Project X

Wow ... compare this to Cant Hardly Wait and how cool I thought all those guys were and how badly I wanted to be at that party in the 90's and they look like little kiddies in the park watching all the big kids get naked, take drugs, drive cars into pools and go totally ape shit next door!

If this is the standard for an awesome freaking party nowadays all I can say is that Im worried for when Bay is a teenager. Holy crap is this party rediculous and over the top but I actually really liked the film and its style, its a really good use of the found footage format. In a funny way it just represents the total anarchy of teen parties to the max and while I totally understand its just a fake party for a film that will likely never happen, its crazy to see it play out.

SCORE: 7/10

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Evidence

Evidence starts quite slowly with some very average action although we did get a quick boob shot about 30 seconds in which helped get it on the right track ;)

The middle of this movie was quite good... group of guys go camping, very Blair witch feel and some good scary scenes while their camp is getting stalked by an unknown. This movie ends up going into the land of the WTF at the end though ... it’s an interesting turn but not presented well enough so doesn’t satisfy.

The overuse of camera faults (skipping audio, visual, static, off completely, etc) was a killer as well. The found footage is a fine line between make you feel sick or realistically awesome and these guys didn’t quite get it.   Give it a miss I reckon unless you really need a found footage fix.. but this one doesn't compare to the likes of Rec 1&2, Paranormal activity and Blair Witch..  ooo I better mention Grave Encounters too.. both original and sequel were a top watch.

6/10

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Apollo 18

Found footage movie collected from old moon landing cameras. This movie had potential but felt like it never got off the ground. A couple of good scares but mostly you’re waiting for it to fire up but it really doesn’t. I would give this one a miss unless you’re bored in which case by all means give it a shot.

5/10


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Chronicle

Full Hollywood production meets the found footage genre.

This one is done quite well with minimal shaky cam and plenty of well written excuses for some elegant camera work. Also some very impressive special effects which you don’t usually see much of in the found footage stuff.

I didn’t really know what this one was about before I watched it and I think that made it more enjoyable so won’t say what it’s about. It’s a decent flick though, well worth a watch. It felt close to greatness but never actually quite got there.

7/10
 
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