TEK9Cinema Review: FROZTASTIC - FROZTASTIC

FROZTASTIC by lennzy

Title: FROZTASTIC
Starring: Roe "froz" Langaas
Created by: Alen "lennzy" Haseta
Released: 2011-06-16
Duration: 06m56s
Size: 360mb

Introduction
This week's main review is on "FROZTASTIC" the latest creation to come out under the prestigious TEK9Cinema name. This 7 minute piece by Lennzy documents froz's involvement in the Cod4 scene from early 2010, featuring frags from Esports Heaven, OOF4, Gamersject and AEF. After several restarts and a concept change Lennzy felt an oldschool approach would be more suited for "FROZTASTIC". In a statement from froz he said “My special thanks goes to Lennzy, as it has been a pleasure working with him during this movie. Even in tough times where motivation was lacking he kept fighting to finish the movie and in the end I'm sure it is his best work ever" Lennzy claims that he wasn't happy with how the movie was coming together, so opted to create an oldschool movie which he had always wanted to do.

Frags
Some outstanding AK47/AK74 work can be found in this movie, and a couple of decent Scope frags in there for good measure. froz displays some incredible game sense and positioning throughout the movie which really highlights his skills as a player. The frags really set an energetic pace to the whole movie, without much emphasis from the music, or editing. My favourite frag has to to be the ridiculous deagle shot at 04m36s, which blew my mind. The movie is definitely not short of some awesome +15's and super quick 3 man's, mostly against good teams. Most importantly the frags were refreshing, which is a pleasant change from dated 3 man scopes on mp_crossfire and mp_citystreets sprays we have seen in recent movies. All in all froz had some superb scenes which is a joy for any COD4 fan to watch.

Editing
The intro was really well executed, the addition of background footage and casting struck a great mood before the main part began. As the first frag commences you can immediately see that lennzy has stuck to the traditional cod4 frag movie style. Trance, crosshairs and a basic cfg are the main characteristics of FROZTASTIC, topped off with some tasteful cinematics and a handful of effects. Granted there is a fair bit of sync, but very little of that is obvious, and none of which amplifies the frags like it should. The casting was a great addition, a personal must for any good frag movie.

The music provided little atmosphere and overall was quite dull. First and foremost the soundtrack should really give you goosebumps and ideally for a movie of this length you want variation of some kind. Though you could argue that the songs didn't distract from the frags, and due to the simplicity of the movie it was actually quite a fitting choice.

I felt the movie lacked in creativity to be fair, lennzy took a very literal approach to the old school theme, leading to a pretty linear outcome. Though this maybe very true to the style, I would have liked to have seen some more contemporary elements and also more of a personal touch. In all fairness lennzy aimed for the old school theme, and achieved it. The simplicity of the movie allowed for froz's frags to speak for themselves rather than being shrouded under a sea of effects.

Conclusion
"FROZTASTIC" is a back to basics movie. Simplistic editing and music without the 3D gimmicks or flashy effects and some great frags. Though the movie lacks originality and creativity it doesn't stop you from sitting back and enjoying some classic COD4 action. I can safely say I enjoyed the movie and will be keeping a keen eye for more releases from both lennzy and froz.

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