Bass Ackwards (2010)

I had to add my few impressions just to get the average review feeling for this film up closer to the score it really deserves. Beautiful photography and deliciously fitting music give the road trip a genuine convincing real emotional satisfying impact. I wasn't looking for plot, so didn't miss there not being one. The film makers here know how a film depends on feelings evoked by imagery and believably suspenseful drama. How you can get that without plot is how this movie works. That a feeble little VW micro-bus can get so much mileage with so little power is the impressive surprise. Yep, lotsa higher-powered vehicles pass it by, or find it's in their way. But Linas keeps on driving along and we get somewhere pretty satisfying eventually.

After watching this film I have yet to find a reason why I sat through the whole thing! I cannot find anything positive to say about this film. It is lack lustre, lacking in comedy, lacking in story line and the plot outline is an over descript outline of its reality.This story could be told in about 10 minutes and still have the comedic value it presents as a full length movie.If you enjoy watching paint dry then you may just enjoy this film! My apologies to the producer, but in my opinion this is awful!If you intend passing an hour and a half of your time, if you can find something else to do, it would far more rewarding than sitting through this.

Saw Bass Ackwards this weekend at the Waterfront Film Festival, but ended up leaving about 15 minutes before the movie was done due to boredom. I watch a lot of films and this is the first time I've walked out early.There were way too many scenes of the Vw Microbus getting passed by semi-trucks on the highway. It was funny for the first few times and then just became insulting. I think a three year old would have understood the point that it was a slow and frustrating vehicle well before using the same gag about 10 or 15 times.There were a couple entertaining moments he had with the service station guy "no speak English" and Linas' Christopher Walken impersonation.

It's interesting to wonder what a movie actually is supposed to mean so we only have our own perspective to rely on...With this movie I immediately fell in love with the cinematography. It's got a real life quality mixed with a dash of art to really make me feel connected to whats happening.I feel like the main character a lot in my personal life, not to sound over the top melancholy or anything. I just relate to the social interactions with people, the awkwardness of it all. The self amusement and the way we see the world when we are by ourselves.Life is tough and this movie keeps it real and relative, props to the crew, I feel big things coming for them in the future.Sorry if this is a pointless review, it's my first one... :)