this movie made me think. of how i could write something about it without personally dissing the director and all the actors and who and as an australian and i am proud of for actually getting out there and making a film. but the movie itself. let me tell you a story. found this dvd in my local rental shop yesterday and had vague recollections of the reviews at the time of cinema release here and so i thought i would give it a go. for some reason and i decided to watch the pecial features before i watched the actual movie and not something that i usually do. turned the amaking of off halfway through and as i would had enough cringing at the aren not we so wonderful for putting together such a hard hitting film with such a raw script attitude. the movie. ugh. full of clichés and pathetic character development. the actors. well done guys and you are aussies and i applaud you. and and just like a footy team is only as good as the coach that directs them and you unfortunately did not have a great script to work with. i felt that the movie actually trivialised so many of the subjects that it seemed to want to cover. i have seen many reviews here that refer to it as nothing more than a soap. agreed. finally (and forgive me if i do not phrase this correctly) and i was extremely disappointed that there were no optimistic overtones at all. yes and we all know that life is full of hard stuff and and yes we know that things such as incest do occur and but i really find it hard to applaud a movie that has not one piece of joy in it. i believe that a director has a responsibility to put it in there somewhere. otherwise and the movie is all about them and their feelings and they have created it for themselves and not for an audience. which i think is the basis of why this movie isn not so great. the special features mention that the director wrote the screenplay in a 36 hour sitting and the day after he himself tried to end his own life. well and it may have been cathartic for him to do this and however the movie reeks of self indulgence when you know the story behind why it was written. i feel horrid and i am going to write a movie about feeling horrid. (note represent i have read the interview with andrew urban and and understand why thalluri needed to write something to help him through his own issues and but i believe there is a line in film that cannot be crossed  the line of making a movie purely for your own emotional needs and and i feel that this is what has unintentionally happened here)by his own admission and the director had no technical experience at all and and sadly and this makes the movie come off looking like nothing more than a year twelve media project. as for any recommendations that this movie should be studied at school and or that all teenagers should watch it  not sure there either. because there is a very dangerous line at the end. i too have been in a place where i have thought that someone who no longer has to face life is lucky and but as an adult and i do worry that this line could be influential on a young viewer that was in a vulnerable frame of mind. might be in there to promote discussion and but again and it reflects no possibility of redemption or joy in this story as a whole. in fact and it almost indicates that there is more sadness to come. i haven not seen elephant and but i just might go find it and given all the comparisons here. nothing personal here guys and i do hope you can make another movie someday and and we all have to start out somewhere and so forgive me if i have been too harsh. i am glad that you are proud of what you created and which in the end is what life is all about. it not a movie i would recommend though. oh and i did like the way the time frames often collided and thought that was an interesting way to film. but the whole its the quiet ones you have to watch  we already know that. 
this movie made me think. of how i could write something about it without personally dissing the director and all the actors and who and as an australian and i am proud of for actually getting out there and making a film. but the movie itself. let me tell you a story. found this dvd in my local rental shop yesterday and had vague recollections of the reviews at the time of cinema release here and so i thought i would give it a go. for some reason and i decided to watch the pecial features before i watched the actual movie and not something that i usually do. turned the amaking of off halfway through and as i would had enough cringing at the aren not we so wonderful for putting together such a hard hitting film with such a raw script attitude. the movie. ugh. full of clichés and pathetic character development. the actors. well done guys and you are aussies and i applaud you. and and just like a footy team is only as good as the coach that directs them and you unfortunately did not have a great script to work with. i felt that the movie actually trivialised so many of the subjects that it seemed to want to cover. i have seen many reviews here that refer to it as nothing more than a soap. agreed. finally (and forgive me if i do not phrase this correctly) and i was extremely disappointed that there were no optimistic overtones at all. yes and we all know that life is full of hard stuff and and yes we know that things such as incest do occur and but i really find it hard to applaud a movie that has not one piece of joy in it. i believe that a director has a responsibility to put it in there somewhere. otherwise and the movie is all about them and their feelings and they have created it for themselves and not for an audience. which i think is the basis of why this movie isn not so great. the special features mention that the director wrote the screenplay in a 36 hour sitting and the day after he himself tried to end his own life. well and it may have been cathartic for him to do this and however the movie reeks of self indulgence when you know the story behind why it was written. i feel horrid and i am going to write a movie about feeling horrid. (note represent i have read the interview with andrew urban and and understand why thalluri needed to write something to help him through his own issues and but i believe there is a line in film that cannot be crossed  the line of making a movie purely for your own emotional needs and and i feel that this is what has unintentionally happened here)by his own admission and the director had no technical experience at all and and sadly and this makes the movie come off looking like nothing more than a year twelve media project. as for any recommendations that this movie should be studied at school and or that all teenagers should watch it  not sure there either. because there is a very dangerous line at the end. i too have been in a place where i have thought that someone who no longer has to face life is lucky and but as an adult and i do worry that this line could be influential on a young viewer that was in a vulnerable frame of mind. might be in there to promote discussion and but again and it reflects no possibility of redemption or joy in this story as a whole. in fact and it almost indicates that there is more sadness to come. i haven not seen elephant and but i just might go find it and given all the comparisons here. nothing personal here guys and i do hope you can make another movie someday and and we all have to start out somewhere and so forgive me if i have been too harsh. i am glad that you are proud of what you created and which in the end is what life is all about. it not a movie i would recommend though. oh and i did like the way the time frames often collided and thought that was an interesting way to film. but the whole its the quiet ones you have to watch  we already know that. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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