hyped garbage

As Good As It Gets

A Disappointing Continuation

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

There are those who would disagree, but with only a $12,000 budget, I wouldn't consider this a B movie. It is well done and leaves me wanting to see a sequel. I am also fiftyish, have collected comic books, and grew up on 50's and 60's sci-fi. This movie is as good as any other movie of its genre with bigger budgets. Nick Chamberlin could very well be the Roger Corman of today (2011 until...). The acting could have been better, although I thought that the general and the captain were good. The script is as good as it can be and is well thought out. It is surprising that Bomb Squad is crafted so well with practically no money. It is a must watch for any budding filmmaker out there. They do not have to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a good film.

I had an enjoyable time watching Bomb Squad and am hoping for a sequel, or that it gets made into a series. When you take into account that it had a 12k budget. (I cater for the entertainment industry and have invoiced the catering bill alone at over 12k on many productions.) Living close to Hollywood I see a lot of student productions and I feel this one did a good feature length movie for the price of a short or a commercial. That's a great accomplishment in itself. Then to have it come out good enough to leave the watcher wanting to see what happens next, that's better then a lot of high budget ones you see in theaters. It may look like a "made for TV" movie (to some)but hey I like TV. I'm a 50+ year old comic book kid. I did not read the review/comments first (thankfully) as too many gave spoilers or over critiqued everything (couch quarterbacks)and might have made me pass on a movie that I enjoyed.

I come from the era of the B movie, so I've seen a lot of low budget films, and even a lot of high budget films with bad actors or bad scripting, so I didn't really expect much from something made mostly under one person that appears to be in college.This movie blew my mind. The acting was up to par with a lot of Hollywood high budget movies. There were some lame parts, but if you've never noticed some top actors that make millions get away on looks and stereotype and can barely act either, so these actors were excellent (and actresses of course).The story line about grown kids visiting their father in prison and suddenly strange things start to happen (I won't go into any spoilers here) was riveting and well done enough to keep you going, like reading a book where you just had to turn the next page to see what was going to happen.The special effects may not have been Star Wars class but they were far beyond Battle Beyond the Stars or The Last Starfighter, both excellent for their time. The question isn't does Nick Chamberlin have a future in show business, it's which they grab him for first - director of music, film or special effects, or will he simply be the next Steven Spielberg.

This movie plays like a made-for-TV pilot for one of the kid's channels. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad movie, but for $12,000 you can't expect too much. The acting is pretty wooden by just about everyone and the story feels like it's missing about half of what it needed so that you'd care about anyone. For something done as cheaply as this the effects are really pretty good (much better then most every movie made for Syfy). If this were a TV pilot I'd probably watch a few episodes to see if it were going to get any better. The movie ends like there might be a sequel. I don't see there being a big demand for it, but for 12K there probably will be. Hopefully they'll get a big enough budget next time so they can include acting lessons.