![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well crafted, acted and directed, Calibre is the sort of film that awes viewers with technical proficiency but offers little else for rumination. This is the sort of film that is supposed to make you wonder what decision you would make in similar circumstances, the sort of film where mistake after mistake happens and you find yourself wondering aloud why the fuck anyone can’t just make a decent rational decision. These are hardly a substitute for reasons of relatability. We know a few things about these characters before the events begin. The issue is that this is all balanced on the viewer's ability to relate to its main characters. Metadata management (including automatically downloading covers from public-domain. Collection management via tags and categories is easy. By backuping your local book collection to cloud storage and using additional software you can connect to your books from everywhere. There is a clarity of direction here by Matt Palmer that is enviable and he has crafted a nearly flawless film, technically speaking. Pros: Calibre is a free software to manage ebook collections locally. This is a film that strives towards solid execution over everything. Undeniably Calibre features fantastic performances, polished directorial movements and editing and out of this world sound design. Not that there's anything wrong with that. A tense thriller set in the Scottish countryside. Vaughn and Iona nearly kiss but Vaughn mentions his pregnant fiancée, so they have another drink instead. After dancing and drinking, Marcus leaves with Kara, despite being warned to stay away. It is not a unique tale nor is it even a blistering new twist on this well-trodden path. They stay at a village pub, where they meet Logan, a community leader who bemoans the villages weak economy and two young women, Kara and Iona. There they get drunk and mixed it up with the locals until mistake after mistake spirals them into nightmarish oblivion. Vaughn (Jack Lowden) and Marcus (Martin McCann) are just two lads who have been friends since military school who are taking a hunting trip to a nowhere rural part of Scotland where everyone knows everyone. It might be the advent of YouTube that provides instant, re. Now for a brief rant on discovery in film to justify the above approach. What makes a film engaging for you? Is it execution? Strong and interesting narratives? Relatability? Seeing something you’ve never seen before or accomplished in unique ways? If it’s the last, Calibre is not the film for you. Calibre is a visceral and expertly crafted experience that won’t leave you feeling good, but what it does make you feel is tense, uncomfortable and reflective which is an achievement in itself. ![]()
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