Yoda's Demo Reel

"review" written 9/2/2003

When I decided to make this Web site my first goal was to review every fan film I'd ever seen. And so, in a weekend of flurried activity, I cranked out honest, carefully-worded critiques of everything sitting on my drive, random AtomFilms entries, stuff on TFN I hadn't seen yet. I ended up watching quite a few new fan films, making notes on things to download to review some other time, and feeling like I'd accomplished something.

But then I realized that I hadn't subjected my own fan film to the same treatment.

Could I do so without being biased?

I did this for Run Leia Run and I'm doing it for the crappy little animation I tried to sneak into the AtomFilms awards. Here we go.

I can be objective about my own work, right? I know what's good about it and what's not. And in order to preserve some degree of journalistic integrity, I won't give it a letter grade.

Let's begin. I'm pretending I didn't make this movie... now.

BEGIN FICTIONALIZED OBJECTIVE REVIEW

It's odd that Yoda's Demo Reel didn't get into the AtomFilms awards. It's just the sort of thing that tickles their funny bone. Small quirky spoof.

This movie's over before it begins. It's just Yoda in a couple of different scenes. It's a semi-organized collection of jokes. The AOTC joke is a funny idea, sure, but the E.T. joke is poorly presented and practically requires that the viewer have memorized the Spielberg film.

There's worse things to do with a couple of minutes of your time.

END FICTIONALIZED OBJECTIVE REVIEW

Well... there we go. Now go watch my movie and see what you think.