Fanboy (2021)

Fanboy: Directed by Ben Johnson. With Ben Johnson, Alberto Jurado, Alia Jyawook, Arabella Harrison. Fanboy is a rock n’ roll thriller that follows Xenos, a band on tour, and the obsessed fan that follows them.

“This movie shouldnu0026#39;t exist. Read to the end to understand why. Iu0026#39;m completely dumbfounded about the whole production. To be honest, it looks like an artificial movie to show film students what not to do. Now, I donu0026#39;t say or give this rating easily and itu0026#39;s the first time Iu0026#39;ve rated a movie with one star but bear with me.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLet me list some things that make this movie what it is:nu003culu003eu003cliu003ethe dubbing is so lacking that in every single scene it sounds like the actors were spoken by somebody completely differentu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eall dubbing is strictly mono in the center – no pan or dynamic whatsoeveru003c/liu003eu003cliu003ethe foley work is at most times completely off in mixing, type, dynamic and consistency, sometimes itu0026#39;s lacking or present where it shouldnu0026#39;t beu003c/liu003eu003cliu003ethe acting is so unnatural and unfitting that itu0026#39;s sometimes hard to even follow the scene structure, reactions are off and incomprehensible at times, even simple facial expressions appear forcedu003c/liu003eu003cliu003ethe camerawork shows no concept when to have which angle or focal length and with no regard to the sceneu003c/liu003eu003cliu003edialogues are often irrelevant, contain senseless cuts and pauses without reasonu003c/liu003eu003cliu003escenes sometimes just fade out in the middle, parallel to the sound and musicu003c/liu003eu003cliu003ein one instance they used a still frame instead of video (i.e. Lousy editing)u003c/liu003eu003cliu003esome scenes have an extreme frame drop to accomodate the length of a text overlayu003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eI could keep going because the list goes on, believe it or not.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYou see, I can reward a director for showing intention and purpose although he may be an amateur with a higly restricted budget. But when I have the feeling that the work is simply lazy and sloppy without any sign or improvement in every production step, I cannot help to lose my respect for the entire project. How should anyone interpret the fact that botched scenes were just left in the final cut instead of a re-take? If you make a movie and show no effort to the medium than thereu0026#39;s no point in making a movie in the first place. Thus, this movie shouldnu0026#39;t exist. Nevertheless Iu0026#39;m glad I sat through this disaster because I now appreciate many other movies just a bit more.”