It looks like to me that he's purposely doing something bad to troll you into being serious in your responses. Not to make you laugh that it's so bad.
He's succeeding, if that's the case..
The only success I see that comes from his campaign (and it's an important one) he has over 3000 views in a few weeks. That's great.
But, since most comments are on how much the thing sucks, what does he end up with? If he can bring back those viewers and get them to see his other work, then he's succeeded.
Tier Two of his plan may be to release something that actually looks really good, so that those harping on him or trying to "teach him a lesson" look even stupider.
If he does, I'll buy him a beer.
To me, it looks like bait for other filmmakers who A) take themselves too seriously and/or B) think they're good, will comment, and then get their faces cracked when this dude posts something serious.
Nope, that's not what he did.
Humility goes a long way: you can count on the fact that someone's looking at your work (my work as well) and thinks it's crap.
50/50 on my movie. On the bright side, 50% think you should own it. The other 50% don't even consider it a movie. So, I'm happy on both accounts.
I'll just add this about "The Forest". The look, looks really good. The shots aren't bad. The only thing that's bad is the acting. Even in the "now" real trailer. If he concentrated his efforts into shooting something worthwhile it could actually be excellent. Because obviously the talent is there.
Film makers have two problems with actors (as well as crew) First, they don't think people will want to do the work for free. They don't think they can hold actors attention long enough that they can shoot something worthwhile.
Well they can. There's an over abundance of talent in all fields. And you don't have to pay to find them or get them to work. Because everyone starts somewhere. There's talent begging for work, and if you show a minute amount of professionalism, they'll come back day after day.
The bigger problem is (and it's prevelent in many no/micro budget movies) Directors don't know the difference between good and bad acting. If an actor says the line correctly, or close to what they mean it's a good take. The majority don't take into account body language. It's the difference between saying a line, and living a character.
It's no fart movie, that's for sure.