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It’s…. okay? Visually it’s actually great. I’m a sucker for found footage films and this does tickle my FF love (albeit briefly). The colour and cinematography is fantastic, with perfect quality and visual effects.  I have two primary issues with this film. One is the length/pacing, the other is the basic premise and plot.  For one, the film honestly comes across as unfinished. When it ended, my group kind of looked between eachother like, “huh?”. I truly think it could’ve done with another half an hour, or improved pacing. Some more ‘boring’ scenes went on a tad too long and kind of dragged, while other more potentially interesting scenes were limited in length. When the credits rolled, I found myself confused - not in the “this film should be mysterious and leave you wondering” way, but instead in the kind-of naff writing and skipping plot holes way.  Secondly was the plot line. I was, genuinely, confused. It felt like there was too much trying to be shoved into a mere 105 minutes. It made the film come across as less of an extension of the Backrooms youtube series but instead as a way for them to create another sequel later down the line. Purely a foundational movie to open the gates for more cinema. More than one person from my group said it almost felt like an AI plot line in a nonsensical way, but again not in a “mysterious” way and just in a bad writing way. For example, the subplots of Mary’s mother left me confused - it seemed like a great premise, but fell flat when it wasn’t expanded on. The same for Clark, where we were given an insight into his life as if it was a fact file and not to interest me in the character. For a film with a very minimal amount of characters, the two primary ones were hardly fleshed out and felt shallow and as if someone had said, “List a brief backstory to this character.” Overall, I think a lot of this could be fixed with even an additional 30 minutes. Just a bit more insight into Clark and Mary’s motivations could have improved it tenfold. Instead, It felt like they (as they absolutely did, but good writing shouldn’t make it obvious) created the characters purely to fit into this world. This extends to Kat and the other guy i forgot the name of - they were there and then they weren’t, making the deaths feel hollow and lacked the emotional impact i think they could have had. Their characters were also severely lacking depth, and the only reason i remember Kats name is because i thought she was fit. Eventually the two became forgettable. It felt like they were there purely to add a “gore” level to the film for the fear factor. We saw them for what, two scenes? Ignoring Kat’s head int he fridge later, which hardly counted? So i actually change my mind. The primary issue with this film is the writing, of characters and plot.  But yeah, not bad. Just okay. Wouldn’t rewatch.

*“When you love the Doctor, it's like loving the stars themselves. You don't expect a sunset to admire you back” *wrap it up. River Song the yearner forever. Possibly my favourite episode of all time solely due to her writing here. I’ve never seen someone mourn so rawly a man she hasn’t met yet. Also, greg davies ? hello to you too?

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