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LBP Cinema Reviews! #2 "The Day I Changed The World (Movie)" Genre-Psyco Drama http://lbp.me/v/zk1n2f In this movie you watch Andrew explain his problems to a father. Andrew used to have it all, but is to be executed soon. I actually found it to be hard to follow. I got most of the details on my 2nd time watching it. I also never really understand how he "Changed the world". I'm assuming it's how its changed in his eyes, but it's not really clear. The atmosphere was dark. A lot of browns and oranges around. It has a very old feel to it, as the world takes place when radios were televisions. As far as the voice acting goes, It's not really good. It doesn't feel like the people playing the voices are trying to be the characters their voicing. It feels like they're just reading out of a book. They sound very plain. In the effects department it ranges from ok to not so much. In the intro you cant see the whole credits, I don't know why this is such a huge problem in levels, Is it really that hard to just zoom the camera out a little? Also there are a lot of unnecessary sporadic camera movements. In all honesty I don't really approve of this movie. It's dark and hard to follow. :star::star::star: out of 10 stars

2011-06-22 19:54:00 Author: DarrienEven Posts: 217

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Thank you for taking the time to watch and review this movie. I am sorry you found the plot unclear, it is an intention that the viewer pieces together the elemnts shown, rather than spoon feed the story line. I appreciate that some people prefer a story line to be 'X happened which caused Y to happen which resulted in Z', I thought it would be more interesting for the viewer to figure out certain things themselves. Allow me to detail the parts you seem to have missed, which will show how he 'changed the world' The first announcement on the radio is the President urging citizens to remains calm, the first clue there that whatever has happened is indeed a cataclysmic event. We then see the prsioner being led to a cell, (during the credits scene which no-one else seems to have a problem with, and the credits certainly aren't obscured on my screen or the co-creators) This occurs during opening music which has drawn a lot of favourable comment, as did the credits themseleves. The prisoner describes his home life, and his descent into madness is starting to unfold. The next scene shows him being sentanced by a judge, again showing the severity of his (still to be revealed) offence. Further discussion with the priest shows the prisoner assuming responsibilty for the whole world, a common form of meglomania, especially when linked with the desire to destroy the world. The next scene shows a TV broadcast, with a newsreader describing how the Brannigan Virus is making 80% of men sterile. The next scene describes how Brannigan couldn't get funding for medical cures but could get funding for military viruses, and depicts his strees, meglomania and access to military viruses leads him to his actions. After his assault on the priest (further depicting his descent into madness) we are further 'drip fed' a fact that the protaganist was a former Nobel prize winner. For those that managed to piece together these clues, it appears to have largely been an engrossing story, but I do appreciate that telling a story in such a way is not within everyone's grasp. To put it in a nutshell, a formerly brilliant boilogist releases a virus which causes the majority of the adult male population to become sterile. There are some valid criticisms with the scenery and camera work, I am after all merely developing my skills in those areas. I am suprised you found the voice acting flat, it is certainly 'flat' in the first half, the more to increase with the depiction of madness as the film developed, and intended to show the almost unfeeling acceptance he has for his situation. I am also suprised you found the music not even worthy of a mention, it having been mentioned so many times in the (overwhelmingly favourable) reviews and comments. Having said all that, once again thank you for your time.

2011-06-22 20:33:00 Author: MuddledMuppet Posts: 115

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Hmmm... Oh my god this is embarrasing. My screen isn't zoomed out enough... How long has it been like that.. Anyways, I mean't the voice actors felt uninspired. They all felt the same to me, aside from andrew I never felt like the characters were really trying to play a character.

2011-06-22 21:06:00 Author: DarrienEven Posts: 217

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can't help but wonder if you watched the same film that came runner up in a contest with 700 lbp movie entrants... takes all sorts I guess!

2011-07-02 12:07:00 Author: MuddledMuppet Posts: 115

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Okay well... You know I don't HAVE to review levels, you could at least respect that. Reviews are meant for criticism. I don't expect most people to match up to real actors, But the ones in this movie are lacking as I've said before. Every single character has about the same tone. The movie also feels a little over dramatic, It's depressing in a drab way. And when you said you didn't want to spoon feed a plot. That was very mean. And so what if I didn't mention the music? A lot of people don't mention music in movies. I'm sorry but that was mean, man. I take the time to write up a detailed reviews and you post a mean comment like that?

2011-07-02 12:26:00 Author: DarrienEven Posts: 217

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i'm not going to get into a flame war, but i DID say thank you for your time in reviewing. But no-one here is a professional, we're not talking about people making big budget movies, but the BEST thing you found to say about this was 'effects range from ok to not very good'. nearly 2,000 people rated this as good, nearly 1,000 hearted it, yet you couldn't find one nice encouraging thing to say? And I'M mean?? That wasn't a detailed review at all, a detailed review WOULD have mentioned original music, the depth of plot, the originality in the opening titles, the emotionality in the voice acting (show me other lbp movies that have the depth of voice acting please) the maturity of the topics covered.... I could go on. You set yourself up as a champion of serious movies but apart from fawning over an Mm picked movie what have you done? Tried to tear apart what anyone else would at least admit as an attempt at a serious movie. You set yourself up as a crtic, that doesn't mean your criticisms themselves are above criticism, in the same way that i don't expect my movies to be above criticism. I don't however expect them tobe trashed for no good reason. Putting aside your (or indeed my) opinion of the film for a moment, how many others do you think you'll encourage, if a film that is fairly widely liked is going to get trashed so harshly? You have done yourslef more harm than you've done me, i have 50,000 unique players, most of whom are very happy with my movies, and they will still keep on coming when i make more. I had hoped when I saw your ealier posts that you may actually be someone that could help further the extension of horizens in LBP movies, sadly I think I was mistaken. I'm also going to defend the otehr voice actors here, Leklak (played the mothers voice) has done voice overs professionally, and her reading of that part wqas perfect. Gutfather (the priest) was extremely convincing, accomplishing a questioning tone when needed, a calm (not flat) tone when talking to the prisoner, and a further convincing tone when forgiving the attack on himself. HardSync (another extremely respected member of the community) sounded perfect as the newsreader. As far as I'm concerned I couldn't have asked for better readings of their respective parts and I am proud that they agreed to take part.

2011-07-02 14:57:00 Author: MuddledMuppet Posts: 115

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Again your on about the freaking music! I've said before a lot of people don't mention music. And your bragging about TITLES? What the hell? And just because a lot of people like something doesen't mean my opinion cant differ from it and I'm okay with that. You keep bringing up that you get a lot of plays and hearts, It feels l like your just bragging. And I stand by what i've said about the voice actors I write up reviews to give my opinion on something, and I have had opinions on things that have been different then most. And I never said I was any more credible or a critic then anyone else. And while I was indeed wrong about the titles not being seen (That was very embarrassing) I have given criticism. The movie is really drab (Slow). It could've been smoother. And like I said the effects could be improved as poor camera work can distract from the plot and atmosphere, Which it did in my case. But my opinions differing then yours isn't the problem I have. The problem is that I take the time to write up a review, and you write up mean spirited comments. Yes you did thank me. But an insult and a commendation still has an insult in it. My problem isn't that you criticized my reviews, but you've insulted me with that "you play the same level that got runner up?".

2011-07-02 21:53:00 Author: DarrienEven Posts: 217

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Taking the time? What difference does that make? I get people posting mean spirited comments on my planet every day, as does everyone with any kind of 'success' on LBP, should I thank them for 'taking the time' to do so? The fact that you couldn't find ONE nice thing to say about a film places you in the same bracket as the perpetual 'boo-ers' and haters on lbp imo. That's not a review, it's a trashing of someones work. Probably the easiest thing in the world to do. Anyway, you're entitled to your opinion, I guess I can either choose the overwhelmingly popular opinion of those that have played it, that while not perfect it has a lot to offer, or take the opinion of you and the perpetual boo-ers. You ARE entitled to trash my movie, that's what freedom of speech is all about, but it's a two way street, and I am equally entitled to defend the movie, if that means pointing out your inability to write a fair review or to understand a complex film, then so be it. To sum it up, you say my movie has nothing to offer, and I equally say you have no skill as a revier, no skill in analogy, no skill in writing a memorable phrase, and poor grammer. Not easilly excusable for someone setting themselves up as a critic. (you should have wrote 'I never really understood', not 'I never really understand' as example) I'm out of here now, bye, it's been real.

2011-07-03 10:32:00 Author: MuddledMuppet Posts: 115

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You requested my opinion on your movie, and that's what I gave you. I'm not trashing your movie for no reason, I'm just giving it my own opinion. You don't have to go by it (and I assume you won't). And then you go on to be disrespectful of it. And that poor grammar insult is really ironic for someone who misspells all the time.

2011-07-03 20:32:00 Author: DarrienEven Posts: 217

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Im gonna have to go with Muddled on this one, the day I Changed the World was an amazing movie. Voice Actors played their part well and i understood the story perfectly. in fact muddled has like 3 movies MM pick quality i think you cant compare any movies to Figment. i think The Day I Changed the World is about 5x better then almost every movie out there and the fact that you may not understand the story the first time through is a good thing. Its what makes the movie interesting and exciting. I d give it 9 out of 10

2011-07-03 21:55:00 Author: WCF7__ Posts: 63

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Chill guys, especially you Muddled Muppet, i would expect you to be calm, its not very professional to lose your temper. Look guys, you both have opinions and i do too. I saw it, i thought it was ok. Voice acting honestly i thought sounded like a computer text-to-voice programs at times, but their were good parts, like the judge and if i recall correctly the music was ok. MuddledMuppet, dont get mad at someone who doesnt like it, and if he overlooks to compliment something, who cares? 2000 ppl, as you said, enjoy it. I'd appreciate that, id appreciate 2000 or even 200 plays on one of my levels for heavens sake

2011-07-04 17:03:00 Author: mrhollywood12345 Posts: 89

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