Sam and Colby: The Legends of the Paranormal

Why on earth is bad Youtube channel content being shown at the movie theater? Forget my money, I want my wasted time back. I can't believe someone thought showing Youtube channel fodder on the big screen was a good idea. The lady sitting next to me played on her phone and one couple actually left and didn't come back. Only seven people in the theater opening night, so it was obvious what others were doing. Don't waste your time or money. Watch their Youtube channel if you want, but save your money on this one.

Very disappointed in Cinemark for even offering this as a movie. They missed the mark on this one.

Firstly, for context I'm a huge paranormal enthusiast and consume lots of content regarding it.

I've been following Sam and Colby and was very excited about this movie, since it touched on so many paranormal topics, plus the location has a vast history and some interesting correlation to other locations.

Well, watching the movie I was severely disappointed for a few reasons and I can list them:

1) Complete lack of research - They went to the location, didn't know anything about the place, didn't try to get more information (which is so wildly available) and based all their "findings" on a few pieces of information that were provided by the current owner.

Ex: How Mt. Wilson and Skinwalker Ranch correlate in activity so much so that Robert Bigelow owned both at the same time and conducted studies (along with the government). That would make the movie WAY more enticing and show research.

2) Utter disrespect towards Native American culture and beliefs - They were aware of the native's beliefs about talking about skinwalkers and proceeded to do so over and over. Plus, disturbed the land, mimicked native rituals ... while not having ANY Native Americans in the movie providing guidance or information.

3) The overall "movie" felt like a poorly made Youtube video, with the AI generated imagery, the unfocused camera shots, the bad editing and etc. It felt lazy, repetitive and unprepared.

You can argue that they didn't have the "budget" for a film, but if you watch their 25x25 series on Youtube that aired 3 years ago, their production and editing level for that was INFINITELY better and way more movie worth it than this. There's just no justification for how poorly made it was.

I could go on and on about how this movie wasn't IT.

Should just be a Youtube special and definitely still be a bad Youtube video.

I'm a Sam and Colby fan but this lazy and disrespectful content is not it and it's not worth a movie ticket.

I love my kids, a lot. I just beat cancer myself and last Halloween the contouring house recap on YouTube was way better then this entire movie, this was the most pathetic excuse for a "special event" I'm embarrassed for these guys. I'm getting my money back one way or the other. I'm running on fumes financially and on the discount day at the movies I still paid twice the discount price for this "special event". NO! You don't get to do this to parents. I'm outraged.

Literally NOTHING happened on this movie. NOTHING. Do not waste your money, do not allow your kids to make it seem like this is going to be so awesome. This is a YouTube video.

Listen I normally don't do these or any reviews for that matter. My family are all fans especially my oldest. We drove 4hrs round trip to see the movie and imo well worth it . Just the seeing the excitement on my oldest face alone was worth it. I feel people are being way to harsh on Sam and Colby I feel they did amazing and the "AI" graphics that were thrown in i felt creatively helped tell the story they were conveying . That takes time ,thought and effort so to call it "lazy" is just rude . I personally feel the meaning and journey was on a deeper , spiritual level that some just can't grasp .

I'm a long time Sam and Colby fan and my sis is as well. We both walked out of that theatre disappointed and half asleep. If you're a Sam and Colby fan DO NOT go and see this. Just cherish their old YouTube videos. This movie felt so unorganized. At first I thought it was going to be about skin walkers, then UFOs got thrown in, and then it all mostly ended up being about this preserver Shaman watching the land of skinwalker ranch and trying to communicate with another dimension. There were some funny moments and 1 scary moment but other than that... I was half asleep and my sister fell asleep, I had to wake her up. Several people around us fell asleep. HALF OF THIS MOVIE was filled with repetitive, possibly AI generated, snippets to help describe whatever story they were talking about and they would repeat those same snippets SEVERAL times throughout the movie. If they took out those snippets, it could have been an hour long YouTube video and they could release to premium members and xplr club. I'm so mad...like I wanted to like it, I was hyped for it, and then I was ultimately let down and this kind of pushed me a little bit away from their content. Also the ticket price is $5 more than the average movie ticket. This whole thing felt like a scam. Sam and Colby fans, I know you want to show support, I did to, but please if you want to continue loving them and not be disappointed, don't go see this, just don't. Only getting 3 stars for the funny moments and to show some support.