Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

pointyfilippa The movie runs out of plot and jokes well before the end of a two-hour running time, long for a light comedy.

Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Winifred The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.

cameragod OK first up there is no way I can be impartial as I was the DOP for Event 16. That said I'm really pleased with how it came out. Thank you for all the kind comments about the camera work. Any given Sunday for a year I would be out with Derek and the rest of our small crew getting through the shot lists. It's hard to believe just how well the continuity held up. My lighting kit consisted of whatever I could get that weekend so often I would be trying to recreate what I did a few weeks ago with a completely different set of lights. It was a lot of work but seeing the finished movie, what Derek has done with it makes it all worthwhile. Event 16 is out on DVD now in New Zealand and I have to say it looks good there. Some of the limitations of the DVCam format we shot on don't stand out on the smaller screen. Some people still need a ven diagram to work out what is happening but personally I like a movie that needs a bit of thought. The behind the scenes stuff is good and doing the commentary track was a lot of fun, even if I was suffering from the flue and sounded like I had a broken nose, I think it ads a lot to the Event 16 experience. I hope if you stumble across Event 16 you enjoy the ride for what it is. I'll be checking back in here so if you have any questions feel free to ask them in the forum below.

bigredgripper I didn't want to go to Event 16. My partner dragged me along. I've had my fill of no budget garbage that you need to make allowances for because some sad fan boys made it for nothing. Oh boy was I wrong. Event 16 is incredible. The plot turns and twists and surprises right at the end but latter thinking about it, it didn't ever cheat, all the clues are there as to why things happened. I liked the awkwardness between the lead actors, my partner thought they were a bit wooden but I thought they got it just right. That pre-breakup she's over him but he's not over her felt real. The FX are mostly very good. Every now and then something jars but on the whole I was able to keep suspending my belief. What really sets Event 16 apart from the normal no budget stuff it the flawless camera-work. It rocks. It rolls. It glides. It chases… it looks like it was shot by the entire King Kong first unit with cranes, jibs, dollies and steadicam. How did they do it with no money? I had to go back and watch again and if anything I'm even more blown away by the camera-work. Event 16 sets a new high for no budget films and I can't wait for the DVD with some EPK extras to tell us how they did some of the stuff they did.

Monkey One I saw the "World Premiere" at the NZFF too! Event 16 is Pearson's first feature film. It is a low, low-budget sci-fi. This was made on a shoe string with only an insane imagination, devoted friends, cast and crew that were willing to help out. Event 16 should be seen as an example that if you want to make a movie and know how - where there is is a will there is a way.I found the plot a bit complicated but I did enjoy trying to piece together the clues. It held my attention the whole way through. I thought the rain falling and not wetting the car was funny and added to the charm... a director's greatness is not always evident in her/his early films - James Cameron's directorial debut, 'Piranha II: The Spawning', However when you look closely, examine just what Pearson could do with no money and minimal crew; you begin to realize that a true talented filmmaker is at work here.I think that it will become a cult classic. Event 16 works for me because I admire the way at which it was made and unlike most low budget features this is one that I would definitely like to see again.

fett7 I saw the "World Premiere" of 'Event 16' at the Wellington Film Festival yesterday. I was excited to see a film made by Kiwis in NZ, and the story sounded good, time traveling to 19th Century and bringing back a serial killer.That is where the good ended. This movie was a total waste of time. The story was confusing(granted doing any time traveling movie, something is going to get screwed up) the acting was appalling, the sound was terrible, and this was supposed to be an effects heavy film, which it was, but the effects were dismal, I could have done the effects! I have to let some of this go, because it was so bad. They said we have recreated Wellington 1893 WOW! Yeah all Wellington 1893 was is a 2D picture background and filming in front of it! You didn't recreate anything! And you use rain effects, you should try to make it look the environment is effected by the rain, not a single drop gets on anything but the guy shows up at the door soaking wet! The "time traveling portal": every time when used and someone comes out the other side, the effect makes part of the actors heads disappear. I felt really bad for the director who was in attendance, seeing that on screen. And I know that Mitsubishi sponsored this movie, but do you have to use every chance you had to promote them. ZOOM in on cool "moped" of the future "Hmmmm, I wonder who makes that? Oh its Mitsubishi!" Have some dignity.I cant think of any redeeming qualities for this film. Let me just say not everything that comes out of NZ is made by Peter Jackson.