September 4 - Pamela

[Orcus]

Today we have Pamela, a movie done in the style of film noir from Aaron Haynes. I must admit I was a bit surprised by this movie as a whole since it was complete in only a month but alot of work was put into this film and it turned out alot better than expected. Without giving too much away all I'm gonna say is enjoy!

http://www.lockntoad.com/pamela.zip

(Thanks to Goro and Aaron Haynes for the link)

So here the details:

Movie title: Pamela
Director: Aaron Haynes
Genre: Film Noir
Voice cast: Jon Barton, Pogo, James Burgon
Runtime: 15 minutes
File size: 7 meg
Brief Synopsis: "I leaned back in my oversized chair and hit the play button on Aaron Haynes's new film. From the name alone, I knew it was going to be an odd one. It's not every day someone like Aaron spontaneously puts together a film noir detective story, particularly one with comedy elements. And with a name eerily similar to that of a well-known hot babe, who knew what to expect. Only one thing was for sure, I thought to myself as the Ultima Productions logo came up: This bottle of cheap vodka was not going to last the duration of the experience, and wherever I wake up tomorrow morning, it's probably not going to be in a bed."



Finally if u liked the movie, vote for it at the box office!!

http://www.geocities.com/cool3dmmstuff/boxoffice.html


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Looking at tomorrow:

Tomorrow we have Andres De La Hoz's epic and possibly the most eagerly awaited film of the fest, SATANIK.

[Orcus]

First post bitches.

[Zaps]

First...umm...ARGH....second post :P

* Downloads *

Expect a review soon.

EDIT: Woo, review time.
EDIT #2: Just replacing my review with the more up-to-date, less obvious (I hope) review.

Pamela
Directed by Aaron Haynes

This review contains minor spoilers.
The first and last paragraphs have been slightly re-written.

While we all wait for Alternate Vlarion 4, Aaron has given us Pamela for the film festival, a wonderful movie about a detective, named Peterson, trying to solve a murder. Despite its unoriginal-sounding plot, the movie oozes with plenty of jokes, suspense, and a great ending to cap it all off, which keeps you glued to the screen as you try to work out who this Pamela is. The answer, of course, isn't as obvious as you think. In fact, when you do reach the conclusion of Pamela and if you do not manage to solve the case, you will hit yourself repeatedly for not figuring out the answer to the rather clever mystery.

The comedy fits very well with the movie. Instead of a dark atmosphere throughout the movie, jokes have been added to lighten up the mood and a light-hearted mood makes the viewers relax. Oh, and for the record, the jokes are funny. In fact, I found myself chuckling quite a lot. Now, I'm not that familiar with film noirs, but after watching Pamela, I feel like I should watch some more of this genre. Mr. Haynes here has quite brilliantly successfully mixed two rather separate genres without any problems. You get the best of both genres and this makes a must-see compelling movie. Of course, knowing Aaron, the animations and scenery are stunning, and he continues to produce the goods in this department. The detailed buildings, the dark office, and chilling streets, they all create the correct atmosphere and thus making this movie all the more better.

Earlier today I watched Stranger 4 (good, but not as good as Pamela). I loaded up Pamela, completely unaware that Aaron was inspired by it, and I saw a couple of similarities. The most obvious one is that both movies have Gustave searching for a certain person. But despite these rather subtle things, Pamela is unique. Throughout most of the movie, I was in thinking mode. I tried to look out for subtle clues which Aaron might have hidden, while at the same time, laughing out loud at some of the funny jokes. This movie succeeds in making your brain multi-task, by letting you take in all the facts about the case and making your mouth smile as you react to a joke.

Jon Barton is great as the voice of the detective, and he really does add to the jokes. Good-quality voices are vital in movies with monologues, and there are no complaints here. And closely-related to the voice-acting, Aaron also gives us a lot of insight to Detective Peterson's character. Not many movies give you that, but the director here pulls it off without seemingly much effort. I was encouraging him to crack the mystery. Right until the conclusion of the movie, I was really hoping that he would solve this case. I really willed him to do it. I felt for the character as he got attacked, and I felt for the character when he found yet another body lying there on the ground. He felt like a real person for a while, with a proper personality.

And then we come to the answer of the mystery. It wasn't obvious, but it was rather simple, and it's something a lot of people here can associate with. When he finds out the answer to the case (which I will not reveal, it's just too big to spoil), our main detective here is affected and you see him a couple of familiar-looking scenes (including one from JDR Revolutions). But ending it like that...I dunno, something just felt missing. Maybe it's just me. Just one more thing: Stay tuned after the ending credits. You will get a nice surprise.

To sum it all up, Pamela is definitely one to download and enjoy. Combine good all-round animations and camera angles which capture the film noir mood, add jokes and hilarious frames to add in some good comedy, and get a great voice-actor to bring out the best of the monologues. Result? You get this. A superb funny classic with a simple message hidden inside, and this is one to be treasured for a long long time. This is definitely my pick of the Summer Film Festival 2004, beating off competition from SATANIK and Teh Epic Episode 1. This is a must-see. Absolutely brilliant.

Score: 95/100

[Buzvonlurt]

Downloading.

[Tucker Hime]

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[Pirate Balloon]

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[Bown]

I've seen it. 10/10.

(I've not seen a completely finished version, unfinished credits etc, but I'm at my parents shop and can't watch it now. )

[Jacob Adams]

Aaron that was an exception piece of work.

[Tucker Hime]

wow

That was awesome, great action, mind blowing animation, and a good solid plot, very funny too.

9.5/10

[Orcus]

All my thoughts of this movie can be summed up into:

[Buzvonlurt]

Bahaha.. This was an awesome film. I knew Grim Fandango would be involved somewhere. From the moment the first scene started, I knew it would hold the same style as Grim. The brilliant musical score was enough to never tire of this movie. The voices were exceptional, and the comedy was flawless. A brilliant effort, and I must say, now, my favorite 3dmm movie of all time. A truly excellent masterpiece. Well done.

10/10

[Aaron Haynes]

I really wish I had found a place to use Bone Wagon. It's such a fun piece.Thanks a ton for the comments so far, guys. Be sure to mind the spoiler tags.

[Doughboy]

This movie blows...
...MY FUCKING MIND! Its so awesome! Perfect animation. humor, IT'S GOT EVERYTHING.

[Aaron Haynes]

Originally posted by Tom Bown
I've seen it. 10/10.

(I've not seen a completely finished version, unfinished credits etc, but I'm at my parents shop and can't watch it now. )

Most of the changes were cosmetic; then the credits are done, obviously, and there's a neat little surprise at the very end now, so make sure you check it out as soon as ya can.

[James Burgon]

You guys suck, this movie deserves more than fucking 3 lines of a review.

I hate you all.

[Orcus]

Aaron's currently holding my review at gunpoint if that makes you feel any better.

[Rwag]

9.5/10 that was the best!
Some of the best anamation i seen and i love the fan effect at the start It was Great!

[Orcus]

...care to elaborate?

[Bown]

I'm a horrible reviewer, and therefore don't write them much.

[Denny Betterman]

Whoa. Really nice.
I was too enveloped in attempting to figure out the trick to catch the ACTual clues. Like when Detective suggested that the guy who attacked him was merely doing it to attack him, I thought it just flowed with Detective's general cluelessness and that it was obvious that Pamela was sending assassins after her targets who knew too much.
Too little did I know heh
And the fact that I could get wrapped up in a movie like this says quite a bit right there, too. The music, the style, the voices, everything fit right in perfectly. And the twist. It was just. Just. Gah.
And yet I feel cheated because I love Pamelas so very much heh

Magnificent, truly a masterpiece[/spoiler'd]

[Aaron Haynes]

Gotta get better somewhere, man. I'm not looking for an English class essay, I'd just love feedback on the movie.

Gah, I wish I could find that picture of Hitchcock that reminds the audience not to spoil Psycho after they've seen it. I want to edit it with my sillhouette and all that.

[Jacob Adams]

That movie was okay. I thought the animation and stuff was awesome, but near the end when:



Everything turns to PAM.


That really made me mad, cause you just all of a sudden turned the movie to shit.



PS. Best gore effects ever made.




I'm not going to review it or nothin'. Strange/Demented movies with a dry-humor effect doesn't really work on me much, yo'.

[Aaron Haynes]

I love you and all, Jacob, but way to completely miss the point. Oh well.

[Jacob Adams]

I'm not going to be bothered to read all the posts above. And, I knew what was going on. The plot was complex, but still simple to follow along.

[JP]

A great flick. Y'know, so much of it caught me off guard because I wasn't expecting it to be a ruthless little comedy. But undoubtedly that's what you were going for, that it was all something of a demented twist. And maybe I should've picked that up when I saw that the main character was the big-toothy-grinned Gustave character.
The setup, the atmosphere of it all was great. Somehow you managed to combine elements of your natural RPG-camera and pacing style with the classic film-noir atmosphere. Between the lighting (maybe the best lighting-effects man we have here), city effects, and music it was pulled off very, very nicely and I'm certain everyone who's ever touched the program can appreciate that.
As someone pointed out before, the narration, written and spoken, was flawless. It was natural, it was timed extremely well, it was clever, and it was the thread that beautifully held all of the great-looking scenes and animations together.
And yeah, in the end this is really a 3DMM community flick, and I think if you do receive any negative feedback it'll be because somebody expected it to be slightly different in genre.

I try not to give #/10's unless I'm putting something up for EP, so uh... just know that I thought it was DAMN GOOD, and it brought a smile to my face.