For starters the reason this is the best found footage film is because it only gives the illusion of being found footage whilst being filmed professionally. Which is a relief because I'm so tired of these directors making a movie that looks like it was filmed by someone with Parkinson's disease and then calling it "original". The Blair witch project was original; after that it's just a bunch of lazy copycats.
Now I am a fan of M. knight and I like his films even the ones people didn't like but this was just...not his style and not his style in a bad way. It just seemed like he was taking the chance to jump on a new trend as opposed to being original and thought provoking like he usually is; a modern Hitchcock if you will. And for most of the movie I was wondering why the trailer was made to look like the grandparents were going to be some sort of creatures when in actuality most of their symptoms were in fact dementia.
The only thing I can say is the twist is worth the watch but like most found footage movies there's lame attempts at humor(like every stranger saying "I used to be an actor" just because she has a camera) mixed with actual humor. The cast is great and the direction too but just not his style at all. Now the twist is not that great but there is one. All and all I can say I'm glad I had a gift card and didn't actually pay to see this. This was just okay nothing special and certainly not for an M. Knight film.
Now I am a fan of M. knight and I like his films even the ones people didn't like but this was just...not his style and not his style in a bad way. It just seemed like he was taking the chance to jump on a new trend as opposed to being original and thought provoking like he usually is; a modern Hitchcock if you will. And for most of the movie I was wondering why the trailer was made to look like the grandparents were going to be some sort of creatures when in actuality most of their symptoms were in fact dementia.
The only thing I can say is the twist is worth the watch but like most found footage movies there's lame attempts at humor(like every stranger saying "I used to be an actor" just because she has a camera) mixed with actual humor. The cast is great and the direction too but just not his style at all. Now the twist is not that great but there is one. All and all I can say I'm glad I had a gift card and didn't actually pay to see this. This was just okay nothing special and certainly not for an M. Knight film.