Dark Watchers: The Women in Black (2012)

I love this movie so much

Simply A Masterpiece

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

This is confusing. The poster and official web site states the movies name is "Dark Watchers - The Women In Black" but on IMDb the name is "Men in Black: The Dark Watchers". Decide please!Film projects employs most often a mixed crew. You find professionals with lifelong experience mixed with those who are at the beginning of a career and learning. Some film projects with fantasy budget has perhaps the fewest inexperienced crew members as opposed to low-budget films. This is a super low budget film. I would not really categorize this film as a motion picture. Somewhere there is a lowest level that a film has to reach for me to call it a feature film. This film does not reach anywhere near that level. This is something else. An unsuccessful hobby project or school project maybe but certainly not some thing to charge the public for viewing. This production falls flat. I do mean everything. Among the most notable is the directing and camera / visualization. Regarding the actors performance - this movie will not boost anyone's career. Maybe it's bad directing, which is the cause? In that case, I sincerely hope that the actors and crew are given the opportunity to show what they really can perform in future projects. About the directing. I seldom say things "suck" but in this case after giving it a really long thinking there is no options: The directing of this movie really sucks. After watching this movie I digged in to Philip Gardiners life and production history and I am not surprised this is the result of his craft. Philip Gardiner is the living proof that quantity is not a measurement of quality. I do doubt we will ever see a Gardiner production nominated for an Oscar or any other significant award of recognition. Do not pay to see this movie. Rather call a distant relative you did not want to talk to the last 10 years than spend time on this.

For me the film showed a fresh view of film making that I have not seen before. This involved interesting views and shots that helped capture what the director was trying to show. I enjoyed the individual performances and the shot locations were beautiful. The music was in touch with the motive and reflected the mood of the characters. There were also some moments that made me laugh, which just showed the versatility of the lead characters. overall a different approach to film making that showed inventiveness. Looking forward to seeing what Philip Gardiner will come out with next. As previous form has shown, we can surly be in for wildly different experience.

Going into this film thinking about the MIB franchise would potentially ruin a good Fear of the unknown dramatisation. The film started a little slow for me with some very arty woodland and coastal shots and some eirie music but don't be put off as the scenery was very nice to look at, then it picked up. As small budget movies go this has a really interesting Idea that kept me gripped, there was a feel of a documentary in most scenes which had me wandering if it was real at times and the cast seemed really relaxed with their surroundings until it happens. Towards the end of the film they looked to be really fearing for their lives. Overall when the film had finished I was satisfied with what I had watched, a spooky, quirky sci-fi. My favourite part of it was the blonde lead she made me chuckle at times and then had me very worried for her safety. All in all I do recommend you watch this film but only if you like the strange and wonderfully weird.

This is nowhere near "the worst movie ever made" or even a "bland school project". It is, in my estimation, a fairly good and somewhat serious dramatization of the Men In Black mythology as outlined originally in Gray Barker's "They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers" (1956) and its sequel, Albert K. Bender's "The Flying Saucers and the Three Men" (1962).The acting is reasonably credible and it doesn't hurt that the leading ladies are young & beautiful. The camera work is above average and the cinematography is quite interesting and the black & white sequences are artfully employed. I really enjoyed the incidental music too and felt that it added a lot to the suspense.If you're interested in the MIB mythology, I'd suggest giving this a view. It won't provide any revelations on the topic but I think it's a well-crafted film that deserves better reviews than it's getting here.