Listening (2015)

Very disappointed :(

The acting in this movie is really good.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The sound and photography of this film detracted terribly from what is a great story. The acting and dialogue could be better too. The photography in general was too inconsistent. The color balance in particular was off-putting. The sunset yellow hue at times, reinforced by the low angled shadows of near dawn and dusk were effective. The awful yellow-green hue of their garage lab suffered the faults of film without a balancing filter, or color grading, with the annoying look of low light digital video. It is unclear how this was shot, but such a color temperature must be deliberate, in which case its terrible, or amateurishly unaddressed, which is unforgivable. The sound was equally uneven. However, I dare say the story was engaging and original. This film does not deserve the 1s and 10s it has gotten in other reviews. It is a solid 6 out of 10, as the majority of the reviews rate it. I rated it an extra star down for the technical deficiencies.

I think 4 out of 10 stars for this movie is generous but I'll admit it has a really fascinating concept. That was why I chose to watch it, was the premise. It just didn't deliver.At no point are the three lead actors convincing in their roles. They are poorly written and don't even make sense. I never believed that any of these grad students could be remotely capable of the advanced science they were supposed to be doing. And the characters are not likable. I was never rooting for them to succeed in any manner.Not to mention that this "sci-fi" movie was predictable and filled with every cliché and trope in the book. It's not even worth this many words.

Interesting idea but falls completely flat. I know, "Sucks" is pretty harsh but let me count the ways. 1. The Evil CIA/Government has hidden cameras all over the labs of these college students. When did this happen? how did they know there were working on this mind reading hardware? No explanation what so ever. 2. You are going to let an untrained college student inject your spine with a huge needle with nanotubes? Something completely untested by them on even lab animals. If you don't kill him you may paralyze him but that doesn't seem to worry them in the least. 3. Getting kicked out to the street but no one seems to mind. 4. Acting is so wooden I thought I was watching Pinocchio 5. Strange random lighting and lens coloring with no real reason...what the hell? 6. Computer blow up but are seen working 5 mins later... wow, that's cool. 7. Government testing mind control and give the target a gun with loaded bullets ... why not leave blanks? You would end up with the same results ... Come on how stupid.Overall the movie sucks so bad the talent-less"director"/writer should give up now and do something else with his life and stop wasting everyone's time with this garbage.

I got to this movie by chance, just looking at sci-fi titles. Its actually quite a well made film. The story is engaging, the characters are intriguing and the acting is good. Its very difficult to find good sci-fi in the last few years. In this JJ Abrams era every sci-fi is the same, the story is the same, the actors all look alike, the characters are full of clichés and boring stereotypes that only teenagers may find interesting. Thats why Im happy to ignore a few flaws in movie Listening, which offers something outside of the cookie cutter scene. Cool movie.