January 3, 2013

It's Such a Beautiful Day (feature version)



It's Such a Beautiful Day, 2012. Compilation of "Everything Will Be Ok," "I Am So Proud of You," and "It's Such a Beautiful Day."

Written by, directed by & starring Don Hertzfeldt.

Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 3/4 (Good)
Dialog: 4/4 (Great)
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 4/4 (Great)
Special effects/design: 4/4 (Great)
Acting: 3/4 (Good)
Music: 4/4 (Great)
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great, 4/4). Individually, these films have an excellent sense of pacing, but it's a chaotic, non-tradition pacing. When you watch one of them on its own, it's messy, but it feels right. But no editing has been done to adapt them to a feature film. They're just strung one after the other, and it doesn't really work. It's not a huge problem, and I would still give this film a 9/10 if it weren't for its redundancy. I'm able to watch them seperately, and the combined version takes a little away without adding anything, so why watch them combined?
Objective Rating (Average): 3.3/4 (Very good)

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