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The Bay (2012)
Topic Started: Apr 19 2013, 09:12 AM (951 Views)
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This 'found-footage' film is set in 2009 in the town of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland where something has infected the water there. But it's not 100% known what it is or how it is transmitted. But when people start turning up dead and others start to do strange things, fear turns to panic and the town is shut down. The Government confiscate all video footage from every source possible. The Government didn't want you to see this. This is that footage which is put together by a news reporter who was there.
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We need more films like this. (love)
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We do, if you know any that I haven't seen, let me know.
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This was one of the best uses of found footage I've ever seen, honestly.
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Amazing film -and so creepy!!!
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This wasn't all that great but there were a few parts that made my skin crawl, haha. Definitely not for anyone who dislikes found footage films or parasites or things like that. Whose everyone's favorite character? I liked Steve and Stephanie.
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Watching it now.
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This definitely creeped me out. It had a sense of realism and that's what I like about some found footage movies. I liked how it was several camera footage that made up the film. The isopods creeped me out, especially when they were coming out of the skin. One thing I didn't care for was the girl facetiming (I thought it was a bit convienent). The deaths were effective. They were well done, and made me cringe since they would show how much the victims were suffering. None of the characters were really annoying though I thought Donna's voice was a bit weird. (But that's just minor) This is a good movie, and I'd watch it again. 8/10
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It's an okay for me. It didn't scare me much but their use of found footage is pretty clever.
I remember when your head caught flame~
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This is really creepy. No sooner than after I finished watching this movie for the first time today, I turned on the local news and heard about a new botulism outbreak. Needless to say, I'm kind of freaked out right now. Well Done, Mr. Levinson. Well done, Mother Nature. Well done.

I know I'll calm down here in a bit, but . . . yeah.

Also, what's up that
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Wasn't necessary. At all.
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Overall this was quite a nice surprise that really offers some enjoyable moments here. One of the better elements within this is the rather impressive manner in which the found-footage aspect of the storyline works here, taking it along a more documentarian style rather than the straight-forward one-shooter aspect so prominent in the genre to tell a far more wide-reaching story than would otherwise be possible. Allowing the different sources and their origins here, from skype and video-chat to security camera feeds, home video and much more here, this one not only feels more like a genuine, authentic movie by being able to notice different vantage points and styles quite easily which does help to take out the isolated and impersonal approach taken with the usual found-footage tactics. That also allows for some rather intense and brutal sequences here, as the initial attacks along the film provide this with the a more realistic and thrilling form of outbreak here with the rash of bodily disfigurements and general trauma as well as the more severe outings like the vomiting and bloodletting from the different orifices give this a truly ringing naturalistic feel that comes off incredibly well while providing this with tons of outstanding gore and thrilling attacks. The constant nature of the rampage across town makes for some more fun as well, and there's a lot to like about the final half that manages to up the intensity of the encounters significantly, adds the right amount of scientific explanations for the creatures and how to handle them and manages to feature some really thrilling moments that are quite suspenseful and chilling while keeping the action quite exciting. There here are more than enough to hold off the few small flaws here, which does start with the storyline here. The main issue with this one is the fact that there's no real basis here for how exactly the creatures end up appearing in the area as the fact that this one expends so much time on the biological aspects of their origins that there's just no reality to how they would end up there. The series of circumstances and flawed rationale in order to make that a reality is quite absurd and really seems to be about telling the ecological principles more than the actual horror of the creatures attacking, which is really troubling to get into and doesn't make much sense. Likewise, the found-footage aspect of this is a little hard to get into with this one tending to revert back to a lot of the problems associated with the format, and as a whole these drag this down enough to keep it from where it could've been.
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This film is absolutely terrifying because it is something that could genuinely happen. Look at the huge craze with Ebola back in October. Shit went insane. While this is hardly comparable to the events in the movie, it is proof that a huge epidemic can come out of absolutely nowhere and have immediate effects.
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I watched this movie on EPIX several years ago.
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This was great and it actually made me not have water for a week.

Really well made
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