'Aetas' - an Epic Medieval Tale

Maximus said:
...the most discussed element in this thread is a young lady's eyelashes! I believe there is a valuable lesson to be learned here.
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I agree there is a lesson here...

It reminds me of the story of the french sculptor Rodin when he was making the Honore de Balzac statue...he brought in a pupil to look at the finished work and the pupil said "What cool hands!" (in french of course ;) )

He then ushered that student away and brought in someone else. They had the same response..."Nifty hands!"

After getting the same reply a few more times, he was infuriated. He grabbed an ax and hacked off the hands.

He then yelled at his students to remember that no one part is greater than the whole. (in french and there might have been some swearing in there)

So I guess that might be the lesson...

Or maybe ppl are obsessed with eyelashes and need to move on. :)
 
I am going to be honest I had not noticed that there was sich bitter controversy over what is essentially a trivial fact. The film was fantastic, the eyelashes don't matter unless they are ten times the size of the girls face, which they weren't. Let's move on and not nit pick like this. I agree with AJ above. [/EYELASHES]
 
Hey Shawn, Ken, and team. First, Shawn, thanks for bringing to my attention that the fest was in play ... otherwise I might have missed this altogether! I just watched your film and really enjoyed it.

I'll start with the things I loved. I loved the story, or the idea here of love, and the timeless nature of it. One man going to the ends of the earth for his one true love. Awesome.

I LOVED the cinematography, but mostly only on the CU's. On the CU's the framing and look of the talent was just incredible. Some of it was lost to me, however, on the wide shots, and most noticeably the salt flats. While it's an incredible place visually, for some reason it just didn't flow with the rest of the film for me. That said, the time elapsed shot of the clouds there was another stunning moment.

Another nit pick would be with regards to the costume, or more specifically the huge clunking boots the guy was wearing ... just stood out like a sore thumb to me, almost like they were the size of Darth Vader's boots, popping out from beneath that cloak ... I'm talking specifically about at the beginning when the cloaked figure is walking across the salt flats.

Talent was great ... I really REALLY dug their performances. Great job on selection & working with the cast. Also, LOVED the foreign language you had going on here. Music was awesome as well, really adding to the overall feel of the film.

Highest rated film I've given so far. Again, nice job.
 
Great job Shawn and Ken! I heard about this project and was so looking forward to the finished result. I loved everything about it - from the acting with great emotion and in Latin to boot, the cinematography, the "deep" story, the sundial, and the creative use of Latin). Keep it up and best of luck in the judging!
 
Congratulations on Aetas making the top 8! I'm personally hoping for a 6:30 minute version with 28 additional seconds of metal-mask-man being awesome and mysterious.
 
conrad_johnson said:
I wish you the best of luck and the longest of eyelashes in the next round of voting!
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As I said before...I liked the eyelashes! Glad it didn't keep you from making the Top 8! :thumbsup:

Congrats fellas! I'm glad your hard work and dedication has been recognized. In fact, after all you guys went through to get this made (hiking through rising tides, a dude in a heavy cloak carrying a flaming torch, driving into the remote desert...) maybe you should have called your film "Survival"! ;-)

All the best!

Daniel
 
Congratulations fellas! You guys walked right to the top 8! ;)

Looking forward to hearing Herman's music on something other than my headphones. And of course the big eyelashes on the big screen!
 
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