Eden Log [Blu-ray]

I was not too impressed with this film. It was not the color, dialogue, captions, or the lack of a talking dinosaur that let me down- the movie failed to connect with me. For me, it was like watching The Blair Witch Project: you watch because it is something to watch and at the end youre left wanting a little more.Rundown:In this movie, "Eden Log" is a corporation that is trying to find an element to unite all people. Something goes wrong and like those Resident Evil travesties, a character gets amnesia and cant remember whats going on, comes across monsters, clean up teams, and the few survivors and computer files to just get a simple understanding before they conveniently die or break. The ending arrives when you expect it to but is lackluster. Thinking about it, "Eden Log" does seem like a French version of "Resident Evil".Speaking on the plot, there needs to be some clarification. American cinema is not universal cinema. European films have their own method of engaging the audience. Knowing this will save a viewer frustration if they have not seen any imported films. Knowing key difference between American cinema and European cinema, Im still not sure "Eden Log" would be enjoyable to all. There could be some interesting takes on symbology, possible allegories, and the role of colors but Amazon is not the place.I did not watch the English version. Im the type of viewer that watches a foreign film in its original language. This means, like the other reviews state, watching the poor quality version that is listed in the Special Features. To my surprise, the quality was not all that bad. The reason being, I watched the film on a PS3. Like most newer players, it upscalled the quality and fit the image to the widescreen TV. If anyone is to watch this movie on a player that does not upscale but is hooked up to any widescreen HDTV via RCA jacks, the quality is going to be horrible. Its simple technobabble. If a viewer has no issue with the higher quality English version then by all means watch that version.

What an interesting flick!Something happens when you humble your pride and really look at your life through the eyes of accountability. The path to wisdom is clear in retrospect which is a hint about the intuitive guide named introspect. The prostitution of your soul is the part you'll get to know in the mud and the junk down below, oh, and your animal nature is a necessary enemy.SHE is busy trying to fit-in a box, HE is trying to escape; gender reconciliation will lead you to the natural purpose of your conscience and the INtuitive potential of your miraculous physisiology, but just so you know, the justified victim will always need a responsible villain.The equalibrium of function IS the gentle path.If you want to grow it's all about who you know. The thing about people who grow is, they outgrow the people who don't, so you must give maturity the freedom to discriminate against trendy sentimentality.WE ARE HERE TO GROW, and when you participate in how things are meant to be, what you set free is the eternal spring of natural maturity, and the cork of stagnant death is a wise chapter left in the unfolding story of your enlightening legacy.A lonely tree in a sea of weeds is only lonely until it sees what only the trees can see.FIND ALONE; it won't be easy or comfortable or clean, but our future NEEDS what only YOUR wise eye can see.The voice of INtuition needs no justification, which is why the wise never rely on the confident advice of the justified.INsight is that which applies to ALL of us equally, so INsight is the inner eye gazing upon Universal principles, which includes the vast tapestry of all the sins of humanity. When you understand sin, you gain a truer sense of human history, and a clearer INsight of the enlightened potential of our SHARED trajectory.It's easy like pie to believe that sin is an ancient myth, this is your confident pride making you blind. You must make a friend of Irony, who won't keep you blind to the ironically confident source of your INsecurity.By modern definition, to "adulterate" is to render something cheaper in quality, and INtegrity is why the wise make a True friend of Irony.FIND YOUR RIGHT MIND!!! Be it work or play or raising a family, any creative endeavor that's not a product of INtegrity isn't setting the future free, it's only suckling the spoiled milk of past adultery."The light of the body is the eye; if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness" Ignorance grows more sophisticated every day, how do you contribute to making it wisdom's job to compensate?Science will someday be religion's trusty microscope, but for now it's only the convenienced ax of Irony (and if you need to see my educated credentials before you'll take me seriously, I can show you only an example of your adultery)."The soul can only wear the clothes of wisdom and virtue"Virtue, by its obvious nature, is virtuous, only ignorance requires that a virtue be made of virtue, and there is no wisdom more profound than innocence comprehended.When mother's so love thier children as to make of wisdom a breed-worthy virtue we will once again live in the light, in the meantime, that which is born of ignorance is ignorant; the prodigal victim of an inherited habit of adultery.God wants you to find your substance and Nature NEEDS you to grow wiser. Honor thy Mother with the fruit of your receptivity; honor thy Father by choosing wisely what you are receptive to. Your journey INward will find a quiet Universal harmony conspiring to help you ...LISTEN!!!Religion is part of the corruption machine until you pick all the weeds from your garden. True seeds only grow in INtegrity, where every day is a Sunny day shining ever upon the Universal field of fertile soil.With everyone on their own side, nobody's living in the image of One who's on everybody's side. Any sincere search for Truth will very quickly offend the confidence of every modern woman, and the men who love them. THESE two-eyed swine lie in the same mud that you must clean from the INside of your cup.Human evolution is an expression of Creation, and creative expression is the INtuitive revelation.We're taught to believe that men aren't nearly as INsightful, but what does your INtuition tell you?Our SOUL POWER manifests itself in one of two ways: either we are nurturing strength or seducing weakness. SENSATION-SEEKING, CONSUMING, INSTANT-GRATIFICATION, JUSTIFICATION, BLAME, PROJECTING RESPONSIBILITY, VICTIM-MENTALITY -modern human nature is anything but natural, so She is a cruel teacher. When you find the WILL to throw away the weak gifts your mother gave you, you will naturally inherit your Father's strength.Children are intuition's witnessMother's reflect the state of human receptivityRescuing the innocent in a boat that floats upon the dead sea is the REAL MAN'S responsibilityThe Responsible Father will take His time and first grow wise and then select a bride who is more receptive to Him than she is to modern human nature.For as far as you reach with your left hand you'll be rewarded on the right, for as deep as you sink your roots into the earth your leaves will breathe in eternal light, if you be wise enough to identify with all but none along the way, the renewal of your mind will find itself in time for the wedding of night and day.A pretty weird review of a movie, I know, but it's a pretty weird movie.-Best a luck out there!

Literally - the entire film is shot in the dark and plays in various stages of blue and grey throughout. There's hardly a scene with any other colour. But don't let that put you off, 'Eden Log' is a decent watch with an interesting story and decent pace. This might be a bit hard to justify as there is very little dialogue and it is shot on what seems to have been a small number of industrial-feel sets with lots of dripping water, mud and other unattractive elements. But I felt the story was intriguing and was reeled in to the end. It all comes together surprisingly well with some substantial revelations. The disk has a good Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack with great use of the surround channels. I opted for the standard French track with subtitles but if you can't stand subtitles there is also an English dub available.

Very odd Gallic movie somewhat game like in nature, our hero wakes up in the basement of a subterranean complex, which is predictably wrecked and populated by monsters who appear to be the devolved inhabitants. He struggles to climb back into the light and recall who he is and what happened to him. Then it gets really weird and probable multiple viewings may be needed to try and work out what the hell is going on towards the end.

Brilliant

If you like hard scifi, you may like this film. Unlike Hollywood pulse-pounding formula films, this one has a slowly unwinding mystery - the answers are revealed piece by piece, but enough of it is left obscure for the viewer to fill it in with his imagination. Now, the subjective part is that you have to like it, which is a personal reaction. I believed the characters from the very beginning and was intrigued with finding out what was really going on, which I would never have predicted. It kept my interest and I found it intellectually stimulating. However, it is not for everyone. The pace is static, much of it remains obscure, and the symbolism does get a bit heavy.A man wakes up in a cold, wet cave. Without memory, he seems to do alright going around by instinct, searching for something or some way out. He has a number of disturbing encounters, from a man seemingly permanently entangled in a tree, to monsters, scientists, and military types. He painstakingly elicits bits of information at each encounter, all the time running from forces that are pressing on him. He is also going through some kind of transformation. What is so French about it is the pessimism, lack of hope, and simple obscurity of the situation and action, which you would never see from Hollywood.As so many have given their interpretations, I will allude to some of mine, hopefully without spoilers. It appears that he is in some kind of giant industrial complex, almost an experiment. Much of it has gone awry, it appears, but there is a system that works. In the future, it seems, humans are attempting to harness botanic processes, though not with the results they had hoped. There is the x-factor as well, as the amnesiac man seems to be carrying some kind of esoteric knowledge or capacity.I don't go in for the biblical interpretations, which I believe require the viewer to twist things too much. In my view, it is just good scifi, vivid, with a riddle to enjoy, and some action. Recommended.

Art direction and set design along with the lighting and camera work certainly set the mood. In the first 5 minutes it flops as an awkward, self-conscious degree student scifi project. Direction/editing/acting/dialogue/story are all a dead loss which leaves the sets and the mutants and they are good! Tempting to call for it to be re edited with an enturely new script and actors dubbed over it to make it into a film but in any case great to watch with the sound off - as an atmospheric piece of creepy installation video art.Worth £3 as I say.Hope the director manages to find the time to take in a few more films and learns quite a bit more about film making before trying again.