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Positive Youth (2012)
Three young men that have contracted HIV tell their story on film, while one young woman tells her story about living with and being raised by an HIV positive mother.
Positive Youth was a great documentary that presented very interpersonal stories about young adults that are infected or affected by HIV. It was very educational, very emotional, and very inspiring to see the young people in this movie that have this virus and were still so positive about life, and were not letting HIV define them or prevent them from going after their dreams and falling in love. Speaking of falling in love, the documentary did a fantastic job displaying the lifestyle of a HIV youth in perspectives to dating which one would think would extremely difficult. However, the film shed an entirely different light on the issue and was really inspiring to see open-minded people falling in love with the person and not being scared away from their romantic desires because of HIV.
I give this film an "A" overall because it was very eye opening, and really inspiring to see such positive people in what many would consider to be grim circumstances. I had wished this film divulged the parents reactions when they found out their child was HIV positive, because the film discussed how difficult it was on the parents but there were no parent testimonials in the film. I'm so glad that I had the opportunity to see this movie at the Phoenix Film Festival. There were numerous people in the film in attendance and there was a question and answer segment after the film which really added to the experience and the amazingness to this film. I wish everyone would see this film, because it would help eliminate the negative stigma that follows HIV.
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Monster Brawl (2011)
Eight monsters fight to the death in a Celebrity Death Match: Monster Style type of event!
This movie was an outrageous portrayal of eight monsters fighting to the death in a boxing ring. Honestly, it was kind of like a realistic depiction of Celebrity Death Match: Monster Style! I loved the concept of all these different monsters from different stories interacting in the same movie and fighting each other. The monsters that were featured in the movie included: Cyclops, Mummy, Lady Vampire, Zombie Man, Witch Bitch, Swamp Gut, Werewolf, and Frankenstein. This comedic horror film really delivered for the fans that enjoy this genre, and the make-up was really well done for a low budget film.
I give this movie a "B-", in relation to its genre. This is nothing epic like Zombie Strippers, but it does a very good job of making the audience laugh, and mindlessly enjoy themselves throughout the film. My only complaints were it was a little repetitive with five different fights back to back that all had the same fighting styles to them, and there wasn't as much character development as I would have liked but I still enjoyed this movie and so did the audience in my theatre. There was a lot of laughter in my theatre, and some really great parts of the movie that I wouldn't mind watching again! It was great to be able to see this at the International Sci- Fi and Horror Film Festival, and overall I'm glad we were able to see this movie!
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