Movie Website Reviews for Weekend of November 16, 2007
November 17, 2007
It was a one horse race for the Weekly Website Award with Beowulf - Official Site walking away with that honor.
Breakfast with Scot - Official Site
Eleven Men Out - Official Site
I for India - Official Site
Love in the Time of Cholera - Official Site
Margot at the Wedding - Official Site
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium - Official Site
Redacted - Official Site
Smiley Face - Official Site
Southland Tales - Official Site
What Would Jesus Buy? - Official Site
Beowulf - Official Site
All the usual features are here, (synopsis, cast & crew bios, production notes, image gallery and trailer). However, there are many, many special features on the site. There are normal features like the 8 clips from the movie, to the little more unusual like the four behind-the-scenes featurettes, to the nearly unique like the explorable sets. Throw in the podcasts, restricted content, etc., etc. and this is a top-notch site. It's really the only site this week that rises above merely average and is the easy choice for the epic Weekly Website Award.
All the basics are here including a trailer that sold the film better than I thought it would. However, I really hate the font the site uses; it is hard to read.
Just the very basics, (not even the bios), with a couple of clips. Not much in terms of style.
Typical for a documentary site, this site has more information than style. Nothing that makes it stand out.
This site is slow loading today, and the features don't seem to justify the long load time. Outside a few clips and a music video, there's nothing here to make it stand out.
Just the basics, (synopsis, cast & crew bios, image gallery, and trailer), with the clips and interviews marked coming soon.
For a movie that's based on a sense of magic and whimsy, this site is sadly lacking in both. The only thing that sets this site apart is the Build Your Own Toy, but it doesn't make the site stand out.
Not a lot here, comparable to a documentary site in terms of flash and content.
Site's dead. And it's been dead for a while now.
No updates for a long time. A long, long time. It's intriguing, but seems incomplete.
This site has more style than most documentary sites have, as it has a sort of playfulness that matches the movie. On the other hand, there's not a lot sound or animation, but the trailer sells the movie very well.
Filed under: Beowulf, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Love in the Time of Cholera, Margot at the Wedding, Southland Tales, What Would Jesus Buy?, Redacted, Breakfast with Scot, Smiley Face, Strákarnir okkar, I for India