Against The Wall - A G4 Films Presentation

cjdevries

This is the best thing I've seen in ages. This is not a gratuitous compliment; I'm stingy with superlatives.

Here's why I liked it:
- I let me ask a lot of questions [didn't hand me everything], which kept me interested and engaged.

- I didn't know what the relationship between the characters was. I liked that.

- I liked his excitement and her foreboding. It got me to care about the characters, quickly, with no dialogue. Impressive and good. If I don't care about the characters, I'm gone.

- The foreshadowing with "I'm not dead yet" is good, with the double meaning that players don't think about.

- I liked the look of it. His suit was good. I liked the near-future feel with the retro game.

- I also liked his recognition of the suit (whether his or not - but only one there, hm) and nostalgic happiness at it.

- I liked that I had to wonder why [SPOILER ALERT] it was shut down, figure it was because [this is just me talking] of an "accident" that was probably followed by a lawsuit with a secret settlement and PR spin machine/cover up. Or, maybe people got bored and stopped playing. Maybe her worry going there was just because they were breaking in. But why did he have a pass? Employee? At first I'd thought employee, Silkwood-echoes of awful. Then later thought, status-pass for really good players? But employee made more sense to me. You see? Still asking questions. The best movies do that for me.

Good stuff. And good pacing.