Generation Um... (2013)

You won't be disappointed!

Simply Perfect

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Why some people think that nothing happens in this movie, it's about nothing? At first glance - right, nothing happens, just an ordinary day routine, just a guy stole a camera… But please look inside the film; look deep into the heroes' souls! You'll see a hell, struggle, pain,flight, dying love.. All the action takes place inside a man, the movie is about the transformation of human soul.The camera gave them possibility to look at themselves the other way round. Confession allowed to take the hidden pain out….. and the process of catharsis starts. John's question "and what you really are?" – culmination point of the film, it's main idea. Everybody should ask himself once "What I am? Why I am? What's the essence of my life?" And Violet's reaction, one drop of tear, give us a hope that these people are not the lost generation. A very dramatic film, an extremely realistic! If not the famous actors I would take it as documentary. Its monotony fascinates. A Zen film. not for everyone. An excellent acting!! My great thanks to film creators for this job!

It's an artistic film. I took it as a movie to simply observe the details. It has its good moments, but lengthy, and to be fair I did not give the movie my full attention, because frankly, I just couldn't.I have had a moment or two like this before, but it is not a lifestyle I could live with personally. However, I have come across some people where this actually is close their lifestyle, with or without the use of drugs. Sometimes some people don't have that sense of purpose or are simply clueless about the culture and how people see them. People have all different kinds of lifestyles, and this is one that definitely exists, but isn't always portrayed in film. The way the characters are and their personalities make the movie somewhat interesting.Some characters portray their characters a little better than others, I feel, in some scenes. But it is difficult to tell if the characters developed through the story or the camera just gave a new perspective. I also found it difficult to keep watching through the middle of the film as it was very slow paced.It is a decent movie, if you like a movie about life and meaning and watching these type of characters as the main characters of the film.

We have a technical first with "Generation Um..." a ShakyCam production done using what sounds like the on-board ShakySound mics! If the script and direction were killer good, that might have made this forced cinéma vérité work. The problem is it doesn't, and I walked out of the theater feeling really cheated.For gosh sake, if you have enough money for an A-list star like Mr. Reeves, grab your shots with the benefit of at least a pro camera, stabilization, lighting and on-mic sound. If you don't have the budget for that, refinance until you can do it right! If you don't, you are ripping off audience members who paid to see what they assumed would be a professionally produced theatrical film!

For some reason I was intrigued by this movie. I kept watching it thinking something would happen. Nothing happened. Halfway through it looked like something might happen. Nothing happened. I still kept watching it though, waiting for some grand revelation, or some insight, or some idea of what it was about, and I didn't get it. I waited for the plot to reveal itself or for there to be some sort of context to the story. There was none. There was no foreshadowing, there did not appear to be any conflict, there didn't appear to be a resolution at the end, either. This movie left me unfulfilled and confused. What is the point of this movie?? I have no idea. Does anyone know, and if so can you share with me what the point of this movie was?