Hungerford

I'll be short... There should be prohibition to rent or sell equipment for making movies (bad home movies)... God help us!

I watched the trailer for this and then saw the rating on here, but couldn't really make sense of it.

Cause the trailer made it look like a pretty darn good movie for a found footage flick.

But while watching it it becomes painfully clear why the rating is the way it is.

No sense for tact and sub-par acting and characters that aren't particularly likable.

Starts off with a massive explosion in a building that lit up the skies, and what does our 'heroes' in the movie do? Well they throw a party of course!

There's countless of illogical acts performed by the characters through-out the movie, I will not disclose any more of them as that would kind of spoil it if you still chose to watch it.

But yeah put your brain on ice for this one if you necessarily feel like you should watch it, although I'm not sure that will work.

Nothing more to say about it really.

So I'll be the first to say that most found footage movies are stinkers. It has become the genre that film makers go to when they don't have a very original idea and want to make a film for a low amount of money. I tend to avoid them but "Hungerford" caught my eye with it's trailer and I am very glad I checked it out.

The story starts off like most found footage flicks, we are introduced to our main characters and are given an explanation as to why they are filming everything, in this case it is a class project. I quickly noticed a difference in the characters in this flick as opposed to most films in this genre, they actually seemed like real people. It wasn't your usual group of beautiful people with wooden personalities, this actually felt like a real group of friends and it made me actually care about what happened to them.

The action gets going very fast, and once it does the movie does not let up until the credits start rolling. Unlike a lot of other found footage films, a good chunk of this film takes place during the day which means they do not hold back on showing you everything that is going on. There are not a lot of camera cutaways or shaky running when things get going, you get a front seat view to all the bloody action. The effects were actually pretty well done considering the movies budget.

The film does have its flaws as well. There were some moments where the dialogue was very cheesy and felt unrealistic. Plus I felt like the last 1/4th of the movie felt a little rushed.

Overall though this was a pretty fun movie. It never dragged or felt dull and it didn't feel like another generic mediocre found footage cash in. I recommend giving it a go.

7/10

There are so many things wrong with this movie. It's an interesting concept but that's it. The budget for this movie must have been $45 because so much of it is filmed in complete darkness with some sound effects. At one point it's totally dark for so long I found a spot I missed shaving while staring at my reflection in the tv. I think you'll get more enjoyment out of sticking a pencil in your ear then watching this movie. I do not recommend wasting your time with this

With the skin of my teeth I did finish this movie. Well It couldn't be that bad when the IMDB is giving a 3.8 right? Well, yeah, it did... For at least I did try to break off watching and every time (just in time), it got be back into it.

The characters are boring, the story slow and incoherent. It's hard to follow what is going on. I assume these youngsters are trying to survive in an alien (kind of zombie) outbreak/attack.

Well, the 3.8 is well deserved and I think the makers (director and producer) should be fined for making this movie. Most of us want to be compensated for the lost time watching this.

I find a 4 more than deserved for this piece of art (and I am generous) and hope the ones responsible will never ever make such a horrid movie again.

It cant be the bad.... yes it was