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The Bay violates the main rules of horror, by boring the viewer to death, and not trusting the audience to follow the plot

I just finished this last night, was actually looking forward to it considering I had seen this recommended quite a bit around here, and the reviews for it seemed to be above average, to actually quite favorable. I admit, I am a sucker for found footage, so I was looking forward to this one.

I actually found it to be shockingly boring, and quite a bad movie. There is this really thin line these found footage movies tread with keeping realism and legitimacy of the reason for the footage - this one does a good job explaining why people are filming, but they still res

I just finished this last night, was actually looking forward to it considering I had seen this recommended quite a bit around here, and the reviews for it seemed to be above average, to actually quite favorable. I admit, I am a sucker for found footage, so I was looking forward to this one.

I actually found it to be shockingly boring, and quite a bad movie. There is this really thin line these found footage movies tread with keeping realism and legitimacy of the reason for the footage - this one does a good job explaining why people are filming, but they still resort to cheap (and genuinely poor) jumps cares WITH music crashing over the speakers to jab you into a reaction. Why in a documen

'Resolution' reminds us how powerful the 'unknown' can still be

In the directorial debut from Justin Benson and Aaron Scott-Moorhead, 'Resolution' finds the recently married (and father-to-be) Mike deciding to give his friend Chris one final chance.

Chris, a drug addict who has tarnished every friendship he has had, and has resorted to a life of scheming and selling his way to his next hit. A video message from Chris prompts Mike to visit his friend to give him a final chance at attending rehab, and turning his life around.

When Chris refuses, Mike handcuffs him to the wall, revealing he plans a 7 day rehabilitation program of his own - making Chris quit cold turkey. The film explores

Did anyone else enjoy this as much as I did? For a movie in the found footage genre that is tired and run it's course, I found it especially compelling - loved the characters, the use of the found footage, and I was genuinely creeped out by the ending.

Are there any movies like this you would recommend, or have any thoughts on this one? I don't see it discussed much.

What are the most difficult individual steps out of the maps we have now? Obviously we are excluding the 150 rounds on Classified.