Yeah, that's going to be a big pass from here.
I stumbled upon the 2013 horror movie "Hooked Up" here in 2021. I had never heard about it, nor seen it. And with my interest in the horror genre, of course I opted to sit down to watch "Hooked Up" from writers Pablo Larcuen and Eduard Sola.
The movie's cover really oversold the movie by a hundred miles. I mean, the movie's cover looked very interesting and had that mid- to late-1980s feel to it. And I have to say that the cover really caught my attention and made me pick up this 2013 movie.
Well, had I known aforehand that this sort of was a 'found footage' movie, I wouldn't have given it the time of day. I can't simply comprehend the weird fascination with this ridiculous type of subgenre. If I watch a movie, I want to watch something with production quality and something that feels like a studio made movie, not something that my 11 year old son could have helped me film with the family digital video camera and a $5 video editing program.
Sure, the storyline in "Hooked Up" started out okay enough, if you can get past the shoddy camera that is all over the place, more often than not filming at angles that are just painful to watch, as it doesn't show what you want to see. But the storyline quickly falls to pieces once the two Americans reach the house of a local girl's grandfather. Not going to delve further into detail, you just have to watch the movie and suffer like the rest of us, if you want to know more.
The acting in the movie was actually fair enough, taking into consideration that director Pablo Larcuen was left with virtually nothing useful or worthwhile from the inferior script and storyline.
But it was the dubious camera work and the laughable feel of it being a 'found rubbish' movie that just killed it off entirely for me. I loathe this genre of movie.
Now, I can't and won't recommend anyone taking time out of their lives to sit down and watch "Hooked Up". Some of us suffered through this horrible ordeal so you don't have to. Trust me.
My rating of "Hooked Up" lands on a more than generous two out of ten stars.
I stumbled upon the 2013 horror movie "Hooked Up" here in 2021. I had never heard about it, nor seen it. And with my interest in the horror genre, of course I opted to sit down to watch "Hooked Up" from writers Pablo Larcuen and Eduard Sola.
The movie's cover really oversold the movie by a hundred miles. I mean, the movie's cover looked very interesting and had that mid- to late-1980s feel to it. And I have to say that the cover really caught my attention and made me pick up this 2013 movie.
Well, had I known aforehand that this sort of was a 'found footage' movie, I wouldn't have given it the time of day. I can't simply comprehend the weird fascination with this ridiculous type of subgenre. If I watch a movie, I want to watch something with production quality and something that feels like a studio made movie, not something that my 11 year old son could have helped me film with the family digital video camera and a $5 video editing program.
Sure, the storyline in "Hooked Up" started out okay enough, if you can get past the shoddy camera that is all over the place, more often than not filming at angles that are just painful to watch, as it doesn't show what you want to see. But the storyline quickly falls to pieces once the two Americans reach the house of a local girl's grandfather. Not going to delve further into detail, you just have to watch the movie and suffer like the rest of us, if you want to know more.
The acting in the movie was actually fair enough, taking into consideration that director Pablo Larcuen was left with virtually nothing useful or worthwhile from the inferior script and storyline.
But it was the dubious camera work and the laughable feel of it being a 'found rubbish' movie that just killed it off entirely for me. I loathe this genre of movie.
Now, I can't and won't recommend anyone taking time out of their lives to sit down and watch "Hooked Up". Some of us suffered through this horrible ordeal so you don't have to. Trust me.
My rating of "Hooked Up" lands on a more than generous two out of ten stars.