 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. This is for the 2020 release fried berry It's a shutter original film and it's coming to shutter on Thursday May 7th Now I'm putting this review up ahead of time because I got a screener from shutter for it So there will be no spoilers for this although. I will say this is a film. That's very light on actual story So I'm gonna give you a quick quick synopsis and that is the story basically like that's the whole story so in a way the synopsis like the one or two sentences, I'll say synopsis wise kind of Ruin the story, but the you're not going anywhere. You don't need it I'm just saying you can already tell I'm a little exacerbated with this film I'm not a fan of this film But there are good things about it because I always give the good and the bad in my opinion And the other thing is there are people who are really gonna enjoy this film And I know that for a fact because I know there are people who have seen films like this Who you know, I don't particularly particularly like and they'll be like hey, I had a great time with it So but I'll break it down. It was written and directed by Ryan Krueger Who did a lot a lot a lot of short films including a short film version of fried berry So that's where the idea came from to do a feature length version of fried berry It was a short film now. That's a great way to kind of start things, but I Think he can only write short film scripts most likely I haven't seen the short for fried berry But my guess is that the short film script was probably fine a feature length doesn't work Well, like I said coming May 7th now the synopsis of this basically is a drug addict named Barry is abducted by aliens and Something's done to him. He's put right back where he was on earth and he just kind of Shambles around town Getting into all sorts of random scenes and that's it. That's the film Like I said very very light on story that's one of my biggest problems and that's one of the reasons I don't like the film because I When I sit down to watch a film I want more than just a basic idea of what the film should be and it felt like the whole script was a Basic idea it also felt like they probably just kind of went around and we're like yeah What do we feel like filming now? You know, it seems like a random series of scenes and events that Barry ends up getting himself into I mean, maybe the stuff was planned out But as a viewer it just kind of felt to me like it was kind of whatever they felt like filming that day or whatever You know idea popped into Krueger's head that day was like, yeah, let's do this Let's film this none of the stuff really feels all that connected the only thing that connects it really is Barry Which you can make that work, but I just feel like it doesn't work. So it just ends up being this long kind of slog of Random scenes that make you feel like nothing's ever really going anywhere in the end It really does go somewhere But it's not satisfying in my opinion because like I said, there's really no story to it And there aren't any characters that you even care about. They're all one dimensional They're usually like one aspect that's just overblown to make them ridiculous Which there is something to be said for the fun you can get out of characters that way But when you stock your entire film with those types of characters It's not very fun because you need to have someone that you kind of feel invested in someone that you really want to follow through a story and You just don't care about anyone. I mean, I didn't maybe some people will when they watch it But not me now one of the interesting things about this I've never seen this before but there's like a blurb in the beginning from like a South African Kind of rating system for films that talked about, you know, here's the things that are Coming up in the film that are only for 18 and above. So I was like that's interesting I've never seen anything like this so from a a standpoint of something new for me I kind of enjoyed seeing that because I've never seen it before so I was like, huh Where the film start starts it actually makes you feel like there was a bunch of backstory that you should have gotten that you Don't get and then you never get basically it just kind of like jumps in and it's just like here we go now I feel like that's Kruger's style obviously like he just wants to be like Jump into things get going and then just go go go go because there is kind of a frantic pace to it At least in the beginning it does slow down more towards the end portion of the film Which feels very weird and off for how it starts or at least the first like half or three-quarters are Because it really feels like his style is like that first half or three quarters Or it's like kind of frantic kind of like go go go like high energy high-paced a lot of like kind of like pumping Energy building music and the music is good by the way And I'll kind of shout out who did it in a little bit, but yeah, it's just it just jumps you in You're like where we're what's going on here? Should I know something about these people? I guess not The visuals start coming in which are very impressive. That's one of the great things about this now If you are looking for you don't care about story You're fine for it to just be you know very light on story You want to put a movie on in the background that you don't really need to pay a whole lot of attention to you Can just pop in here and there and be like oh that looks cool. This is kind of that movie like the visuals are Very good visually. It's very impressive. It's very kind of artistic at certain times So much so that when I was watching it I was like you know the pacing of this and how frantic it is and just like the cool visuals Just remind me of music videos and I feel like Kruger would be way better served just doing music videos I then looked up Kruger's history his career and Guess what he got big doing music videos It comes through in the film and I just I'm not saying that I don't think Kruger could do a feature-length film I think he could I think he shouldn't write it. I think what should happen is that Someone else should provide him a very good script with an actual story to it And then be there along with him to kind of work through the actual filming process and let him be the director because he's got a great Visual style and a great eye obviously which you can see here And he also has really good connections to some pretty good music Really awesome music actually that kind of like keeps your energy up and really can match scenes But story-wise, you know, if you're really good at something It doesn't mean you can do everything and I feel like a lot of people end up falling into that Where they're just like well, I'm really awesome at this and people recognize that so I'm just gonna do these other things too he's no Glenn Danzig because Glenn Danzig is a perfect example of someone who is just horrible at all things film Kruger has some things he does really well, so he should just probably stick to directing and he could be really really good at it There are parts that feel like they should be music videos Because of the whole music video thing I was talking about Because they're very heavy on sound and music and they're very frantic and they have that style You'll know what I mean when if when you watch it The character interaction Interactions, I'm sorry the character interactions are all extremely forced very clumsy They very much seem like for no reason the dialogue is terrible people's What people say to each other seem like to come out of nowhere like there's no Flow to any interaction. There's no flow to any conversation There's nothing that makes any sense that people are saying to each other It's just a bunch of random lines just thrown out there and that's how the characters are that's how the scenes are everything's just random It's just like had this idea that's in there had this idea that's in there And then just kind of jumbled together like there's really like I was saying there's really no story to it Yeah The dialogue is I wrote down is the dialogue is vapid garbage. It really is it's there for no reason They might have well honestly it may as may as well have had no dialogue at all in this film They should have just gone for no dialogue. It may have been a little bit better that way There's a gratuitous amount of sexual content Which is fine if it's really pushing the story, but there's really no story So it just seemed like it was in there for no reason I find that really boring to be honest like it's 2021 right now and Pornography is very easily accessible so people like want to see sexual content. They can very easily see sexual content So when you're putting that much in your film, you're not really creating a selling point so much. I Mean if this was the 80s 70s 80s whatever sure I mean that I see how that could be a selling point, but in 2021 Not really it just gets boring it gets redundant it gets gratuitous It is it bores it really bores me like a lot of sex sexual content. It just bores me The film feels like it's just a string of random scenes and no ultimate goal in mind speaking to the story issue Character development development is not a thing you care about no one Reiterating that it has its own mini intermission, which I did like I did like this mini intermission that it has It was funny. It was creative. It was inventive. It was funny. I did like that about it That that brings up the length of the film which is with credits almost an hour and 40 minutes and for a film That doesn't have story to it really That's way too long. I mean this film feels like it should have been a half an hour Like it feels like it should be a short film really I'm sure that the short film was probably a lot better than this in my opinion It just doesn't work as a feature length film There's an attempt to have an engaging ending in the film with an emotional connection So there was an attempt for something but it's it's way too little way too late You haven't been invested in anything You didn't lay any tracks down to get anywhere meaningful or to hook the audience in for a reaction like that You just didn't do the work. It's it's not there So it more than anything it turns into at least for me just a series of rolling your eyes at okay Now we're trying to do something here when for the majority of the film or for all the film pretty much We're trying to do nothing except just show visual stuff. Okay So the music by Hazer hae Zer really good very fun. Like I said very upbeat keeps you energized engaged From a auditory standpoint, so I really did like the music There are some really cool slow motion and sped-up shots that add super cool style to the film Like I was saying Krueger has a wonderful eye Krueger is very good at music videos. Maybe short films Not feature length films yet. Maybe with someone else's script like I was saying Visually and stylistically this actually kind of reminds me of the film bliss that is also on shutter And I think it was also a shutter. I don't remember. It's an exclusive or original But I would say bliss is definitely a lot better of a film It was another film that it wasn't my my thing Because it's just another one of those kind of like drug-addled like go-go-go-go frantic visual Experiences, but I definitely think that's way better pulled off than fried berries for sure So if you want something like this, I would not recommend fried berry I would just say just see just watch bliss instead also if you want to watch something. That's basically just a Music video that looks really cool I would also recommend on shutter blood machines that one is a lot of fun And they kind of know that they don't have much of any story But they go huge on the music huge on the visuals and it does end up working. I really enjoy that one It does also feel like this film rips a bunch from under the skin that a 24 film Which is an outstanding film and I would highly recommend it has is very rich with story And there are some things in there in there that really feel kind of like ripped from under the skin So, yeah Kruger is a real talented director awful writer though in my opinion and I know awful is a harsh word But that's just my opinion like I really hated the scripting in this I really hated the story in this but like I said, you know, that's just my opinion. That's how I feel about it I have no ill will towards Kruger like I said I complimented the guy he great visually looks really cool can be an awesome director I think He just needs the right script. He needs not write his own script and get get our awesome script from someone else That that's just how I feel about it. So if you're just looking for some awesome visuals and just that type of experience go for it Also, I would love to hear people's opinions on this because I'm very open to hearing what other people's perspectives are on this film Go ahead. You can put comments in the or you can put spoilers in the comments Of course, you can put comments in the comments. You can put spoilers in the comments. That is fine So I'm gonna go ahead and say out of five stars with half stars in play I'm not gonna go super harsh part of me wanted to go one and a half stars I'm just gonna go two stars on this because visually it's really good music wise. It's really good There is actually some pretty solid acting in this for what roles are given. So that's good as well So there are good aspects to the film. It just doesn't really work for me So two stars on this one, but anyway, like I said comments Let's talk about it. 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