The Scenesters

Worth it for the music and LA scenery but not much else. Carried the self-aware in-jokes way too far.

I saw this at the Austin Film Festival. The theater was sold out, but we did get in. The audience loved it. The audience was mostly a 30's something crowd. Very clever movie. I believe that they have gotten Best Comedy at the Hollywood Film Festival, Most Interesting Film at Slam Dance Film Festival, Best Director at Edmunton Film Festival, and an award at the Phoenix Film Festival. I highly recommend this film.

It was entertaining and pretentious. Exactly what you would expect from an indie film called The Scenesters.

I'll be honest, i didn't expect to like this, but i really did. It does what a lot of Indie movies fail to do, make do with what the have. The acting was decent, the story was pretty great, the only reason i don't find it a five star is because of the slightly predictable ending and the amount of attention given to the director (which is fine, it just off-balanced itself a bit) and another thing but i don't want to spoil anything. It's a pretty great story of a director who needs to get a job that pays more, so he does crime scene filming. His buddy who works with him as his "producer" wants him to try and make a name for himself in crime scene footage. During the movie it flashes to a courtroom where they are clearly on trial for something we aren't quite sure of for the first bit of the movie. They meet a crime scene cleaner who seems to notice more than the cops investigating the crime. It's far more humorous and interesting than i'm describing. Since it is free on prime right now, it's worth a watch, i wouldn't pay the rental fee, unless you watch the trailer and think it's up your alley. I again have to say this is a wonderful example of what can be achieved when you enjoy what you do, because it really shows, everyone acted well, the shots were set up well, the writing, the directing.

A really bad movie. Poor acting and script. No redeeming charachteristics.

This film is a lot of things, but one thing it's not is boring. Equal parts noir-style mystery, psychological thriller, stalker/slasher film, found footage film, courtroom drama, meta-cinema, and faux documentary, all over a denominator of black comedy, The Scenesters holds together incredibly well. It's often hilarious, with a deadpan sensibility that's admirable coming from a group with an improv comedy background. The script manages to pull off a lot of nice surprises and misleads. The film does a great job of using the tools of its different genres in the service of making a comic commentary on them. Definitely a welcome surprise. If you like this, check out the group's latest film, It's a Disaster, coming soon to theaters and VOD. They're both a step above the mainstream comedies we're seeing today.

pretty good

Excellent film, I loved this film from start to finish. Highly recommended if you like good films, reminded me of behind the mask of Leslie Vernon. Lots of references to film makers which I enjoyed and although not a comedy(perhaps dark humour) it is witty and had me laughing at the clever way in which the scenes where cut. I scanned imdb in hopes to find more films by Todd Berger but found myself disappointed, he has however done a bunch of shorts which I will now binge watch. I look forward to his next film. This guy will be a big name.