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Agree with everyone said, at first I read it like "Chronicle" with a funny twist. The dragon is a little bit too much but I see its purpose. One of the best.
I got a Little confused on the photo but that's me.
If anything I think you missed a few opportunities to explore the humour especially in the ending. For example, his wife could shout out 'save us Mick, he won't let us down' then we cut to the beach. Not sure they needed to die, just the village burned down, better tone.
But hell this is a OWC and some fine tuning free is always advised.
I would also see how you can cut the filming expense down to make it more achievable. It would be nice to see on screen.
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Not bad. Given the title, I expected this to be a lot more stereotypical and possibly offensive... in ways which would potentially be lost on me, not being from Ireland (I got the heritage though and travelled the country last August). Not the case.
Clever premise, and the matter-of-factness of it all works to its benefit. You could've so easily forced this and ruined it. The dragon was a little out of left field, but I went with it, and the final line paid off for me. The Guinness farts did not (thought it was corny), but that's one gag amongst many.
Not LOL funny, but I'd be lying if I said the ideas didn't work. Could work much better onscreen with a couple of decent actors. Again... not bad.
I enjoyed this one. The fart jokes didn’t really work for me, but I can see how they’d work for others. I liked the gag where Anne is the only one who can see Mick and SuperMick are the same person, though I think that joke is repeated without enough variation to really justify the repetition. One thing that struck me is that this whole town is oblivious even though Mick and SuperMick basically have the same name. It could’ve been funny to see Anne desperately trying to convince these people of the obvious, but the script never really went there the way it could have.
I also like that SuperMick pusses out when given the chance to be heroic. Could’ve been funny if, in the wake of his cowardice, people finally recognize who he is. So there were some missed opportunities, but enough there to be enjoyable.
I wish I was at Flannery's right now, drinking a pint of the black stuff with Anne, Jimmy and Mick before they got toasted by the dragon. Liked the found footage approach and the comic nature of his powers. Some minor grammar things (Son, did you see that fucking thing) is a question, but liked all the Irish slang and flavor. Cheers!
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A bit sophomoric, but a lot of good humor is. Some grammatical stuff here and there, but that didn't really bother me. The only problem for me was it took the long way to get to the payoff, which was good. So mixed emotions about this one. Still, good effort here.
Verdict: Consider, with reservations
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Well the dragon was a surprise but other than that I enjoyed this, using farts as propulsion seems a bit childish but is a good way to explain how he can fly.
As soon as the dragon entered I was hoping for a showdown between SuperMick's gas and the dragon's fire, but I liked the ending you chose.
Not as big a fan as others on this entry. The ending took a dump on my head, because everything seemed to be set up for the showdown: the much-reviled hero uses his gas-powered ability to fly into the belly of the beast. Saves the village and such. Instead, Supermick lives up to his label as a sorry bloke. I kind of get it, but I wanted to smile at the end. I guess I wanted to happy Irish ending. Don't mind me, I'm full of it. Still, a good, solid effort.
Not bad imo, although too long for what it is. The whole script shows talks about the guy everybody in town dislikes – then the payoff only proves what they said. The slight sarcastic tone was funny. Everything is just too slow and dragging in its presentation. Anyway, others seem to like it more than me, so what...
I read it again since it's my favorite - but can't understand how's that people don't get that SuperMick and Mick are the same person. Don't know why. I wish the author explains that when the names are out.
The only problem I had with this is it combines a lot of different types of humor, which can be jarring at times. The interviews with townspeople and the whole idea of no one can see through his terrible disguise leans towards tongue-in-cheek humor (which IMO is the way to go). But then you have him flying around propelled by his own farts.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for raunchy fart joke comedy but it seems out of place here. Then it ends with dark/morbid humor where he basically lets the entire town get murdered. Admittedly, I can think of plenty of raunchy comedy films that had elements of dark humor mixed in. But for a six page short it's hard to run the full gamut of comedic styles.
The writing overall is good though. The dialogue in particular is probably the best in the contest. I'm just being extra picky cuz this has a lot of potential.
Was okay, could have been stronger with a better finish. You set it up where he had the chance to be a hero but then confirmed what people thought of him, even though the regular version of him is supposed to be a top bloke. Felt like a let down.