Lasting Appeal
It’s always difficult to do a review of a film that is actually meant to be bad. As the intent of WebcamMurder.com was to make an audience drowsy, if I were grading it solely on whether or not it accomplished this goal, it would get a ten out of ten.
However, if one wants to put an audience to sleep, there are more efficient ways of doing so. Take, for example, Andy Warhol’s infamous eight-hour art films that depict – of all things - people sleeping. (Or one could try making yet another sequel to Bring It On.)
This movie has some art film elements to it, and there is a possibility that it might be able to find a cult following in some circles, but I think that the best option would be to choose a more accepted genre and tweak the film to better fit it. There are a lot of moments of humor within the film that could make it into a decent comedy; otherwise, there’s the opportunity to take a page from the Law and Order TV series, in which a recent episode featured a supposed kidnapping that took place on a live webcam. And whatever direction one chooses to go, there’s always the added element that all the action takes place via internet webcam.
Overall Comment
There are some good existing elements to WebcamMurder.com. There are some moments of humor, an added interest of a murder mystery, plus the fact that the entire film takes place via webcam. However, there are far too many stretches of time in which nothing is done. While I recognize that the director was intentionally trying to bore the audience, I cannot understand the point behind such a goal. The motivation to make a film simply for the sake of making one is perhaps better than doing nothing, but when one ends up with a finished product that is practically unmarketable, it’s difficult to say that all the effort put in was actually a good thing.
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Content |
5.5 |
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Visual
Look |
5.2 |
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Use
of Audio |
8.8 |
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Use
of Budget |
5.0 |
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Lasting
Appeal |
2.0 |
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Overall
Score |
5.3
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