Unfriended - At 'Dem Flicks with Malcolm

As long as we recognize Lucas is washed up and most TV sucks, we'll all get along fine.
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Malcolm
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Synopsis:
Teenage chick commits suicide. The afterlife must have a great IT program because she comes back to torment everyone using their computers.

Review:
One day, someone wanted to make a movie, but realized that took things like lights, sets, editing, cinematography, etc., and knowing what the fuck to do with all of it. All this someone had was a story and no sense of when to put the brakes on a gimmicky idea.

What makes this film unusual is that your perspective is that of someone with an internet browser. It's like you hooked up your machine to your TV with an HDMI cable. This means the atmospheric "horror" comes from noticing a disabled option in a right-click menu or seeing ironically vengeful selections come up in the iTunes window. When the dead aren't busy fucking with your Mac's UI or shitty music products, they're crashing your Skype calls while possessing you and forcing you to kill yourself while your buddies watch on a webcam.

Verdict:
The movie feels like a bad anti-drug and anti-bullying special.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Malcolm
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Joined: Fri May 21, 2004 1:04 pm
Location: Minneapolis

Re: Unfriended - At 'Dem Flicks with Malcolm

Post by Malcolm »

Found again, bitches.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
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