Point and Shoot (2014)

Point and Shoot: Directed by Marshall Curry. With Joseph Oliveira, Matt Sager, Matthew Vandyke. An American sets out with his motorbike to find both adventure and his sense of manhood, leading him on an extraordinary journey he could not have imagined, including fighting in the Libyan Revolution.

“This film could have easily been a docu-comedy if edited differently. But instead we are expected to take a delusional Matthew Vandyke seriously as he hits the road to battle his mild OCD, fight alongside rebel forces, get captured and imprisoned, and create a fictionalzed character for himself along the way.n At first it was easy and entertaining to laugh at the observations and realizations that spew from Vandykeu0026#39;s mouth. But as the documentary is edited in such a way to reinforce Vandykeu0026#39;s idea of himself and his u0026quot;adventureu0026quot;, I found myself becoming annoyed in the character occupying my TV who Iu0026#39;m suppose to be taking seriously.n I think itu0026#39;s also worth mentioning Matthewu0026#39;s inflated idea self of importance, and misguided adventure would be funny if not for what heu0026#39;s continued to do since, and especially do to the success of Point and Shoot. The character that Vandyke created in Point he has bizarrely continued to personify long after the film ends. And again this two would also be funny except heu0026#39;s used his notoriety to meddle even more extensively in various other middle eastern affairs. Itu0026#39;s unfortunate that Point and Shoot somehow has earned Vandyke credibility and a platform.”