Could be it yeah...
I love the Rec series (as you probably noticed) and this one was a real let down :(
I expected a lot from it.

Yeah, I wasn't crazy about it, either.

Dreadful movie,though the bride looked hot.

REC 3 was made to inform us more on virus and the possessed.
It's a good movie imo as long as you don't compare it to the style of the first 2.

Thought it was awful. I wasn't even concerned with the move away from found footage, since the genre has been played out. Its just that the movie was incredibly weak compared to the previous instalments. The whole movie felt like a desperate attempt to appeal to a wider audience and lost everything that made the first two movies amazing. Even as a stand alone movie its crap.

It was pretty bad, let's hope the fourth Rec will be better.

I re-watched it again last month and it actually got better.Not in the same league as the first two but i kinds liked it the second time round.But i still hope part 4 will be as good as the first two and not in line with the third.

Where's the love?
 

Seems like most filmmakers don't even really try these days…or am I just an old school horror geek who likes a little artsy fartsy with my gore?

Ah, exactly the way to pitch it to prospective producers, "The mainstream audiences weren't interested in the first two films, so we're going keep it the same! Whatayasay?! Invest your money for arts sake?!"

::wink:: On the contrary, Fear, if ya don't mind me saying, in the context of the foreign film horror market, mainstream audiences were interested. A 81% approval rating from some 50k audience votes on Rottentomatoes.com. This Spanish made film hit the mainstream purse, and they will milk it until it's dry.
It's worse for me. I saw the first Rec about a year ago with a pal... very enthusiastic to see one of 'the best horror films of the 2000s'. I really didn't care for REC. Thought the story/plot/characters were very shallow (not to mention the "foreigners" insultingly portrayed). I didn't find the story directing/cinematography particularly exciting or original. Neither did my buddy.

I'm glad people really enjoyed it. I just don't get the attraction. Naturally I won't be bothering with the other 3 films. I thought Blair Witch & Cloverfield were far superior found footage films; I don't have a problem with the premise/technique.

I actually liked the third one, but was originally disappointed it didn't follow the same story line. I agree it was much more straight zombie action, but thought it was entertaining, splatterific and pretty funny. Feels very out of place in the series though.

The first two were awesome. I agree that they didn't need to go all possession with it, but I guess it made it interesting, albeit unnecessary. And the first American remake with Jennifer Connelly was waaaay better than I expected it to be.