Change the main girl and youve got a great movie. I continually had a sharp pain in my chest until the end. Its build up to the finale was very well done. I think its strongest point was its middle act. And Im gonna be real, I was very creeped/stressed/scared. Ive never seen a film that has painted Hell like they did. And they painted an idea that I dont think has been done a lot or very well. I love the Historical adventures such as Indiana Jones, Laura Croft, National Treasure. And maybe thats why I particularly enjoyed this film so much. Maybe The Mummy but even that wasnt really going for HORROR. Historical-Mystery- Adventure and Horror. No other movie has beautifully meshed these two genres together. The point is if you wanna complain about over done genres maybe you should look more in the direction of If I stay, or The Maze Runner and movies alike. Cloverfield? I mean thats really all that stands out to me, but Im not an avid horror fan. Let me think of a couple memorable found footage films: The Blair Witch Project…. First I would like to debunk the myth that the found footage genre is saturated and overdone. For the sake of a film in this type of genre to continue that had to be the case. Like oh they conveniently had enough cameras for everyone and they never broke or got water damage. There were other small things that were a little far fetched. They needed a full cast of young 20 somethings. But that wouldnt cater to the targeted audience. The solution to this wouldve been simply to cast an older person. For the sake of the story they needed a character who could do all of those things. She was beautiful, adventurous, intelligent, brave. A mid-twenties girl who is fluent in 4 languages and 2 dead languages and 2 PhDs. First and foremost is the painfully contrived female protagonist. The film clearly had some absurd qualities. Save maybe forced in some moments.Where to begin with this convoluted breakdown. And I thought none of those were true about this film. Ive heard it called, chiched, forced, just like all the other found footage films in this saturated genre. But I just didnt understand how we could have such stark differences in opinions about this film. Ive been trying to understand why its done so poorly for the critics (not that that affects my opinion about a film). Review: As Above, So BelowI pondered this film for some time now.
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