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Old 15th September 2016, 11:04 PM
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Old 15th September 2016, 11:13 PM
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I am not really a fan of found footage movies
The best one ever made is Noroi, and then Okaruto by the same director is good too.
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Old 15th September 2016, 11:18 PM
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The best one ever made is Noroi, and then Okaruto by the same director is good too.
Are they horror?

It's been a while since i've seen a really good found footage film. Most are dire but there are one or two terrific ones about.
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Old 15th September 2016, 11:21 PM
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Are they horror?

It's been a while since i've seen a really good found footage film. Most are dire but there are one or two terrific ones about.
Noroi is The Curse isn't it? I think i've seen that.
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Noroi is The Curse isn't it? I think i've seen that.
Yeah, it's the best found footage horror in my opinion - innovative, unpredictable, and creepy.
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Don't Breathe (2016) - 2.5/5

It was OK, got a bit silly with its constant false endings.

Blair Witch (2016) - 1.5/5

A boring rehash of the original masquerading as a sequel.
Argued the toss with a civillian on bookface about this. "It's a sequel, maaaan!" Hippy scum
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Yeah, it's the best found footage horror in my opinion - innovative, unpredictable, and creepy.
Indeed it is, nice to see it gets some love....
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It's this thing studios are doing now to try and get around remakes having a bad name - the first trailer for Ghostbusters tried to make out it followed on from the originals, and The Thing 'prequel' was just a remake too.
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Old 16th September 2016, 06:41 PM
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Blade Runner (1982)

One of the most influential science fiction films ever. Ridley Scott's masterpiece based on a Phillip K Dick story pits Harrison Ford against dangerous human replicants in a violent eye popping neo noir epic.

Set in an American Chinatown, some sort of cross between LA and New York, in the far off year of 2019, the film sets the design standards of all neon drenched, rain swept metropolis's produced since.

As thought provoking as films come, Scott's film is a compelling noir thriller, it's vibe a total downer and were it not for the futuristic elements, the film would have sat prettily alongside anything from the pens of Hammett or Chandler from years gone by.

Of the cast Harrison Ford gives arguably a career best performance yet is usurped by a definite career best from Rutger Hauer who is exceptional as the blonde humanoid implanted with memories of a youth which never happened. His dramatic finale just jaw dropping as he whiles away his final seconds "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe." he begins, in possibly the greatest quote from 80's cinema.

Over the years the film has had many different guises from the original theatrical cut including a voice over from Ford which gave the film even more of a noirish feel, to a directors cut which dropped the voice over and added more depth allowing the film to feel more focused and finally a work print i still haven't watched even though i've owned a rather extravagant edition of it in a brief case, and what i watched last night, in fact the version i always watch, Ridley Scott's Final Cut. A staggering achievement over which the director had complete artistic control.
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Old 16th September 2016, 10:52 PM
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Indeed it is, nice to see it gets some love....
My fav found footage film is the relatively unknown Undocumented (2010), a found footage with a real social and political depth, especially in the toxic and extreme atmosphere in the run up to the US election.

I am afraid to say my memory of Watch Norio was not good, didn't find it creepy at all, just dull and predictable from what I remember, might need a rematch.

I would really recommend Undocumented though, I remember it having characters i could engage with and it might be because my own interest in politics but the fact it was very close to reality made it very disturbing for me.
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