Rancid_Planet
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Just because it's confusing, doesn't make it smart.
This movie does plenty of things right. It had a unique style (even for found footage), it has good scares, creepy tones, ominous lighting, scarry voices, unnatural whispering etc. In other words in has all the bits and pieces to make a scarry movie.
It just doesn't have a coherent story, informative dialogue, a real ending, explanation or any kind of conclusion.
And I get it. I'm not smart. Everyone else is hip and I'm just an old ignorant stick in the mud that likes plot development and story structure. How lame I am.
Look this movie has a few scares. Thats it. I like found footage. I really do. But this is a sub par effort.
This movie does plenty of things right. It had a unique style (even for found footage), it has good scares, creepy tones, ominous lighting, scarry voices, unnatural whispering etc. In other words in has all the bits and pieces to make a scarry movie.
It just doesn't have a coherent story, informative dialogue, a real ending, explanation or any kind of conclusion.
And I get it. I'm not smart. Everyone else is hip and I'm just an old ignorant stick in the mud that likes plot development and story structure. How lame I am.
Look this movie has a few scares. Thats it. I like found footage. I really do. But this is a sub par effort.
You won't know what's going on. But not in a "over your head" artistic kind if way. More of a "not going to explain it because I don't know how" bad filmmaker kind of way.
The story is non-existent and won't ever be explained so don't hold your breath. And again, not explaining your story isn't artistic, it's lazy. High concepts are confusing. But confusion isn't high concept.
The acting is good and the poor cast shines early when the movie is setting up for its terrible 2nd and 3rd acts.
Look I'm an expert in found footage. I've seen them all. I love the genre and I can even find beauty and meaning in the Bad Ben series of films.
But THIS? Skip it. It's just a mish mash of gore and severely limited views. What an overrated mess. Omg.
The story is non-existent and won't ever be explained so don't hold your breath. And again, not explaining your story isn't artistic, it's lazy. High concepts are confusing. But confusion isn't high concept.
The acting is good and the poor cast shines early when the movie is setting up for its terrible 2nd and 3rd acts.
Look I'm an expert in found footage. I've seen them all. I love the genre and I can even find beauty and meaning in the Bad Ben series of films.
But THIS? Skip it. It's just a mish mash of gore and severely limited views. What an overrated mess. Omg.
This is not my thing. It's got a good cast and GREAT gore, blood etc but it goes way overboard with the sadistic stuff and that really sucks all of the fun out of it for me. Maybe if it wasn't soooo much it would have been ok but every instance of violence or cool kill has a moment where things just get way too dark and weird. It's unsettling and instead of going for scares and impressive visuals movies like this just want you to see the most depraved things they can think of and again, while I'm sure the Hostel, Human Centipede fans out there will love this movie, it just doesn't work for me.