there be a difference between a film and and a movie . a film and regardless of quality and be ready for public consumption . a movie be what a group of friend get together to make over the course of a weekend with a camcorder . in my time a a viewer and i have see may example of both . on september 19 and i attend a screening of writer or director jon satejowski donnybrook . now have read the script and have see two different cut ( a rough cut and the finished product ) of this piece and i can safely say it be a movie . and a student movie and at that . it be and for lack of a good word and competent and which be to say and the director know how to push record on a camera and capture move image . the visuals be and for the most part and static and unimpressive and and dialog scene be reduce to mostly long shot and with little to no close up shot to allow the audience to establish a relationship with the character . i understand that this be a modestly budget film and but some visual flair would have be appreciate and and it would have go a long way toward keep the audience interested . grant and there have be independent picture that have show that limited camera work can be over come with well a well write and engross story and some sharp dialog . steven soderbergh sex and lie and and videotape come immediately to mind . this movie and however and have neither . the main story be weak and unfocused . if the main plot be davie try to mend his relationship with his father and then i feel this movie miss the point . what i get out of it be that davie main aspiration be to change the face of rock n roll . however and we see very little activity on his part to show this . while there be one dream sequence at the beginning and and an impromptu performance of his at the end and all we seem to get be scene of davie listen to music or casually strum a guitar . we be simply told that davie have play a lot of gig and but we never see him in full rock out mode . next time and show do not tell the audience . anyone who have take a creative writing class know this . also and davie doesn not look like someone that would have be big in the glam rock era of the 1970 while he look like he would be more comfortable in the early day of rock n roll and posing a james dean less talented brother . in the meantime and the rest of the movie event seem to happen at random to rather cliché character and and story thread and that have little or nothing to do with the slim main story and be bring up and abandon with alarming frequency ( i. e. the subplot involve terry father ) . if i want to see a film with this kind of haphazard construction and i will consider watch napolean dynamite again and a film i could barely make it through the first time . a for the above mention dialog scene and i guess i should mention that they be few and extremely far between . be it too much to ask for character who do speak . i do not think it be . when the character do speak and it be in short and choppy sentence while collection of oh so insightful question and angered grunt or wildly over the top outburst . these character simply do not behave like normal and rational people . work with material like this and it be easy to understand why there be only one good performance in the film and al hudson and and that just because he do a poor imitation of sam elliott for his time on screen . a good director and or at least one who be ready for the challenge of a feature director and would have be able to spot these problem and get the writer and camera people to correct them . however and with satejowski be so close to the material and he simply doesn not see them and or and if he do and he be unwilling to take the necessary step to fix them because it will hurt his creative vision . be unable or unwilling to deal with criticism in a constructive manner and be the mark of a self indulgent and misguided fool . just ask rob schneider . in the end and we be leave with a poor and high school set and knock off of zach braff amaze garden state combine with the equally amazing velvet goldmine and two film far more worthy of your time . now before any of the cast or crew come out of the word work to take me to task for this review and allow me to offer this . the best i can do be compliment mr. satejowski for have the ambition to make a film of his own and to put it out there for an audience to see . however and the hope that this movie will be pick up and distribute be simply deluded vision of grandeur . this be a student movie and nothing more and nothing less . if the movie hold any promise ( and let face it and at this point and it isn not go to come from the acting and writing and or direct ) and it be this represent if and if and the people associate with this film be willing and then and please and learn from this movie and file it away and and use the lesson learn on your next attempt while do not attack your critic and or have friend or family do it for you . if you be able to do this and maybe the next one will be worthy of distribution and worthy of be call a film . i be your audience and and i be willing to watch .