Reviewed by Sean McNulty

This is an amazing movie. The moment it finished, I sat in my chair for a little bit just staring at the 3dmm window. Reason being was it is full of so much imagery and beauty that it was just so much to absorb in one sitting. I ended up watching it four times. There's this one scene that I just can't get over, but I'll save all that for later.

This movie is about a man who has always wanted a child, like most men. He finds a perfect woman to be a mother and gets his groove on (not shown). The woman is obviously not as interested in successful reproduction, as she aborts the child, and it would seem incredibly late as well. I'm not sure what the legal limit is, or if there is one, but that woman was at least 4-5 months pregnant. I realize that the moment the egg is fertilized it becomes a living human, but when it actually looks like a human....well my point is the longer you wait the more immoral it seems to me. I don't want to ramble about my mixed feelings on abortion though; I'll focus on the movie. So, she gets the baby aborted. Now, like most men who have had a child their under construction in a woman for possibly 4 months and then find out the construction site gets demolished without even a warning, they're going to get pissed. In one perspective, this movie is about irony. The man wants revenge on the doctor who kills babies for a living, so he goes off and kills the doctor's baby. Sucks, eh? Now I know I'm making jokes and such, but I don't mean to take away from the serious issue this movie addresses. Abortion has always been a topic of controversy, one that most people always prefer to avoid. This movie provides a unique viewpoint for the subject of abortion: the father. Enough summary and talk of real life issues, let's get to dissecting the movie.

The voice acting is one of the things I loved most in the movie. Jaymond does an astounding job at convey the emotions of the man in this movie. The pitch and volume and every syllable fit so perfectly with the character and the movie that it felt all too real. Wonderful job Jaymond, keep up the good work and wear throat protection if and when you partake in dangerous activities that might cause throat injury.

The scenery is just breathtaking. At one point it felt a too bit busy, mainly in the scene where the man is walking too the park, and there's a taxi cab driving by, a man walking down the street, smoke coming from a nearby house chimney, a street light is changing, and there's a hot air balloon floating by. Perhaps the balloon was a tad too much. Either way, it still looks amazing. Here it comes, my favourite moment of the whole movie:





This one scene says more than my brain can process. It's not just the emotion of the people or the cross, but the moon. Most people have been focusing on the position of the people and the cross, but what of the moon? For those who don't know, the moon and its phases have been associated with women for ages. The full moon in particular represents fertilization and ovulation, the conception of a child (see, school is useful). A new moon, which follows a full moon, represents a beginning of new things, spring, and birth. Now that we know that, we can take a closer look at the cross. It's attachment to a grave obviously symbolizes death. I think you're picking up where this is going. The silhouette of the cross against the pale, full moon symbolizes the recent end to the growth of the child, and is in a sense, a representation of a powerful burden upon the new moon. I don't think Santiago or Jeremy had this in mind when making this scene, they probably just wanted it to symbolize the death and horror of loosing a child, and the moon was just for effect. But when I saw it, it meant so much more to me that it continues to stand out in my mind as one of most beautiful scenes in 3dmm history.

The other scenes are really good too. The expansion is used here brilliantly mixed with normal props to balance everything out. It's not an obvious contrast between the two either, they work well together. The sun didn't look like a sun, but you could tell it was supposed to be a sun, and it looked awesome anyways.

My only complaint is that we don't get to know why the woman got the baby aborted. I would have personally liked to know, but guess what? It's not important, so it doesn't really take away from the film at all. I just would have liked to know, but not from the woman. Her talking would have ruining the effective narrative style this movie has. Maybe if the man said something to hint at a reason. Either way, not important, I won't be loosing sleep over it.

This movie is brilliant, that's really all there is to it.

10/10