Fabled is one of those half-rate productions where the director goes to extremes to get a relatively simple point across. For instance, they establish within the first five minutes that Joseph, our hero, is extremely paranoid, but continue to demonstrate this fact repeatedly under ordinary circumstances throughout the movie. The movie continues in this vein as our unlikable hero continues to distance himself from friends until the ultimate conclusion.
A second story, intertwined within the movie, is the fable of a wolf named Lupold and his encounter with a mean-spirited raven. The story has a shirt-tail connection to the movie and is a much more amusing tale. Throughout the movie, subtle images in the background reference the fable.
Frankly, this is a movie where you hope it will get better as it goes along and eventually answer its questions, but Fabled does neither. Nor are there enough clues in the story to even establish details concerning the favor (including the relevant, why) or much else. It's basically lazy film-making that people often try to pass off as art. Although a number of the actors are good, certain reactions are completely unexpected, and ultimately you won't find yourself identifying with any of the characters, much less liking them.
Fabled is strictly indy with its polarized audience. Some will justify its short-coming, despite that most of the problems lie within the script, while others will be annoyed as the story proceeds along a series of predictable turns.
A second story, intertwined within the movie, is the fable of a wolf named Lupold and his encounter with a mean-spirited raven. The story has a shirt-tail connection to the movie and is a much more amusing tale. Throughout the movie, subtle images in the background reference the fable.
Frankly, this is a movie where you hope it will get better as it goes along and eventually answer its questions, but Fabled does neither. Nor are there enough clues in the story to even establish details concerning the favor (including the relevant, why) or much else. It's basically lazy film-making that people often try to pass off as art. Although a number of the actors are good, certain reactions are completely unexpected, and ultimately you won't find yourself identifying with any of the characters, much less liking them.
Fabled is strictly indy with its polarized audience. Some will justify its short-coming, despite that most of the problems lie within the script, while others will be annoyed as the story proceeds along a series of predictable turns.