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Reviewed by Mike Belfance
Comedies
are easliy my favorite genre in 3dmm, and possibly even as far
as movies go in general. I have a kind of instant respect for
any movie that can make me laugh. I mean, I have respect for all
movies that do their job (for instance, I respect "The Ring" for
turning me into a paranoid shadow of my former self), but
comedies, to me at least, seem especially enjoyable when they
really work. "Slightly Confused" has it's fair share of
problems, but considering how often I laughed out loud watching
it, it's easy for me to look over them in light of the bigger
picture- this movie is damn funny!
The storyline is pretty simple (normally that's the way it is
with comedies). A first time bank robber holds up a bank, while
a group of extremely bad cops arrive at the scene and attempt to
lure him out. The storyline is helped by some good voice acting
all around, the problem is the quality of the voice recordings.
Some voices are way too loud, while others are so low you can
barely hear them. Likewise, some are at perfect volume but have
too much static in the background. Hopefully Orcus buys a new
mic before the sequel.
On the technical side, the movie is "okay". The handmade scenes
are pretty simple. There aren't any incredible camera movements
or panning effects, but really, the movie doesn't need them.
Sounds are good enough, except for the problem I mentioned with
the voices. Alright, enough of the technical crap, let's get to
what made the movie good.
As I said before, this movie is really funny. The part I laughed
at the most were the lines ripped from an Adam Sandler cd (I'VE
GOT A SNAKE MAYN!), but a lot of Orcus' lines were good enough
to make me laugh out loud also. Not all jokes completely hit the
mark, but the ones that did easily made up for the ones that
missed. For instance -- the part where Michael Jackson looks
over at the kid and "Let's Get it On" starts playing was
hilarious, funny enough to make up for the way-too-obvious "Get
away from me, you're not a priest!" joke.
I don't want to give away too many of the jokes, as they're the
best part of the movie, so I'll just wrap this up quickly. Rest
assured, if you download it, you will laugh. The parts
shown in Jeff Ching's "Remember 2003" were probably my
favorites.
There's not much else I can say really. This movie does it's job
of making you laugh. It has a few technical problems (crappy
voice quality, simplistic animation), but what it boils down to
is if you find it funny, the other problems are easy to
overlook. Personally, I think most people will find this movie
very funny. If you want something that will make you laugh, it's
definitely worth the download. I give it a 85% our of
100%.
85%
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