one of the joys of subscribing to filmink magazine are the little extras they occasionally offer. this week i received an email inviting me to attend a 'test screening' of a work-in-progress aussie film. despite the fact that most australians do not like their own country's movies, i am an ardent supporter of aussie films. some are crap but mostly our movies are pretty good (and i'm talking the locally made product, not the big budget stuff that is made by hollywood studios and called 'australian' just because it was filmed here.) sadly the one miss e and i went to see today will never be a screen gem (unless they can magically remake it...) i'm not sure i want to name names but it has the number '6000' and the words 'miles' & 'hollywood' in it's title. it was utter crap. admittedly it was a rough cut. we were told to ignore the technical side, they wanted our responses to the characters and storyline. to cut a long story short, i had a wee nap. it was just awful. the acting was possibly the worst i've ever seen, the characters were stereotypes and caricatures, there was too much music, it tried too hard to be a quirky aussie comedy, the storyline was very disjointed with little background as to how the characters came to be in the story. it seemed that everyone at the screening felt the same way. we were given a questionnaire to fill in and then were asked to voice our opinions. at first, nobody said much but once the floodgates opened, everybody put in their two cents worth. if i see this one coming to the local cinema i will eat my words, but until then...
apart from that it was a very nice 18 dog day. it is still raining but that means i got to wear my purple coat which has been hiding in the cupboard for some time.
