? there was never a reason at all for me to care about the good guy or the bad guy.. so this guy in a mask is killing guys at a pool with guns, so? for all i know, the man on the cell phone was actually an okay guy. you need to make us GIVE A SHIT about the lead character. even a 35-second flashback of how the bad guy killed the good guy's girlfriend would be better than nothing at all. there was never a moment where i felt the murders were justified, or that justice was served. and the twist at the end, that didn't move me either.. because i never cared about any of the characters, good or bad. --- another point i'll give you is this - i see you made the point of saying DON'T BLAM THIS JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CARTOON. look, whether it says it in the official ToS or not, cartoon flash animations are indeed the reason why people come to this site. you may not find official documentation saying so, but it is anyway. and it would be ridiculous for you to get distraught over submitting something non-flash to a flash community and seeing it not do well. i understand both parts of the film passed the save/blam threshold.. but any active member of NG will tell you that saved submissions with high scores mean very little nowadays. groups of people submit shitty flash animations all the time, and get 100 of their friend to vote 5 and it gets rave reviews, although everyone else hates them. just a tip.
great job!
Wow! This is is pretty awesome! Although I haven't seen video on NG...
Omg I don't people can read!! It says on the authors comments that he had to reduce the sound and video quality to be able to get it onto NG. Pshh people!
9/10
5/5
It was alright...
The fight scene with the girl with the samurai sword and the hero with the broom to me was horribly choreographed, and the samurai girl was smiling throughout the entire part she was in. She looked like she didnt even want to be in the movie. I thought the storyline was alright, a tad bit on the cliche side. Overall though, it's a lot better than what most people could do on here so ya get a 7/10. It was a good effort and slightly entertaining. At the end of the movie when the chick that was a traitor was leaving I was hoping that when she opened the door, that the hero was going to be there and shoot her. Alternate ending maybe? Heh anyways I'd like to see more movies from you.
This wasen't quite as good as it could of been.
I think alot more planning could of been put into this. The camera was very poor quality and of course the poor sound quality is going to effect the score.
Generally I wasn't very entertaining.
good luck.