Normally when i see a number of 10/10 reviews on such a poor quality film, i think they are "sponsored" reviews (e.g. Paid or otherwise people who have an interest in the film having a higher score, idk maybe the film's own crew), but in this case i think it's genuinely people who have watched this film, and somehow thought it was some kind of a masterpiece.
Radical is the story of a teacher who teaches young kids in a poor city in Mexico.
Than in of itself is fine, there's nothing wrong with this, but the plot isn't really anything more than just this line, "a teacher teaches kids".
The problem is that film is absolutely horrid from a filmmaking point of view. The camera wobbles, and pans incessantly over stand-ins, does not highlight protagonists, even cuts midway the face of a character mid-dialogue.
The photography is absolutely horrid, everything is washed out, no colours, i'm talking gray-white over pale azure over mauve over light brown, the palette is absolutely ghastly.
The dialogue is .. i'm sorry but this is just not film dialogue.
Do you remember "OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN" ?
I just can't wrap my head around the fact that *i* get how films are made, but someone who is paid to make a film doesn't. You can't just have mundane character delivering mundane dialogue in mundane settings because that does not make for a captivating film.
There is barely any acting worth mentioning. The plot is almost nonexistent, and what little "teacher inspires student" we have here has already been done better before - and several times over, while *also* having the issues of poverty and crime.
And if you really, really want to instead watch a film that is about poverty and crime, watch City of God instead.
Sorry but, if you are giving 10/10 to this, you don't know how to review films.
My score: 4.5/10 - a truly mediocre script made even more insufferable by abysmal production qualities.
Radical is the story of a teacher who teaches young kids in a poor city in Mexico.
Than in of itself is fine, there's nothing wrong with this, but the plot isn't really anything more than just this line, "a teacher teaches kids".
The problem is that film is absolutely horrid from a filmmaking point of view. The camera wobbles, and pans incessantly over stand-ins, does not highlight protagonists, even cuts midway the face of a character mid-dialogue.
The photography is absolutely horrid, everything is washed out, no colours, i'm talking gray-white over pale azure over mauve over light brown, the palette is absolutely ghastly.
The dialogue is .. i'm sorry but this is just not film dialogue.
Do you remember "OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN" ?
I just can't wrap my head around the fact that *i* get how films are made, but someone who is paid to make a film doesn't. You can't just have mundane character delivering mundane dialogue in mundane settings because that does not make for a captivating film.
There is barely any acting worth mentioning. The plot is almost nonexistent, and what little "teacher inspires student" we have here has already been done better before - and several times over, while *also* having the issues of poverty and crime.
And if you really, really want to instead watch a film that is about poverty and crime, watch City of God instead.
Sorry but, if you are giving 10/10 to this, you don't know how to review films.
My score: 4.5/10 - a truly mediocre script made even more insufferable by abysmal production qualities.