"Mankind" is a two-character drama with music that signals something deeply powerful, shocking or disturbing is going to happen... but it never does.
A male couple are having a heated discussion (well, one side is) about the coming demise of their relationship... because one of the partners has been accepted by some secret group to go to Mars to colonize it.
Okay. And... ?
Before it is clear what the discussion is really about, it sounded like it was going to be about one of them having an affair. So, okay, the "surprise" of it being about going to Mars was a bit unique. But.. so what? I'm unclear what the connection was to gay people.
It seems that the filmmaker believed that he was saying something profound, but I could not get what it was. The heated discussion is interspersed with what I guess are supposed to be erotic moments spent at a gay club, a moment or two on a beach (where we see some woman with a t-back) and some moment of the two of them walking down some public hall, half-holding hands and then kissing.
Okay.
The dialogue was the kind where someone says something and then the other person repeats in question form, i.e. A: "I didn't think it would happen this way." B: "You didn't think it would happen this way?!" -- usually with over-the-top anger.
Many moments like that, which made the dialogue sound artificial.
The actors did their best, and dialogue was clear to hear and everything looked fine. But I struggled to get through it and it's under 15 minutes. And the title -- a little too vast for this short film, sorry.
A male couple are having a heated discussion (well, one side is) about the coming demise of their relationship... because one of the partners has been accepted by some secret group to go to Mars to colonize it.
Okay. And... ?
Before it is clear what the discussion is really about, it sounded like it was going to be about one of them having an affair. So, okay, the "surprise" of it being about going to Mars was a bit unique. But.. so what? I'm unclear what the connection was to gay people.
It seems that the filmmaker believed that he was saying something profound, but I could not get what it was. The heated discussion is interspersed with what I guess are supposed to be erotic moments spent at a gay club, a moment or two on a beach (where we see some woman with a t-back) and some moment of the two of them walking down some public hall, half-holding hands and then kissing.
Okay.
The dialogue was the kind where someone says something and then the other person repeats in question form, i.e. A: "I didn't think it would happen this way." B: "You didn't think it would happen this way?!" -- usually with over-the-top anger.
Many moments like that, which made the dialogue sound artificial.
The actors did their best, and dialogue was clear to hear and everything looked fine. But I struggled to get through it and it's under 15 minutes. And the title -- a little too vast for this short film, sorry.