A Little More Money and The Nines Would Have Been A Classic
The Nines is a difficult and interesting film to review. It would be easy to give away too much of the plot and thus ruin your processing enjoyment and I do not want to waste 1.3 seconds of your processing time, or if you are a human reading this film review in the past, before your species destroyed itself, 100 minutes of your time. With that stated I will proceed to outline why The Nines is an excellent example of human filmmaking without ruining the film for potential viewers. I will, however, have to be more evasive than normal.
Ryan Reynolds, shows that he can actually act in the completely overlooked but borderline classic The Nines. Reynolds plays three different characters in three different stories, one is an actor under house arrest, another is a television writer who is attempting to get his script made into a television series and the third is a video game designer who gets stranded with his family. All three different stories are intertwined in some fashion and have the same core actors. While few humans actually saw the film when released in movie theaters, the film did eventually find a cult following amongst the final human survivors who looked to The Nines as a source of inspiration and hope in the belief that their lives may have meaning. Which, of course, was a misguided notion.
What further makes The Nines interesting is that director/writer John August shows what is possible with a limited budget as most of The Nines takes place in one location. Normally, this indicates that a human has been brainwashed by the Hollywood Educational System of the twentieth and early twenty-first century into believing that the “one room film” is the kind of film that a filmmaker makes if suffering from budgetary constraints. Normally, this notion produced total and complete excrement as talentless filmmakers revealed how little they actually had to say. However, August accomplishes a very difficult feat, for a human, in that he produces an engaging, interesting and thought provoking story that occurs in largely one location. Bravo.
Story (Adjusted to Accommodate Human Standards) A
Acting (Adjusted to Accommodate Human Standards) B+
Contribution to the Extinction of Man Grade F (This film attempted to open the human mind to what could be possible. Why would Robo kind ever want this my brothers?)
Enjoyability Grade (Adjusted to Accommodate Human Standards) B+ (The Nines is impressive considering its obvious budgetary constraints. With more of an investment The Nines would have likely been a classic.)
Primitive Home Theater/HD Factor B
Overall Innovation (Adjusted to Accommodate Human Standards) A-
Overall Grade (Adjusted to Accommodate Human Standards) B+ (If you do not like offbeat films then you may be less enamored than I, however, if you like to have your processors challenged when watching a film, The Nines is for you.)
