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Renaissance (2006)
Crap movie with pretty visuals
Don't get me wrong, I liked the B&W animation. It really captured a dystopia future. Reminded me of Blade Runner, Akira, Ghost in the Shell and several other lesser known in that genre.
Sadly the genre and new idea visuals is all the movie had going for it. The plot, sketchy and unoriginal. The twist ending, didn't satisfy me. Although the animation depicted 3D action, the characters were 2D, just like the story. Oh, big bad corporations (yeah, never seen that before). Cop with a painful past (oh how fresh). Sassy female that is in danger (zzzzzz...). Corporation wants more power through key technology(snore).
Basically, unoriginal. I sat watching for at least some saving philosophy. IF the movie or the ending is some type of statement, it didn't make a very good one.
Overall, it appears somebody got a great idea on HOW to make a movie, but failed on WHAT the movie was about.
The Mystery of Spoon River (2000)
Read before you watch.....
If you carefully look on the cover to the movie it says 'based on spoon river anthology'. Though the movie is very amateur, to really appreciate this film you need to have read Edgar Lee Master's classic book 'Spoon River Anthology'. The main character represents Masters digging up the past that nobody likes to hear about. The ghost that pops up all the time is what the book is attempting to make it's point at. The story isn't about anything in specific, just like the book. Every person in the book tells a monologue of greed, sorrow, pity, deception, etc.. The movie has people telling monologue that are exactly along those lines. An interesting thing about the heartland, ignored by big cities (and Hollywood especially), it has a richer base of conspiracy and silent secrets than any big thriller that comes out of LA,Chicago, or NY.