Leofwine_draca FOUND FOOTAGE 3D is another predictable and unremarkable addition to the cycle of found footage movies. Once again the setting is a cabin in the woods, haunted by the usual curse or alike, with a crew of filmmakers heading off to investigate. After a while they're attacked by a dodgy CGI 'ink blot' which has come out of the very film they're making. Yes, a few meta-additions to the story mark this as a very 21st century phenomenon, but otherwise it's business as usual and absolutely nothing that hasn't been seen or done before.

patriarch-k I did not know anything about this movie before I saw it. I didn't even watch the ratings on IMDb before looking at the movie so I had no clue if it was going to be a B-movie och something that people in general seem to like. I can tell that I was extremely scared at some scenes and got totally shocked when I saw some parts. I thought: "Hang on now, what did just happen? Did that really happen?". And those kind of feelings are extremely rare. This was brilliant and it was extremely meta, but in a good way. It was hard to tell what was acting and what was not acting and everything was a funny mix of everything, but in an awesome way. The yelling scene in the middle was the most awesome horror scene in years!And the day after I recommended this as "one of the best horror movies this year" and he looked it up on IMDb and said "naah, it has only 5.2 on IMDb. I will not watch it". Then I got shocked because this is definitely worth more.

Nicholas Friend FOUND FOOTAGE 3D is among the best 3D movies ever made. Granted, aside from Avatar, Beowulf (ugh) and Gravity, there aren't a lot of adult or mature 3D movies that have been made that are worth watching. That being said, I think that Jackass: 3D was the first movie to truly utilize the "interactive" properties of filming a movie in 3D. And that's actually what brings me to praise this movie as much as I am. There's an inherent problem with found footage movies. That is, "why the hell is the camera still on?" This movie answers the age-old question from the get-go; we're making a fake movie. With this fact in mind, everything falls directly into place. The performances are spot-on with regards how the film has presented itself. When they're "rolling," they're in character. We hear the self-indulgent director/producer/actor in the film call "cut" and the scene changes on a dime. We get this verité-esque feel to each scene. The tension slips in under the cloak of comedy in a very Mitchell Hurwitz-ian way, making us look one way while there's a bear trap being baited right behind us. In a stroke of editing genius, everything comes to a head and then falls apart in the blink of an eye. Mimicking both reality and story structure that would cause Villeneuve to applaud at the least, The crux of the film and the film's ending (which is quite satisfying) project onto the audience the incessant question: "why the hell is the camera still on!?" The director justifies this beautifully, making the camera a needed part of the story. Somehow, this movie makes the very camera on which it was filmed, nearly a character in-and-of itself. Very, very clever. a refreshing and much needed revival to some seriously cool technology.

vcolombo I don't like found footage movies. Even the ones I've come close to liking I felt would have been better if they had dropped the found footage aspect. The Blair Witch Project made me want to ask for my money back. That said, I loved Found Footage 3D!Found Footage 3D starts out as a legitimately funny satire of found footage horror films and, before you know it, it becomes a legitimately scary found footage horror film. The filmmaker handled the switch between spoof and horror so well that you barely notice it until you find yourself thinking, "Hey, when did that happen?" The cast is excellent, the story is well-developed and engaging, and the cinematography is great with some shots that make subtle but impressive use of 3D.I wasn't sure what to expect going into this movie given my general dislike of the found footage genre, but I walked away impressed by the discovery of a found footage film that I enjoyed. If you are a fan of found footage, you'll appreciate the ways this movie pokes fun at the genre yet becomes a unique entry into the steadily growing list of found footage films. If like me, you haven't been a fan of found footage, you should give this movie a chance. You might find yourself surprised.