A fun little short that handled the contest's silent theme rather well. The film's punchline could have been taken a bit farther, perhaps, but it was still an amusing surprise.

Without a doubt this, in my opinion, deserves to win Septemberfest. I have recently started to take much liking to LGFB Studios after his recent releases like Mr. Bad Frame and The Man of All Leisure, and was quietly excited about this release. I honestly loved this, with witty humor, fantastic facial expressions, this film really shows how to make a silent film.

The beginning I must admit was a bit iffy, with some awkward framing and jumpy animation, however it quickly caught my attention with some nice arm animation, and the character himself made me smile. The plot is simplistic but has nice twists and ideas, such as the original idea of drawn facial expressions, as apposed to bad edited-in mouth animation. I especially enjoyed the last bit with the artist.

Technically the film is about normal, with nothing striking but nothing really that under average. Some ups and downs really, such as the afore mentioned odd framing techniques, and the facial aspects. The lighting is a non-applicable due to the effect, but nevertheless it creates a nice enough atmosphere. Animation is quite good, and overall you can see even more improvements. LGFB certainly has shown a spectacular jump from amateur to, once again in my opinion, highly respected brickfilmer.

Sound: 4/10
Music: 7/10
Animation: 6/10
Effects: N/A
Plot: 9/10
Cinematography: 6/10
Overall: 26/50 (Due to the N/A category)

Overall I'd say personally this deserves to win Septemberfest, with it's clever theme adaption and fabulous originality. It does have some close competitors, but this is just something special. A big congratulations to LGFB on his achievement and I will happily look forward to more.
-LO

The review guidelines were revamped at the beginning of last month to attempt to curtail some of our panel members' overly generous reviewing without altering the basic demarcation for recommendation. Your assertion that a "handfull (sic)" of average films were given "all films" status in recent weeks is telling us that it worked. If there's a recent example of a film you feel was judged unfairly on its own merits, I'll be happy to check it out, but comparing to a single review done before the revamp isn't comparing apples to oranges.

Also... it helps us out considerably if you take the time to get the titles right. "tim & fRED Halloween Special 2" got an 8/10 overall rating and was recommended. I'm assuming you were referring to "tim & fRED Thanksgiving Special 2", which only got a 5/10. And there's no film in the directory called "The Four Season's (sic)." I'm guessing you meant "Seasons."

For those who are wondering, the current requirements for a film to earn recommended status are as follows:

Review Panel guidelines wrote:

Recommended Film: As a general rule, any film with an overall rating of 6 or higher should be given “recommended” status. Exceptions can be made in the case of films that have vast discrepancies in quality between their various aspects. For example, a film with excellent animation and cinematography but a complete lack of a story and awful sound design could earn a 6 overall rating but fail to be recommended. In these situations, use your personal discretion; if a wide variety of the site's members will be glad they watched the film in question, recommend it. The large majority of films with an overall rating of 6 (and all films with a rating of 7 or higher) should be recommended.