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Is the whole movie filmed with a video camera?......because if it is i'll watch it on Dvd/blu-ray.

I've heard nothing but good stuff about this movie. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

honestly it looks lame. Looks like someone used their homemade camera and tryed to make a movie using the best computer programs out there...im going to wait for the bootleg version.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Is the whole movie filmed with a video camera?......because if it is i'll watch it on Dvd/blu-ray.

Sorta. The whole movie is found footage, but it's not all from a video camera. Certain scenes use security footage or news footage etc...

Originally posted by rudester
honestly it looks lame. Looks like someone used their homemade camera and tryed to make a movie using the best computer programs out there...im going to wait for the bootleg version.

Not at all.

gonna be sick. How would the haters like their crow served?

Saw it this weekend...thought it was decent. Great buildup, but the ending was kind of lame and predictable.

Felt sick afterward from the shaky camera.

With no high expectations...I thoroughly enjoyed the movie.

No "men in black" or CIA chasing the kids. No evil alien menace they have to fight & save the earth from...it was simply a "down to earth" story of how a bunch of kids would cope having super powers.

The fact that they more or less kept in to themselves & not try to take over the world or use their powers too selfishly made the whole scenario more realistic.

The flight sequence through the clouds was awesome. Better flight effects compared to Superman or any of the Xmen films.

Lastly, what impressed me the most was that it was written & directed by Josh Trank whose only 27 yrs old.

I personally loved how it was more about the guys relationship with each other and their personalities and every day lives and the superpower thing was just for added effect. I was a good movie.

It was a character study, for sure.

I feel like this movie is going to be the underrated movie of the year.

People say "character study" when they don't want to admit that a movie they really thought was going to be great turned out to be little more than cliched garbage.

It's too late to save face, Rob. Just bend over and accept that your prediction was wrong this time. I'll be gentle.

Rob, have you seen it yet?

'course he hasn't. 313

Originally posted by marwash22
Rob, have you seen it yet?

No, but I look online for it most days, so within a month or so.

I like the reviews. Look forward to this.

Kind of disappointed by the movie. It was fairly entertaining, but also a pretty mindless popcorn flick. My biggest issue was that the commercials spoiled the story and most interesting visuals of the movie. But another thing that really irritated me about it was that it tried to pretend it was smart with a lot of psychology and philosophy references, yet ultimately the characters were 1 dimensional

Spoiler:
(such as the abusive dad constantly being an abusive drunk rather than us seeing good sides along with the bad, and Andrew being your stereotyped abused/bullied kid who wants to be popular but gets all moody and destructive when it doesn't work out for him)

6/10

That actually appealed to me, Myth. Then again, I'm biased seeing as I'm a Psychology Major.

Originally posted by Myth
But another thing that really irritated me about it was that it tried to pretend it was smart with a lot of psychology and philosophy references, yet ultimately the characters were 1 dimensional

Spoiler:
(such as the abusive dad constantly being an abusive drunk rather than us seeing good sides along with the bad, and Andrew being your stereotyped abused/bullied kid who wants to be popular but gets all moody and destructive when it doesn't work out for him)

6/10

I didn't think the overall movie was trying to be too deep in philosophy, after all it only one of the characters that kept spouting quotes from philosophers & it was more like a gimmick to irritate his friends & try & pick-up chicks.

As far as most of the characters being one-dimensional, I think this was necessary to the story & the fact that it was filmed by hand-held camera. I mean for us, the audience, to see both the good & bad sides to every character in the movie, you'd literally have to have Andrew "stalking" everyone to witness their entire range of personalities. And as the movie established from the start, Andrew was only interested in filming his life & the abuse he copped at home & not be a voyeur with his camera.

Started out somewhat interesting despite the all-so-generic characters. You could call plot points ahead easily; had an Akira-ish ending.

Still somewhat impressed overall since it was made on a budget of 15million.

Originally posted by The Big O
That actually appealed to me, Myth. Then again, I'm biased seeing as I'm a Psychology Major.

I'm working on my doctorate in psychology, so I love it when movies are psychological. This felt like it was pretending to be, but ultimately was very shallow with its 1 dimensional stereotypical characters.