Third Degree (2004) User Reviews

Wow.

[rbigley · 1/10 · 7 September 2011]

Wow, I'm speechless. There is a new Ed Wood.

Sorry if this is harsh but I've not seen this lack of understanding on the basics of film in a long time.

Heads are cut out of frame when they are talking, the camera pans to action but doesn't go far enough and we miss the actors, eye lines are crossed in most shots- its endless. Its like no one was looking through the camera lens.

Plus, there is no direction for actors, they go on and on and on, staging is nonexistent.

A film to avoid.

I was in this movie, so it is biased, but.....

[TJ-48 · 6/10 · 12 March 2013]

OK, I was in this movie, so I am obviously biased in my opinion. I don't think this was a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I think there were some great moments. As far as the comments about the editiing and framing, those were director/producer/writer choices and they were made on purpose to create a film that was a little different then the standard Hollywood movie. They purposely had characters out of frame and out of focus to make it different. The comments about "how to make a movie" come from someone who wants to see the same "Hollywood" movie over and over and over. I am not trying to make excuses for some "choices" that we may or may not agreed with as actors, but they were "choices". Tommy Dallace put this "edited" version of the movie on line to showcase his talents - and I think he is very talented. He was in Fight Club and some other movies after this, but it doesn't show the whole idea of the movie. If you were to purchase the whole movie and forgive some poor acting by certain people (the names won't be mentioned, but it will be obvioius), and some questionalbe other choices, then you would see a very interesting movie that could have been a very good movie.