What A Guy!

It’s difficult to create a period piece in a 48 hours film. ‘What a Guy’ did a really good job of this with their narrated glimpse back in time. This type of storyline has been explored a lot in the past, and it feels like the team liberally borrowed from Stranger than Fiction, but it was nonetheless a charming piece. It only caused a problem by setting a precedent for the ending of the film, which despite their “shock ending” genre, was rather predictable from about halfway through their film. I really loved the vintage vibe, the tone was set beautifully and apart from an unfortunate scene against a very modern looking Auckland skyline, they really strived to take you on a journey back in time. Overall a very enjoyable piece, if a little derivative.

Some well shot elements and a well imagined story were sometimes let down by the pacing and edit, but all in all a good effort, especially to do a period piece.

It’s difficult to create a period piece in a 48 hours film. ‘What a Guy’ did a really good job of this with their narrated glimpse back in time. This type of storyline has been explored a lot in the past, and it feels like the team liberally borrowed from Stranger than Fiction, but it was nonetheless a charming piece. It only caused a problem by setting a precedent for the ending of the film, which despite their “shock ending” genre, was rather predictable from about halfway through their film. I really loved the vintage vibe, the tone was set beautifully and apart from an unfortunate scene against a very modern looking Auckland skyline, they really strived to take you on a journey back in time. Overall a very enjoyable piece, if a little derivative.