Branded (2012)

This movie was great. More people should check it out. This movie deserves 10 out of 10 stars. It really delves into the esoteric and brings it into the exoteric. It reveals a lot of the machinations of the corporate machine. If you are a person who is capable of thinking for yourself on any level, this movie is a must see. If you're a completely brainwashed automaton that has no desire to see what's really going on in the real world, this movie is NOT for you.You might not like this movie if you enjoy watching piece of crap shows like Hoarders, Jerry Springer, Judge Judy, etc.You might really like this movie if you're into esoteric writers/philosophers/metaphysicians like Rudolf Steiner, Wilhelm Reich, etc.

This is a complete joke of a film. I will be spoiling it for some folks. First of all, the trailer is very misleading. It makes it look like a sci-fi blockbuster about a monster conspiracy behind marketing. For instance, in the trailer, you see these dragons and candy monsters and wraiths and a cool looking coca-cola monster, all of which can only be seen by our protagonist. This is an intriguing idea that could have worked and been made into a pretty awesome sci-fi thriller. Unfortunately what we have here is a poorly written, incoherent and remarkably dull propaganda snoozefest featuring a bland and uninteresting lead character and subplots that go absolutely nowhere.Nothing in this movie makes any sense whatsoever. Now matter how hard you try to interpret it, you will still be left puzzled.The story begins with our protagonist Misha as a child getting struck by lightning and being informed that things will be different for him. Years later, Misha is grown up and is working for a marketing campaign in Moscow. His boss has a niece named Abby. Misha and Abby fall in love and the remainder of the film is focused on their relationship. Misha's boss then gets a heart attack and then Misha leaves Moscow and becomes a farmer.Six years later, Misha has a dream that tells him to do something. Misha wakes up the next day and sacrifices a red cow which supposedly causes him to see things that no one else can see. Then, Misha returns to Moscow and learns that Abby was pregnant when he left and now has a six year old son. At Moscow, thee is a burger joint and a vegetarian Chinese buffet which are rivals. Misha can see creatures running the businesses. A candy monster runs the burger joint and a bunch of dragons run the Chinese buffet. Then advertising is banned. The end. None of the monsters show up until the last 10 minutes or so. Plus the CG effects are Nintendo 64 style. I just saved you 100 minutes. I do not recommend this film.

Well, I didn't enjoy it, but if you are a fan of 1950's Hollywood B movie films, then maybe you will. I didn't think it was possible to have such rubbish effects these days and I can't decide if it was a deliberate parody or simply the result of a tiny budget.Interesting to see it reflect real life in 1980s Britain, when it was gripped by the fear of BSE, also known as Mad Cow Disease. The mawkish love story was not interesting. The idea of Lenin as the first marketing guru was a new one on me and was interesting.However, the moral was clumsy and obvious, as were the effects. The credits at the end was about the most visually attractive thing in the film.Not for me.

I liked idea of movie but in showing this story something got missing. As few people mentioned this movie was slow. Trailer made me think that movie will be full with action but there was no action till the end. Maybe some people will find this absurd and some people could find this interesting. It's 50/50 chance. For me... I'm still confused. But just for a story sake I recommend to watch this. It kinda leaves us with thinking about how advertisements impact our lives. There was some plot holes, and some part i hardly could understand. Acting was average and effects was okay. See it with friends and you will have good time and subject to talk about with them afterwards.