Plot Summary
After Ethan’s mother dies in a car wreck, he inherits everything she owned, especially her horse, called Bear! Therefore, he decides to forsake all of his other possessions and his college scholarship to learn ‘computers’ and go to live with his aunt and uncle so he can be near his new horse. As he wrestles with his life’s purpose and meets new friends, Bear is always there to bring them all together.
Production Quality (1 point)
This is likely one of Crystal Creek Media’s best productions, as it has good video quality and professional camera work, although some of the camera work tends to be too artistic. Audio quality is fine, though the soundtrack is incredibly boring. The same old sets and locations from all the Crystal Creek films, with some exceptions, are used again. Finally, there are a lot of editing problems, including too many lagging scenes and not enough fluff being edited out. There are too many repeated and useless sequences, as well as scenery sequences, that just fill time. Basically, though they have made some strides, they still have some work to do.
Plot and Storyline Quality (0 points)
It’s extremely difficult to grasp the purpose of this film. The plot summary above is basically it, sans a few extra rabbit trail subplots that never seem to come to anything. There are too many meandering and disconnected elements, thus causing the story to overall lack focus and direction. From one scene to the next, it is hard to tell what is really happening or what the viewer is supposed to focus on. Dialogue is extremely formal and empty at the time, thus creating cardboard characters. There are too many trite and plastic Christian platitudes with no substance or meaning behind them. Next time, the Crystal Creek team needs to give better scrutiny to their plots before letting the movie go to production.
Acting Quality (0 points)
Utilizing the same cast members over and over again can be cheap and easy, but it doesn’t pay off unless you have some serious acting coaching. With this many films under the belts of these cast members, they should be getting better with experience, but they’re not. There is a severe lack of emotion among this cast and too many lazy performances. Unfortunately, this is another disappointing effort.
Conclusion
We still believe that the Crystal Creek team has good intentions—they just need a lot of direction and deepening. They certainly persevere as they continue to put out film after film. Since they have this drive, we ask that they use each film as a learning opportunity to get better and better. Their production skills have slightly improved over time, but other areas are still suffering. Perhaps as they continue to truck along, they will keep learning how to get better.
Final Rating: 1 out of 10 points
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