This film is getting quite a bit of hate, and some of it is warranted... but some of it is not.
As others have stated, the film centers around a young couple who move into "the woods" for a year. The film offers up both the creation of a nature documentary as well as "working on your relationship" as reasons for the move, and although this might not be a popular opinion, I don't find it to be that absurd. I know people who have decided to live in the wilderness and "find themselves" ... I can't personally afford to do so, but the characters in this film don't seem to be lacking money. It doesn't ring that hollow to me.
I thought the found footage was done quite well. Contrary to another review who found the voiceovers to be annoying, I found them to be interesting. They often allude to a character's true feelings rather than what they're telling their SO, for example, and grant more insight into what's going on in the character's head. The documentary approach actually works well for the beginning of the film, and it grabbed my interest.
The film does seemingly change perspectives in the last third of the movie, however I don't think it's the director deciding to go with fixed shots rather than found footage. It's a bit hard to say for certain, but I believe the last bit of the film is shot by the "other" Scott. There are a number of scenes leading up to the switch that hint towards this happening, and I find it to be a logical extrapolation. I mean, we're even shown footage of Other Scott filming the couple without being noticed. The end of the movie isn't the director just deciding to change things up for the hell of it - the footage is still "found", it's just not being filmed by the original Scott.
Finally, I found this film to be interesting. It's not a movie of the year contender, but it's well worth a watch if you like found footage films that show weird/inexplicable happenings with the supernatural and/or occult in the woods. Mr. Jones is intriguing, and I enjoyed attempting to figure out what was going on throughout the movie.
With all of that said, the ending does leave something to be desired. It's a bit of a mess - all sorts of timelines and different actions overlap, and reality kind of breaks down. It did leave me feeling rather unsatisfied. I would still recommend giving this a shot, however, because I really enjoyed it for the most part.
As others have stated, the film centers around a young couple who move into "the woods" for a year. The film offers up both the creation of a nature documentary as well as "working on your relationship" as reasons for the move, and although this might not be a popular opinion, I don't find it to be that absurd. I know people who have decided to live in the wilderness and "find themselves" ... I can't personally afford to do so, but the characters in this film don't seem to be lacking money. It doesn't ring that hollow to me.
I thought the found footage was done quite well. Contrary to another review who found the voiceovers to be annoying, I found them to be interesting. They often allude to a character's true feelings rather than what they're telling their SO, for example, and grant more insight into what's going on in the character's head. The documentary approach actually works well for the beginning of the film, and it grabbed my interest.
The film does seemingly change perspectives in the last third of the movie, however I don't think it's the director deciding to go with fixed shots rather than found footage. It's a bit hard to say for certain, but I believe the last bit of the film is shot by the "other" Scott. There are a number of scenes leading up to the switch that hint towards this happening, and I find it to be a logical extrapolation. I mean, we're even shown footage of Other Scott filming the couple without being noticed. The end of the movie isn't the director just deciding to change things up for the hell of it - the footage is still "found", it's just not being filmed by the original Scott.
Finally, I found this film to be interesting. It's not a movie of the year contender, but it's well worth a watch if you like found footage films that show weird/inexplicable happenings with the supernatural and/or occult in the woods. Mr. Jones is intriguing, and I enjoyed attempting to figure out what was going on throughout the movie.
With all of that said, the ending does leave something to be desired. It's a bit of a mess - all sorts of timelines and different actions overlap, and reality kind of breaks down. It did leave me feeling rather unsatisfied. I would still recommend giving this a shot, however, because I really enjoyed it for the most part.