1. Has Unfriended been Unfriended?
During this week I managed to have the pleasure of watchingthe movie that has been attached
to everybody'slips Unfriended, but has it lived up to the exasperation that it was given. For
those of you whodon't know unfriended .It is a unique found footage horror moviedirected by
Leo Gabriadze viewedby the eyes of a computer screen. So far it’s been given mixed reviews
with some saying that it’s good some that it was terrible.
But now, here comes the fun part, what did I think about it? To start the begin of the movie was
needless to say cringe worthy with an Awkward opening scene followedby Tremendously
terrible teen humour you know type of unfunny childish Gestures that are always typicalfor
teen Horrors. Also, to make matters worse two characters whichwere meant to be friends by
the way started screaming at each other forno reason than to show that this group of teens had
their ownpersonal Problems, but yetall of this whichmade me hate the first 30 to 40 minutes
of the movie held a certain charm as the movie Went on. I think that this gives it a more human
feeling which separates it forthe more corny classics of horror movies from the past Friday the
13th, nightmare on elm street, and the hook.In movies like them I alwaysfound myself Savagely
screaming at the screen saying why are these characters so stupid .But in this the characters
seem to be normal people each with their own problems withthings that Actually affects teens
at that age . Next, the wholecast of the film was only 11 action roles, this is surprisingly small
for a production of this standard and considering 4 of them only aspire on order to say one line.
The actors starting in the unfriended are far from A class, none of them have had any roles in
top line productions. But still they were surprisingly good. They seemed natural like a normal
person rather than an actor. This is whatmade me focuson the movie rather than being stated
with reality.’
The found footage style did well with removing me from my daily life. The factthat it is being
shot from a computer screen makes us or at least me feellike I’m actually a part of the film. The
way that it has been put together viadigital effectsmakes it seem as if it was all done in one
continuous shot and not multiple takes, this made it seem as though it was real, like I was
actually viewing a real skype call. One thing that I am really fond of is the fact that it uses both of
the senses, with ears and eyes making ‘read and listen’ all at the same time, this makes youfocus
on the movie more than youusually would.’
Maybe change to‘Personally, I feel unfriended had some strong points on terms of acting and
style, but it also had a lot of weakpoints. It’s not the type of movie that can be repeated
numerous times but for your first view it's good. Is it the best movie going? No. Is it a movie
worth watching? Yes definitely.Overall I would give it an acceptable grade if 7.5 out of 10.
Plot 5/10
Style 8/10
Casting 7/10
Overall 7.5/10
