Intellectual Property (2006)

Many parts of the movie didn't make sense to me. For example, who is the fourth murder victim? The landlady, the man who died in Paul's apartment, the boyfriend, and... And who is the first man who died in his apartment anyway? Just a random person who happened to die there? Was he sent by the communists? Paul had nothing left to show at the end of the movie except his machine, but he was able to complete the cube perfectly, as the communists seem to have stolen it in the end?There were far too many parts of this movie that are left vague for me to have any idea what the message behind the movie was supposed to be. There was far too much confusion in Paul's thoughts for me to tell who he is and to empathize with him.After watching the movie, my overall impression was 'what was that?' It seemed to be many small, disconnected scenes with no overall plot to tie them together.

I just watched the movie and decided that while it was good, there was quite a bit missing that could have just made it step over the line from being an indie film into something special.The movie tells the story of a gifted inventor who slowly descends into a state of perpetual paranoia where reality and fantasy become difficult to tell apart. We also cannot tell whether reality is as messy as it appears or if it is merely paranoid delusions taken to their conclusion, even by the end. This makes the conclusion difficult to digest as things are still not clear, and we find that we do not understand the character as we find ourselves with little to sympathize with in the story with all the characters. Perhaps that is on purpose (aka M Night Shy.... something) but people don't commit themselves to a movie unless they see characters they can empathize with. That's why cool movies about alien invasions are usually more of a drama than a sci-fi action flick.The film also has difficulty making its point. Is it anti-communist? Is it pro-America? Is it telling us about the human condition? Is it telling us about paranoia? By the ending, I felt like I had watched a movie with a great deal of creativity and expression that had something to say and succeeded on some level but due to budgetary constraints and inexperience had limited itself. If the story was rehashed with more obvious yet subtle clues, more energy, more connections with characters and much more coherence, it would have been more memorable.

Imagination, creativity and story telling are the three things Hollycrap are incapable of, that is why they feed on accomplished independents to steal their life force and package it woven with their government propaganda. This is a rather imaginative movie with a very sexy Lyndsy Fonseca that is obviously inspired by the script of "a beautiful mind" but goes places that script could never go.PLOT: A wiry small inventor spaz is a child prodigy that has fizzled in his adult years and is trying to invent the next big thing. The pressure of creating it has obviously twisted the poor boy up pretty bad and now the mob might be after him to try and collect their money or is it the government trying to steal his hard work to use it for their profit? Seems like everyone has an angle to try and steal his work and so much of it has been stolen already for corporate profits at his expense so he must always watch his back, but it just keeps getting harder and harder....Highlights- a very sexy leading lady- meow to Lyndsy Fonseca I want one for Xmas. A midget- midgets are good for surreal films like this. The apartment reminded me of Naked Lunch or Barton Fink's apartment- very claustrophobic and old. All in all this is a study of the wiry spaz inventor's mind and if that isn't interesting to you, the movie won't be. No special effects to speak of but some decent suspense and a fairly strong attempt at being a credible movie on a low budget- this movie winds up being better than several more expensive ventures because of the imagination used.

Well, first off, this film has lots of dramatic turns and events. I'll leave you to see it yourself, instead of being a spoiler. And second, the most amazing thing about this film, is that the director' Nicholas Peterson, is actually related to me. No kidding!!! I met him in person also! Well, I definitely recommend any "Drama Lovers" to watch this film. It's logically clever and makes you just feel plain sorry for the main character. The story line was great, and the music will blow you away. The acting was perfect, and there's actually some comic references in the story. Well really small comic references, but at least it delivers a small, short laugh, due to the whole film being serious, and dramatic.