I liked this show the best so far!

I'm going to vote for "slut mom", but I'm shallow enough to have a soft spot for Kenny!

I agree, good episode tonight.  I liked Polished alot, and Kenny's film was just so out there that I liked that one too.  I think the film was more of a controlled style over substance deal and it worked for me this week.

Love at First Shot lacked alot of direction and energy, and Mickey Mouse's Waltz with the Devil, while some of the editing work was cool, I can't help but dislike because I hate the director.  This guy just looks like such a snob and an assface and he's up there on stage sparring with Carrie Fisher.  Just shutup, dude.  

However, my lady's film was by far the best(and the best by default), so I happily voted for her.  God, she has that slight, slight accent and whenever it comes out it's like...my goodness.  Shira-Lee can be my director any time

I put emphasis on storytelling in my review of the short-films. If you can't tell a story, then style means nothing.

That said, this is what the chart looks like.

1. Polished

Best of the lot. Funny, well-told, even if it could've been tightened up editing. Great lead role and solid simple premise.

2. Beeline

Very sweet film, but it could've had a bit better delivery and perhaps better editing.

3. Love at First Shot

Pacing was a big problem. It was really well-written though but it fell through.

4. Dance with the Devil

Style over substance, and Marty should just stop arguing with the judges. It's tacky. tTe style was very impressive, but the story made him look like he was acting out a crush on Tony Scott/Guy Ritchie. The difference between Marty and Steven Spielberg is Spielberg has good stories and knows how to tell them with his style. The only thing Marty has perfected is mimicking the style of his idols.

5. Edge on the End

A truly horrible film in my book. Such pretentious wish-wash like that I thought people got over doing in high-school. I couldn't believe the judges. What utter crap. It's like the whole world has gone mad. How many art-house clichés can you fit into one 2,5 minute film? I counted. Eleven.

'Polished' was my favorite.  'Edge on the End' was terrible.  FWIW, I found out that Kenny Luby (director of Edge on the End) is the poster child for http://www.votefortheworst.com.  These assholes were the ones that kept Sanjaya on  American Idol longer than he deserved.


Phil

I thought Polished was the best. I liked Love at First Shot in the beginning, but it was stale at the end. Beeline was good, but not as good as the judges painted it to be. I don't like Marty. If he wants to prove himself, he should make short films, but I guess he feels like he's better than "all that" by making trailers. And I kept asking myself why Kenny is still there.

HA!  HA HA HA HA!!!! Mickey Mouse got the BOOT! HAAAA!  That's a big LOLERZ right there.

My goddess was safe though, so that's all that matters

As for tonight's films, here's what I thought:

Glass Eye: It took me a second to figure out what was going on, but when I did I quickly caught on and found this film to be very enjoyable.  Adding the dog in was a nice touch, though I would have skipped the stomach scene because the licking of the chops was enough to imply.  It would have made that final coverup while the dog was crapping all the more humorous.  Overall, great film.

Blood Born: I thought the general concept was great; execution not so much.  Not only that, but I agree with the judge who thought that the main guy was high the entire time.  Just so-so for me.

Sunshine Girl: Zack is definitely going to go deep.  His blend of visual effects and direction mixes well like strawberries and kiwis.  I would have taken out the drawing, as I didn't see it move the film along, and concentrated more on the girl's fear of the dark.  Overall, great film.

Lost: I gotta say, Mateen knows how to direct people.  I felt the performances were very believable, but the story was longer than the film, so it kept me on the edge.  Overall, good film.

The Orchard: Jessica's got a good vision, but the tree wasn't a character, which I think was this film's major flaw. If you told me that behind the scenes she added in the "horror film from a tree's perspective" at the last second, I'd believe you.  It was just there...it wasn't important or anything.   Look at the Giving Tree.  The tree was the main character and it was a great story...and it was just a tree.  Jessica has talent, but this film just wasn't up to par I think.

I'd say that either Jessica or Jason is going home next week.  Any idea on how they'll format it now?  Is it gonna be 4 movies each week?  Cause that kind of bums me, man.

Is Marty gone? Really? Oh joy! Now we only need to see Kenny go and this show might make sense.

I think Zach is the one to watch. He hasn't made a bad film yet. Sunshine girl was terrific, but yeah, the girl's fear of the dark could've taken up more room and be stressed as a theme. Why not have her be tugged in and her mom turning off the lights?

The Orchard wasn't very good unfortunately. I like Jessie and really feel she has potential, but there was no story. There was no end.

Glass Eye was okay. Good concept that was stretched too much. I didn't warrant three minutes of film.

Blood Born didn't work. I think people should shy away from doing these kinds of 3-minute thriller movies, because they fail for the most part. I never got that Brandon had a troubled past...

I haven't seen Lost yet.

The show is okay now. Not great, not even good, but okay. I've seen a lot worse.

I will however say that I'm beginning to really dislike Carrie Fisher.

I liked Wes Craven. I'd like to snuggle up with him in bed and tell each other spooky stories. Can't believe I said that.  

Am I the only one who feels he could make better movies than half of these guys?

There are a few standouts like Zach, Adam, Will, Andrew and Sam, but a lot of the other movies are just uninspired. I could at least, if not shoot a better film, then write it.

Makes you wonder what sort of talent was let go during the "pitch" elimination round without ever having proved themselves...

I agree with Pia that I think the show is okay now.  That's mostly in part because I discovered the 8th Wonder of the World in Shira-Lee, but yeah, the show's just okay.  Not great, not good, not horrible, just okay.

One major problem I'm finding now is that, as people have said, these movies were made months ago!  Even when they receive criticism, they can't really improve.  This stuff isn't live or anything.  Do the contestants just come to the set on Tuesdays and do nothing for the rest of the week?  

And Carrie Fisher...hmmm.  I'm wishy-washy on her.  

Did anyone notice the hostess saying that they'll be doing short horror films in a week or two?  If this is the case, then why was Wes Craven on last night?


Phil

Glass Eye was my favorite, though it took me a while. At first I thought that every time he covered his eye, his foot would move. Then I realized, and felt a little dumb.

I think Zack is really talented, but Sunshine Girl wasn't his best, and I agree that he should have developed the girl's fear of the dark more.

I was really disappointed by The Orchard. She probably would've have gotten better reception if she didn't introduce it as a horror film--- and with Wes Craven judging, too.

What took me out of Blood Born was that if this guy was a drug-user, he shouldn't have been donating blood to begin with. They wouldn't use it in transfusions. Hardly a big point, but I just kept thinking about it throughout the film.

Lost was a stand-out and it had good performances and a good end. It was my second place to Glass Eye.

I was kind of surprised Marty left; I really wanted Kenny to leave. Bummer.

I think some of these directors make the mistake of trying to tell a feature film in 3 minutes. Marty was one of them. Mateen's short had the same symptoms. the acting was great, but he can't tell a personal tale about lost love in 3 minutes by having two people sit down at a table and go "Why did you run?" and "I need to come first". It became soap-opera-esque as the judges said and was uninvolving.

A scene like that works if I KNOW the two characters and care for them beforehand. If I know what they were referencing and what they've gone through. The film tries to make the story so very intimate and personal and about these specific two people instead of a general treatise on lost love, which DEFINITELY can be done in 3 minutes.

I think a lot of people just want to do a really 'powerful' scene instead of a movie.

It reminds me a high-school film I once did about two people sitting in a café and talking. It was the worst movie of all time, by the way. I'm not kidding.

Quoted from Impulse I was really disappointed by The Orchard. She probably would've have gotten better reception if she didn't introduce it as a horror film--- and with Wes Craven judging, too.

If Jess didn't say what her short was about, I don't think anyone would've gotten it.  I probably would've thought that the guy with the saw was about to have a heart attack.  And the tree's POV was actually his heart under stress.

I was hoping she would go far, being she's a NYC girl.


Phil

I actually enjoyed this weeks's show.

It's getting better I think.

I'm voting for that skinny Canadian guy. What's his name....

Anyway, as sick as I am I had "nerve endings" as my second choice and the spermbank heist third.