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I was super excited when I heard this was finally being made/released and I love ghost adventures so I was all in. I've heard the story of the house and what happened there coming into this documentary, I knew I'd hear it again but not to this extent. 90% of the movie is the story being retold with some added info but nothing new necessarily. I was hoping for a GA style investigation but that didn't exactly happen outside of the last 12 or so min with select footage of Zak staying overnight in the house. In that way, it presented no new evidence of the haunting and was almost a waste of time because all it did was retold the story everyone knew coming into this. If you've never heard the story, it'd probably be a good doc to watch but if you're like me and know the story and wanted a movie that was mostly investigation, you're outta luck. Still not bad though, just underwhelming.
Wow! This was one of Jake G's better performances to be honest. I've liked him in Jarhead, End of Watch, Source Code, and Brothers but he out did himself in this one. That's not to say that the other actors weren't just as good, because they were.
In my reviews I like to look at the acting, production quality, the storyline, what I really like, what I didn't like, what they could've done better, and the worthiness of spending time actually watching it and as a further disclaimer there are no spoilers here.
Actors: As I said the acting from an overall point of view was great and on point with Gyllenhaal giving one of his best performances to date.
Production quality: this film was beautifully shot and you can tell they spend a lot of time and money getting it right, definitely not a low budget film and it is aesthetically pleasing to say the least.
Storyline: the storyline was original, haven't seen too many movies that highlight a rogue cameraman who takes videos of what's going on in town and selling it off to the local new stations. The title of thriller/mystery is definitely earned and shows through. The movie has some twist and turns and the things that you think will happen don't happen and the things you'd never expect do but I won't say what, you'll have to find out for yourself. Jake gives a very convincing performance of being that weird neighbor who has too many video cameras and is overly nice to the point where you'd think he was up to something. A lot of blood and gore at times so if that's not your style you might want to shy away from this movie, however, the scenes of such are few but graphic when they occur. Probably don't want to watch this with kids around but it could be worse. The movie starts out kind of slow but picks up the pace as it goes along until the find hour or so when you won't be able to keep your heart rate under 100 because it's just that thrilling and edge of your seat type of movie...eventually. But how it plays out is worth the wait.
What I liked: the acting, the overall quality, the original story that does have plot twists and makes you grip your chair and keeps you on edge What I didn't like: the way it started out because it does start out pretty slow and pretty boring, at least as far as I was concerned that's how I felt about it. Also I didn't like that some of what happens in the movie doesn't have it's loose ends tied up but you could probably pretty accurately how things play out, I guess.
What they could've done better: like I said if they tied up some of the loose ends it would have made the story a little more complete. A little more of a back story of Jake's character wouldn't have hurt either.
Worthiness: there are a lot of crappy movies out there that I've wasted time on that I'll never get back I didn't feel that way after watching this movie. It was worth the near 2 hours that it went on for.
To close, watch this movie! I was glad that I did and you will be glad you did too! One of the best movies of 2015, so far!!!
In my reviews I like to look at the acting, production quality, the storyline, what I really like, what I didn't like, what they could've done better, and the worthiness of spending time actually watching it and as a further disclaimer there are no spoilers here.
Actors: As I said the acting from an overall point of view was great and on point with Gyllenhaal giving one of his best performances to date.
Production quality: this film was beautifully shot and you can tell they spend a lot of time and money getting it right, definitely not a low budget film and it is aesthetically pleasing to say the least.
Storyline: the storyline was original, haven't seen too many movies that highlight a rogue cameraman who takes videos of what's going on in town and selling it off to the local new stations. The title of thriller/mystery is definitely earned and shows through. The movie has some twist and turns and the things that you think will happen don't happen and the things you'd never expect do but I won't say what, you'll have to find out for yourself. Jake gives a very convincing performance of being that weird neighbor who has too many video cameras and is overly nice to the point where you'd think he was up to something. A lot of blood and gore at times so if that's not your style you might want to shy away from this movie, however, the scenes of such are few but graphic when they occur. Probably don't want to watch this with kids around but it could be worse. The movie starts out kind of slow but picks up the pace as it goes along until the find hour or so when you won't be able to keep your heart rate under 100 because it's just that thrilling and edge of your seat type of movie...eventually. But how it plays out is worth the wait.
What I liked: the acting, the overall quality, the original story that does have plot twists and makes you grip your chair and keeps you on edge What I didn't like: the way it started out because it does start out pretty slow and pretty boring, at least as far as I was concerned that's how I felt about it. Also I didn't like that some of what happens in the movie doesn't have it's loose ends tied up but you could probably pretty accurately how things play out, I guess.
What they could've done better: like I said if they tied up some of the loose ends it would have made the story a little more complete. A little more of a back story of Jake's character wouldn't have hurt either.
Worthiness: there are a lot of crappy movies out there that I've wasted time on that I'll never get back I didn't feel that way after watching this movie. It was worth the near 2 hours that it went on for.
To close, watch this movie! I was glad that I did and you will be glad you did too! One of the best movies of 2015, so far!!!
Alright so let's get this out of the way. I'm giving huge props to Sony for releasing this movie after being threatened and hacked. With that being said my new found love for Sony has nothing to do with this review, I'm simply giving my opinion as if none of that ever happened.
Rogen and Franco. They're the modern day David Spade and Chris Farley, or at least they're getting there. They're on the same level as Ferrell and Reilly and Hill and Tatum. You get my point, they work well together...like peanut butter and......okay enough with the comparisons.
The movie is a satire, that's something you have to realize and accept before you ever even watch it. Do not go into it expecting it to be realistic or within reason. If you have a preconceived idea that the movie will be in the realm of realism then don't even bother. With that being said, the movie was well thought out in the way of being what it is and these two pull it off perfectly. Franco being the dumb one who's idiotically friendly to the wrong people and Rogen being the one with whatever sense of responsibility you could ever picture him having to begin with. The movie and their characters, in that sense, could be compared to their roles in Pineapple Express. If you liked Pineapple Express, you'll like this movie too because it comes with that same sense of humor that just works.
There were very few parts that were like "okay, is this going to pick up?" and there were parts (more often that not) that were near non-stop hilarious. There are some jokes and comments in there that I've never heard elsewhere that were purely brilliant and hilarious.
Sony spent A LOT of money making this movie and you can tell. It doesn't have that cheesy feel to it the way the "Scary Movie" series does, it's not that kind of satire or parody. The feel of the movie really was just like Pineapple Express. It's not overly done in a cheesy type of way at all. You really should watch it for yourselves, and not just because you want to give the big "f-you" to North Korea and its hackers-watch it because it's classic Rogen-Franco genius comedy.
7 out of 10, pushing 8 out of 10. Movies nowadays hardly ever make me laugh and I don't like stupid humor like Napoleon Dynamite or the cheesiness of movies like Scary Movie and I can say that this made me laugh like I haven't in a while.
Rogen and Franco. They're the modern day David Spade and Chris Farley, or at least they're getting there. They're on the same level as Ferrell and Reilly and Hill and Tatum. You get my point, they work well together...like peanut butter and......okay enough with the comparisons.
The movie is a satire, that's something you have to realize and accept before you ever even watch it. Do not go into it expecting it to be realistic or within reason. If you have a preconceived idea that the movie will be in the realm of realism then don't even bother. With that being said, the movie was well thought out in the way of being what it is and these two pull it off perfectly. Franco being the dumb one who's idiotically friendly to the wrong people and Rogen being the one with whatever sense of responsibility you could ever picture him having to begin with. The movie and their characters, in that sense, could be compared to their roles in Pineapple Express. If you liked Pineapple Express, you'll like this movie too because it comes with that same sense of humor that just works.
There were very few parts that were like "okay, is this going to pick up?" and there were parts (more often that not) that were near non-stop hilarious. There are some jokes and comments in there that I've never heard elsewhere that were purely brilliant and hilarious.
Sony spent A LOT of money making this movie and you can tell. It doesn't have that cheesy feel to it the way the "Scary Movie" series does, it's not that kind of satire or parody. The feel of the movie really was just like Pineapple Express. It's not overly done in a cheesy type of way at all. You really should watch it for yourselves, and not just because you want to give the big "f-you" to North Korea and its hackers-watch it because it's classic Rogen-Franco genius comedy.
7 out of 10, pushing 8 out of 10. Movies nowadays hardly ever make me laugh and I don't like stupid humor like Napoleon Dynamite or the cheesiness of movies like Scary Movie and I can say that this made me laugh like I haven't in a while.