Sorry, this movie sucks

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

TLDR; If you watched Neo Genesis Evangelion series and liked the ending, you might like this movie.The movie starts off normal. A shiny, hopeful new start for couple, Scott and Penny. A bit of drama follows then the title character appears and things starts getting exciting. Mystery and tension hooks the audience as they wonder who this Mr Jones is. What is he up to? Is he dangerous or a benevolent? What is in his basement? What are those creepy scarecrow thingies? We follow the couple as they explore Mr Jones' world and his creations.Then suddenly it falls into a trippy, epilepsy inducing mess of camera work, which for some people would be the best part of the show. What follows it a bunch of black screens, bright screens, striped screens, camera swings and switch. rapid switches between "front" and "back" camera, disconnected scenes, cryptic/artsy scenes, flash backs, flash forwards, missing time, whatever. For those who couldnt sit through the trippy part, this happened: (Major spoilers!) Scott stole a voodoo baby doll. This allowed something to escape the dream realm and into our world, maybe. It apparently killed off Mr Jones, "guardian of the dream border". It then starts to psychologically terrorize our couple. At this point, Penny could have already been held captive by the evil silent sisters or something. Her appearances may have been imaginary.Eventually the couple (or the Scott and his imagination) figures they(he) needs to return the doll. Scott fights off brain farts, hallucinations and mental warfare before he finally succeeds. Scott then makes it his life goal to replace Mr Jones. He is now the new Mr Jones. Penny could be dead or they kissed and said good bye. Who cares. It felt like there should be a crowd standing around clapping for the main characters at the end. Disclaimer, this is the 1st time I ever reviewed a movie or signed into IMDB. The movie broke me. The disappointment was real

I love found footage films so I obviously had to give this one a chance. I really like how it started out, two people moving to the woods to make a nature documentary. I like this movie because it is different. Not a group of teenage friends who rent a cabin in the woods and end up being slashed to death by a creepy figure. Just two adults leaving their hectic life in the city to try something else, but find something entirely different that captures their interest.But then it takes a really bad turn. No more found footage and a really trippy and vague ending. This movie could have been SOOOOO good! But the ending, it ruined it all. Sigh.Even so, I can recommend this movie to anyone who liked found footage movies. Just don't expect a perfect movie. It's not flawless, but different. And that's what I like about it.

A young couple moves to the woods and soon finds their nightmares and reality colliding.The opening scene is fun and flirty, and makes road trips look like a joyous adventure (which they often are). I was immediately enamored with the two main characters, which rarely happens in movies -- and even more rarely in horror films, where it is a waste of time to get attached to anyone.For the first hour, we have a very clever idea of this art-meets-anthropology documentary. The website Culture Crypt (whoever they are) aptly refers to this as "Exit Through the Gift Shop" or "Who the *$&% Is Jackson Pollock?" meets "The Blair Witch Project". That is pretty much spot on.Unfortunately for the film, as strong as the first hour is, things tend to fall apart in the last fifteen or twenty minutes. If the film were to stay as good right on through, it would be a hit. But, sadly, this was not to be.

As you can tell by my opening line I am NOT a fan of found footage films. To me it is a gimmick, not a genre as people keep asserting it to be, and more often than not used to pass talentless schlock which can't get any funding off to the public. Despite this I HAVE seen many, and I always watch whatever I start to the very end, even if I find the experience painful.With that said I will admit that Mr. Jones pulled it off for me. The plot is a little off beat, the acting is decent even if not brilliant, and the setting and atmosphere move solidly into the realm of creepy quite successfully. It uses found footage in a plausible way... the protagonists making a movie for a legitimate reason just as Mr. Jones does what he does for a legitimate reason. What started as a simple documentary turns surreal also for a legitimate reason. People who, as a rule, really enjoy the majority of found footage films, might not like it, and judging by the mixed reviews I would say this is so, but I think it is because it does defy conventional found footage stereotypes. There is not a lot of running around and screaming, and people frantically looking into the camera and blubbering. There are no scenes of what is happening in their rooms while the people sleep, which I think is the allure this gimmick offers to the fans of it. The 'watch what happens when no one is looking' appeal... 'it could also be happening to YOU!!!' It actually offers a surreal Hollywood ready story, with all its narrative elements boldly displayed on the surface, in a found footage format... and while I don't always love Hollywood either, in this case it was a relief to get a half decently crafted tale instead of the... you know... usual.