While every film these days has CGI to either dazzle the audience or to save money on set design, this movie has a very limited set design and no discernible CGI except in the title sequence. It rides on acting and story. The set is gorgeous, even though it portraits a magical cardboard concoction. It in fact has become a character in the movie and a truly believable one at that. Truly a piece of art!
... View MoreEvery turn in this cardboard gem reveals another creative conundrum that must be dealt with by those trapped inside. A quirky,enjoyable and refreshingly different movie. I loved it.
... View MoreStruggling artist Dave (Nick Thune) creates a cardboard labyrinth in his apartment. Trapped inside the maze (which, like the TARDIS, is larger on the inside than the outside), Dave enlists the help of several friends to find a way out.Dave Made a Maze is a love it or hate it kind of movie. Those who love it will be chin-stroking, tofu eating, bohemian cineastes who actively seek out art-house movies they consider too 'intelligent' or 'quirky' for mainstream audiences; those who hate it will be everyone else.Me? I hated it. The horrible hipster characters, the off-beat premise, the 'isn't it beautiful' aesthetic (No! it looks cheap and ugly): I found virtually every aspect of this film extremely irritating. Setting his movie in an other-worldly environment that obeys no rules, writer/director Bill Watterson has free rein do whatever the hell he likes, but the lack of a decent budget means that what he envisages always looks like a pile of garbage (because it is). Not that mega-bucks would have made much difference—the whole movie is one tiresome exercise in self-conscious wackiness that will seriously grate on the nerves. Unless you sport vintage clothes, thick rimmed glasses, and well-groomed facial hair. In which case, you'll love it (or at least pretend that you do).
... View MoreThis is one of the very few movies I saw the last 10 years I could enjoy from first to last minute and I had never the feeling that I know what I can see the next minute. This was a pure fantasy fun ride. This movie kept the fun and joy from first to last minuteHigh five is all I can say now
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