Beanamir82
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And now i'm just mad.
Not because it was bad. Which it was, but if i know a movie's real bad, i might watch it anyway.
No, i'm mad because i took it seriously for the first half of the movie thanks to you sauerkraut enemas on here who voted it a 6.0 (??!!). And all the hype. And thinking, man, they can't have two quality actors in this without it being pretty okay, right?
And then
not only did this miserable excuse for a film NOT repay me by continuing to be semi-good
but it then went to depths i've never explored
such as. Like. A bear doing a line of coke. And getting instantly addicted to coke. Then her baby bears getting into the cocaine, too, and one ostentatiously wiping its nose with a paw
it's. Man. I didn't think it could be bad enough that i didn't LIKE it. Because after all, who doesn't love a movie with some tongue in cheek humor?
But literally the only redeeming factor was how cute alden ehrenreich looks in appalachian flannel and beard. (which of course is no metric by which to measure a movie, even if, like me, you did grudgingly enjoy him as kid han solo.)
nope. Kid han solo couldn't prop this movie up off the floor. Not even keri russell (Keri. Russell.) could save this film. You know it's bad when our gal keri can't redeem a mediocre thriller.
Anyway. How best to sum up my feelings about this room temperature chicken breast of a film? Let's put it this way: it truly felt like walking into your house and smelling delicious savory warmth....
....only to discover that it was just your dog taking one of those dumps that smells so unfortunately like indian food. Appetizing. Your stomach growls. You are disgusted with yourself.
Like. The merest ghost of something enjoyable, followed instantly by regret. That was cocaine bear for me.
Don't watch this for the hype. Watch it if you're the kind of person who would promptly order indian food because your dog's turds gave you a craving. Clearly those kind of people exist. Because they made this film.
GAHH
Oh, postscript: if i were ray liotta, i'd be haunting the crap out of whoever dedicated this maggoty burrito of a film to my memory. Seriously?
Not because it was bad. Which it was, but if i know a movie's real bad, i might watch it anyway.
No, i'm mad because i took it seriously for the first half of the movie thanks to you sauerkraut enemas on here who voted it a 6.0 (??!!). And all the hype. And thinking, man, they can't have two quality actors in this without it being pretty okay, right?
And then
not only did this miserable excuse for a film NOT repay me by continuing to be semi-good
but it then went to depths i've never explored
such as. Like. A bear doing a line of coke. And getting instantly addicted to coke. Then her baby bears getting into the cocaine, too, and one ostentatiously wiping its nose with a paw
it's. Man. I didn't think it could be bad enough that i didn't LIKE it. Because after all, who doesn't love a movie with some tongue in cheek humor?
But literally the only redeeming factor was how cute alden ehrenreich looks in appalachian flannel and beard. (which of course is no metric by which to measure a movie, even if, like me, you did grudgingly enjoy him as kid han solo.)
nope. Kid han solo couldn't prop this movie up off the floor. Not even keri russell (Keri. Russell.) could save this film. You know it's bad when our gal keri can't redeem a mediocre thriller.
Anyway. How best to sum up my feelings about this room temperature chicken breast of a film? Let's put it this way: it truly felt like walking into your house and smelling delicious savory warmth....
....only to discover that it was just your dog taking one of those dumps that smells so unfortunately like indian food. Appetizing. Your stomach growls. You are disgusted with yourself.
Like. The merest ghost of something enjoyable, followed instantly by regret. That was cocaine bear for me.
Don't watch this for the hype. Watch it if you're the kind of person who would promptly order indian food because your dog's turds gave you a craving. Clearly those kind of people exist. Because they made this film.
GAHH
Oh, postscript: if i were ray liotta, i'd be haunting the crap out of whoever dedicated this maggoty burrito of a film to my memory. Seriously?
Do yourself a favor - don't read ANY spoilers for the film before you see it, other than what's in the little description at Redbox! I LOVED this film, so I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that some of the folks who didn't enjoy it were spoiled for the big plot twist, i.e. they went into it knowing what the "affliction" is.
Anyway, I'm not even a big fan of the "cam" subgenre of horror (I'm a devotee of movies like "The Conjuring" and "The Awakening," horror films with a slow, steady Poltergeist-esque progression of creepy events). But the pace in Afflicted was perfect: when the plot twist arrived, it left me breathless. The special effects are used very sparingly, so they're extremely effective - I think the talent in direction and acting really shone through any budget limitations that the filmmakers faced. Thanks to some really well-executed wonky camera work, I was also creeped out well before Derek's affliction started getting bad. Plus, Derek and Clif are charming and funny dorks, unlike the main characters of most cam horror films, so I really got attached to them and rooted for everything to turn out well. (Alas.)
The camera work does get a *little* wobbly and dark at some points, but there were also some really clever dual camera shots during a scene at the end of the movie. Overall, it's a very creepy and enjoyable film, top-notch in the genre.
Anyway, I'm not even a big fan of the "cam" subgenre of horror (I'm a devotee of movies like "The Conjuring" and "The Awakening," horror films with a slow, steady Poltergeist-esque progression of creepy events). But the pace in Afflicted was perfect: when the plot twist arrived, it left me breathless. The special effects are used very sparingly, so they're extremely effective - I think the talent in direction and acting really shone through any budget limitations that the filmmakers faced. Thanks to some really well-executed wonky camera work, I was also creeped out well before Derek's affliction started getting bad. Plus, Derek and Clif are charming and funny dorks, unlike the main characters of most cam horror films, so I really got attached to them and rooted for everything to turn out well. (Alas.)
The camera work does get a *little* wobbly and dark at some points, but there were also some really clever dual camera shots during a scene at the end of the movie. Overall, it's a very creepy and enjoyable film, top-notch in the genre.