Don't ask me why but I came in to this short film convinced it was going to be an American short film . Possibly it was due to the content . Anything featuring God in any way shape or form just has to be an American movie . It might very possibly be that the promo features someone who is very similar looking to those TV evangelists you see on the God channel . Clean cut , well presented and so terminally boring that the idea of eternal oblivion is infinitely more preferable than to listening to someone like that forever
The good news is GLENN OWEN DODDS is an Australian short film so right away there's an element of irreverence to it . It's true that it seems it's slightly confused as to what the point it's trying to make but at least it's devoid of any sort of preachy subtext one way or another . It's also got that honest to goodness earthy Aussie humour which is relatively charming . Indeed the charm does make up for the lack of a really strong central plot and the paucity of the story . It also contains a good performance by David Wenham as the title character . I knew I'd seen this guy before somewhere and it wasn't until the titles came up that I realised it was the same actor who appeared in LORD OF THE RINGS and 300 . Duh . No worries mate
The good news is GLENN OWEN DODDS is an Australian short film so right away there's an element of irreverence to it . It's true that it seems it's slightly confused as to what the point it's trying to make but at least it's devoid of any sort of preachy subtext one way or another . It's also got that honest to goodness earthy Aussie humour which is relatively charming . Indeed the charm does make up for the lack of a really strong central plot and the paucity of the story . It also contains a good performance by David Wenham as the title character . I knew I'd seen this guy before somewhere and it wasn't until the titles came up that I realised it was the same actor who appeared in LORD OF THE RINGS and 300 . Duh . No worries mate