Ink (2009)

Nice effects though.

Highly Overrated But Still Good

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Superb film. It was clearly restricted on budget but they spent the money wisely and got something ethereal, human, fantastic and wonderful. Acting spot on. The best Neil Gaiman movie he was nothing to do with..I loved it, as did my wife. It moves quickly so you have to pay attention. But it rewards you if you do...

I was blown away. And I don't get blown away a lot. According to this storyline, there exists multiple universes, one verse there is humankind, in another verse, kinda like the other side, after we die, where our souls exist, there is the ones, supernatural beings, who control the first universe. They intertwine, and help to control the previous universe. Two factions divide the control, one who create positive dreams and one who create nightmares. They are at a constant conflict. Sorta good versus evil scenario. There's an underlining story about a man who is dealing with his own situation in this world. He's lost many things, mainly his real world life, and he comes to terms with it and gets his focus back eventually. Anyway, this film was well done and must see. I got choked up at the end.

The story is set in a world of a daily and eternal battle between two sets of creatures of the night – the Storytellers and the Incubi. The Storytellers bring people beautiful and happy dreams, whilst the Incubi bring fear and nightmares…The tale is really about John, a career focused man who seems to have lost his purpose and direction. As his daughter is kidnapped by Ink, we slowly find out his personal history over the course of the film. Chris Kelly plays a credible John – whilst in early scenes he seems a bit shallow and stereotypical in his acting, he does a solid job of portraying the different sides of his personality and stages of his life experience. There are a couple of otherworldly characters that are neither Storytellers nor Incubi that don't really work so well – both in terms of the plot and in their acting – but they are minor and don't really detract from the experience.It is a low budget indie movie – the director Winans failed to sell the script to the big studios so decided to go it alone – yet the cinematography and score are unique and immersive. It channels a feel of the better days of Terry Gilliam, mixed with a dash of Guillermo del Toro.At its core it is a very simple story about losing or finding oneself, but it is told in a universe that takes the experience to a different level. You read some books their plot and others for their prose. This movie you watch for its cinematic prose.A generous 8/10.

I was straight away hooked by the cinematography and music of this film. Was even more amazed that the Writer, Director also composed the soundtrack too! This story is the darker side of the heroes journey as we follow Ink on his quest of atonement. It's a must see for anyone who loves Indie Films and likes to see what other Indie Filmmakers out there are doing to continue to push the limits with the technology that is available to everyone today.You can even clearly see how they made intelligent use to tell the story out of everyday things. They made awesome props from simple stuff like electrical tape to nicknacks you might be able to puck up at the salvation army store!I am going to watch everything else Jamin Winans had his hands in after seeing "Ink"!