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Ask Movie Slate - Halloween 2016 - Re-visiting [.REC]This one brings back good memories, mostly because it's sort of a remake of an update I made around four years ago.
For this year's Halloween event, we're going to be talking about found footage movies, a genre that's so extended it has gone into other genres like comedy and science fiction. It is horror, however, the terrain where found footage first started (with Cannibal Holocaust) and that's where it finds itself more comfortable, with at least one or two movies coming out every year that have this style of film making. For better or for worse it has become another way of making movies so while some people think this gimmick has run its course there's still going to be movies like this coming out.
My personal opinion on found footage is the same as with every genre. It all depends on what you do with the narrative limitations you've been given, and how creative you can get with them. And, just like every other genre, there will be gems and there will be flops. That being said, I like found footage movies. There can be a lot of effort and artistry in putting together something that looks sloppy and improvised, and the actors have to work extra hard to sell their performances as genuine, since they are portraying real people caught in the middle of something extraordinary, or at least something worth preserving the footage. So I'm kind of biased towards this genre, but that doesn't mean that I love every movie that comes out with this same film style.
So for this upcoming week of Halloween, let's talk about a few of those found footage films and see if they are hidden gems or just massive flops, and I plan to rate them the same way I rated all those shark movies a few months ago, but instead of cute sharks I will be using these cute little ghost guys .
As for a discussion piece for the comments, please let me know what you think about the found footage genre. Is it a tired gimmick? A gold mine of hidden potential? Has it run its course or are there things left to try and experiment with?
Please, let me know what you think of it in the comments. I appreciate and every single one I receive.
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It's a shame though, because nowadays found footage is done almost in auto-pilot. There is a lot of care and attention that has to be put in making found footage movies, just like with any other type of movie. Just because it's found footage doesn't mean they have to half-ass it. They have to figure out and plan where to half-ass it, and knowing how to.
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I whole-heartedly agree with you here. Found-footage itself can be an innovative platform with which to unveil new ways of storytelling and world-building that aren't common with other genres, the problem is that it happens to be one of the cheapest ways to make a movie and with little effort required from production staff and directors, so as a result the genre has been flooded with cheapo rip-offs and trash from lousy studios just looking to make a quick buck with as little expense as possible. Still, it has its gems, it just also happens to have a disproportionately large amount of junk, ie the later Paranormal Activity movies (just saw "The Marked Ones." God guys, why did you even bother?)
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It is a cheap way to make a movie, but one has to be careful with how it's done.
Found footage has a rather delicate cinematic language, and it's very easy to break it. It has to feel like the whole thing is unplanned and unscripted, and doing something that looks careless actually involves putting a lot of care on it. We're reaching a point where the found footage genre has burst the bubble, and we have the Paranormal Activity movies to blame for it.
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Well, it's not like you can get angry at the creators of PA for creating an altogether original and well-made movie...though I suppose you could blame them for immediately whoring it out and allowing for the creation of a slew of schlocky and unnecessary sequels that apparently forgot EVERYTHING the original movie got right.
Although 2 was alright. I think 2 took everything from the first movie and levelled it up. Everything after that, though, was a completely unnecessary mess.
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I'm not really angry for creating something, I'm more angry at them for running the gimmick into the ground and then keep going.
I don't regret watching any of the PA movies, but it saddens me that they exploited them so much.
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