Score: 10

"Funny Movie"

submission: Stephen Hawking Christmas

date: January 29, 2004

Although I can't speak for Prof. Hawking, this is the sort of thing he'd probably think was funny. I recently attended a lecture he gave on the possible implications of Godel's Theorem on M-Theory (the new and improved version of string theory), in which he provided an answer to the question, "Who would win in a fight, you or Governor Schwarzenegger?" along with other such silliness. He's a funny guy.

Score: 5

"Huh?"

submission: Jangalam

date: January 25, 2004

I have nothing against abstract art; I even do some of it myself. I must say, however, that this seemed to make less sense than Un Chien Andalau. The point of abstract art, as far as I see it, is to express an isolated feeling without the extraneous factors from environment which may effect it; however, as I didn't understand this movie, or connect with it on an emotional level, I think it could use work artistically.

Technically, it's good at parts, although I'm not sure why you used complete silence in the beginning; as John Cage observed, "complete silence" just means the background noise from wherever you are, which can vary quite a bit from computer to computer. Unless you intended this, I'd suggest getting a recording of ambient noise in a near-empty room and inserting it.

Score: 10

"Excellent Movie"

submission: Los Dias Sin Dias

date: January 24, 2004

This was an excellent movie; however I would leave out the last scene (the one in color), or at least alter it; the meaning of the movie is clear enough without it (certainly with the quotation at the end), and it seems to break the style of the movie considerably. On the other hand, maybe I'm just odd. Incredible animation, brilliant storytelling.

Score: 4

"Way Too Easy"

submission: NecroPhobia 2

date: December 27, 2003

I'm sure there were a bunch of puzzles or something that you were supposed to solve, bu they all consisted of just figuring out which order the four or five items in a puzzle belonged to, and it even let you know if you were doing it right... I just tried all the combinations on every single puzzle and it took about 2 minutes to finish.