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A Somewhat Uninvolving Short
ROGER ROCKET BOY is a short film that follows the life of the title character who reads themed comic books involving rockets going to the moon . I can relate to this because the first book I ever read at school was about astronauts going to the moon though as I got slightly older I realised that rockets were outmoded and traveling by Tardis was the only way to get about !
There's little dialogue in this story and though Roger's mother ( A fitness fanatic ) speaks here dialogue is incomprehensible and the only lines the audience can understand are confined to one of Roger's schoolmates and Roger's dear departed father . The scenes which feature Roger's father are somewhat confusing and unexplained and left me scratching my head as to what the story was trying to say and this strand is probably unnecessary
Despite the upbeat ending ( Which was slightly predictable ) and a subtext featuring childhood idealism ROGER ROCKET BOY is a not very impressive short , though I hasten to add much of this might be down to the standard of short films BBC 2 has been broadcasting this month . After seeing TEN STEPS a few days previously any short film will pale beside it
There's little dialogue in this story and though Roger's mother ( A fitness fanatic ) speaks here dialogue is incomprehensible and the only lines the audience can understand are confined to one of Roger's schoolmates and Roger's dear departed father . The scenes which feature Roger's father are somewhat confusing and unexplained and left me scratching my head as to what the story was trying to say and this strand is probably unnecessary
Despite the upbeat ending ( Which was slightly predictable ) and a subtext featuring childhood idealism ROGER ROCKET BOY is a not very impressive short , though I hasten to add much of this might be down to the standard of short films BBC 2 has been broadcasting this month . After seeing TEN STEPS a few days previously any short film will pale beside it
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- Theo Robertson
- Aug 28, 2005
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- £250 (estimated)
- Runtime11 minutes
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