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Old 09-24-2012, 04:34 AM
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Found footage films

There seems to be a lot of hatred for found footage movies recently.
What's your take on the sub-genre?
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Old 09-24-2012, 04:52 AM
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There seems to be a lot of hatred for found footage movies recently.
What's your take on the sub-genre?
No hatred, just sick of them. It's been done to death. Time to move on.
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Old 09-24-2012, 05:05 AM
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There seems to be a lot of hatred for found footage movies recently.
What's your take on the sub-genre?
One word: "Bland."
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Old 09-24-2012, 05:28 AM
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I thoroughly enjoy them, but I do agree that it's been done to death and it's time to move on, at least for awhile.
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Old 09-24-2012, 05:41 AM
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Of the newer ones I though V/H/S wasn't bad and The Troll Hunter was excellent.

And of course there have been some classics over the years such as Cannibal Holocaust + Man Bites Dog (and 2 a lesser degree AU). Home Movie was pretty decent too.
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Old 09-24-2012, 05:45 AM
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On the plus side, it is a blessing to low budget and indie film makers ;)
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Old 09-24-2012, 07:00 AM
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On the plus side, it is a blessing to low budget and indie film makers ;)
That's pretty much where I have a problem with found footage films.... When it's done to facilitate the story or it's done well I still really enjoy found footage films. When it's a shitty production and it's just been thrown in their to save money its fuckin' annoying. I can live without bad actors running away from something while a camera bounces up and down.
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Old 09-24-2012, 09:15 AM
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Yeah, we're getting overran with them, some I've enjoyed and some I haven't, but for now I could do without any more for awhile. If they are done well like BWP or V/H/S then fine but I didn't enjoy Trollhunter at all and I getting real sick of the Paranormal Activity films, they are becoming the new Saw, they've done two too many.
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Should of left it with 'The Blair Witch Project'.
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