Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Found Footage 3D is a breath of fresh air for the found footage genre.My personal opinion is that the critical viewers missed the point of the movie. The film is supposed to break down the genre while adding in an element that in theory would make it worse. Yet, the joke is pulled off nicely and actually adds to the story. Granted, I haven't seen in 3D but those who have seem to think the 3D was a strongpoint of the film.Something I worry about is that this may be the nail in the coffin for found footage films. Similar to how Scream was for slasher films, after the deconstruction was done, there hasn't really been a resurgence with the exception of Hatchet and a some select remakes.I understand that the majority is sick of found footage, but I believe many films can benefit from them. I think of films like Cloverfield, VHS, and The Taking of Deborah Logan which were all great films and I don't think would have the same effect if they weren't found footage.

Watch Jerky McJerkface fumble his way through making a movie he hasn't even finished the script for. He figures "winging it" will be fine, I mean, how stupid are people who watch this crap anyway? (Yes, this guy is such a jerk that no one is safe from his abuse or insults, not even the audience.) Add his ex to the cast to make things really awkward. Watch a lot of character development that makes you care LESS about the characters and when you want the movie to get on with it already, watch each character interviewed at length! Watch every inch of the screen for anything even remotely interesting to happen. Did you just see those couple of pixels get blurry for a second?? Oooh, spooky! Watch as the vague things that don't look like anything are pointed out as something interesting. Watch a cast member get hit with a shovel without anyone trying to figure out how that even happened! (Okay, that was pretty hilarious.) Watch the crew get so fed up that they quit, one by one, without any way of leaving. And if you're still watching when things start to get interesting, try to figure out what the whimpering, whispering cast is saying without subtitles. Not that it really matters... The dialogue is pretty bad. Also, as a disclaimer, I did not watch this in 3D. I really don't think that matters either. Not even in the shovel scene. I like found footage movies that are worth a damn. This one isn't.

I love found footage movies; I can find something good in the most incompetently-shot, horribly-acted found footage film. So let's get that out of the way: this movie has one really inspired scene of gore. The actors also do the best they can with what they're given - they are competent (particularly Beardy Sound Guy - love him), and they deserve better.Now, the bad: this movie, in an attempt to be edgy and self-aware, has its characters constantly pointing out the flaws in found footage movies. How they're all so terrible, how there's no reason to be filming all of this, how jump scares are dumb, and so on. It then goes on to indulge in all of those flaws, as though lampshading their use somehow forgives the filmmaker's transgressions.Spoiler: it does not. If this movie took those found footage tropes and turned them on their head, or put a novel spin on them, all of this winking at the audience could be forgiven. Instead, the filmmaker chooses to dutifully plod through FF clichés, to the point of lifting lines and shots from other, better films. They also commit the cardinal sin of naming better movies. Look, guys, if your movie sucks, you should not shout out to other movies -- it just reminds the audience that they could be spending their time with a better quality of entertainment.And, unfortunately, if you take out all of this winking and sneering, what you are left with is a very bland film. The scares are non-existent. The monster is the definition of boring. The characters are the worst kind of clichés, so much so that I don't know any of their names -- they are simply THE DOUCHE, THE PRIMA DONNA, THE QUIET GUY, THE DORK, THE OTHER GIRL, THE PRODUCER WHO INSISTED ON A SPEAKING ROLE, and Beardy Sound Guy, who I really liked. You'd think that as much time as the characters spend shouting out each others' names, one would have stuck, but nope.The best thing you can say about this film is that it is "competent". There are words, and they sound like they were spoken by humans. There are pictures, and you can generally see them. There is a location, and it looks like a place in the real world. But, honestly, I am willing to tolerate a bit of incompetence for some inventiveness, and that is one thing that this film SORELY lacks. I think I understand what they were going for, but for me, it didn't work. Unless the goal was to point out how bland, illogical, and uninspired found footage movies have become by making a bland, illogical, uninspired found footage movie...in which case, good job!

There are some good found footage films. I'm a fan of sci-fi/horror's like Chronicle, Cloverfield, Troll Hunter, Grave Encounters and Rec. And now, I have to add FF3D to that list. When I was offered to go see the premiere in Chicago, I jumped at the chance. The movie was well paced and the acting was on point. The characters were well developed where you had intimate moments, humor and drama. I can't say enough about the 3D. It was very well done, the layers go deep and that really added to the minds psyche. Another thing was that the 3D wasn't in your face, they didn't force it. You didn't have objects poking at you for thrills which I liked. It felt very natural, like you were in the environment, experiencing the events with the characters. This movie definitely needs to get picked up, audiences around the globe would love this new take on found footage!