Bearing absolutely NO resemblance to Blair Witch or Paranormal activity outside of the aggravating camera angles(my chief complaint), this movie showed great promise,but half the shots weren't of action they were of people shoes, crotches, and moon landscape jiggling up and down with a mess of blurry shots. I would've really loved to have rated this film much higher, but this "film style" reflects badly on the overall film. I really liked what was going on I just couldn't see enough of what was going on.
I guess what film people don't seem to understand is you can make a believable mockumentary without making it appear like a 6 year old did the filming. They could've easily stationed a camera outside the ship and in areas inside the ship which would've given us a birds eye view and some good shots,but no. The camera is constantly shaking up and down, focusing on background shots and the whole thing gets a bit disorientating after awhile trying to follow what's going on amidst a mess of half drunken camera shots.
You can hear the great stuff going on, but again the damned camera's blocks the effects and everything else that makes a great horror movie great.
Now, don't get me wrong here. The premise and everything else around the film itself was just great and by now we at IBMD should be getting used to the useless, usual IBMD child reviewers spouting,"This movie is a ripoff of that movie" and this is paranormal activity in space." Please STFU and go home..or review the damn movie for what it is. You kids haven't seen enough movies to call ripoff. This was an excellent effort that was poorly executed. I hate saying words like poorly executed it sounds so pretentious, but its true. And they had the $$ to so there was no excuse.
Other then the horrible,terrible, nasty cam work, the movie was great and filled with suspense and some genuinely scary parts. I only wished I could see more of what was going on instead of looking at pictures of the wall and ceiling. Had the camera work been good I would've easily given this a 9, but its too distracting the way it is. Ill give it another chance when it gets put on DVD to see if it improves, but I don't see how it could with all the above forehead, wall, and shoe shots.
So to close this out to my Horror meisters:
If you like shaky camera jobs and great horror/Sci-Fi/suspense flicks then this is for you.
Myself,its just not my thing and I am so angry because this genuinely could've been such a gem... I still liked it, but the camera angles just ruined what could've been epic and unforgettable and made it forgettable..
Too bad. Great movie, please cut the sh@!@ with the crappy mock cams Its no longer "sheik?" as Hollywood puts it(Does Hollywood say that?). I don't know, but still, Its played out. Find another fad.
6/10 stars that deserves 9/10, but was ruined by bad camera work to give it a "real"(lol) feeling.
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