Better Late Then Never

Best movie ever!

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

More of a slow burning science (part fiction) thriller. I rated this a 5 but by no means is this a rubbish movie. The found footage is enticing rather than annoying, and there are some scenes which might make you jump or squirm - i definitely was itching! I think the good thing is that the female lead was pretty strong and the acting wasn't bad at all!! Quite believable all the way through The thing about this film is that its quite disturbing in parts. There's also a good pace and the film doesn't stay in one place but keeps moving. What resinates with me is that that is how governments will act, all the secrecy, the cover ups, that is realistic. So the movie does keep you watching. Its not long anyway for the viewer that might get bored. just don't expect big budget and don't expect horror scares.

Found footage films are my favourite sub-genre of horror, and they're cropping up more and more given the ubiquity of cellphone cameras and tablets. "The Bay" takes this phenomenon to heart, as nearly all of it was shot to mimic a typical cellphone vid. For the most part, it works, and for this, "The Bay" is a horror movie worth your time.This movie is not without its weaknesses, however. The found footage sub-genre is a tricky beast. At its best, it offers the viewer a sense of authenticity which can be easily botched if the actors are too self-aware.Which they are in this film.Our lead, a 30+ communications major from "America University" (?!!) has a tediously simpery voice while every other actor constantly spouts interjections ("uh, well, err, you know") into their dialogue, to try to make the "found footage" feel more real. But it doesn't work because the actors take it too far. When the lead isn't halfheartedly asking her cameraman "Was that too much?" or "Did I come off too strong?" during every of her interviews with the citizens of town, we have a marine biologist constantly deriding the accent of the one other scientist. This was meant to come off as cheeky joking between colleagues, but it's just snarky and gets in the way of the plot.The doctors in this film constantly question one another after hearing a statistic ("Twenty people died today." -- "What?" -- Stare.) It's all fake, distracting, and pale attempts at characterization. To be fair however, I liked it when the lead runs a circle around the fountain. Easily the best part of the movie. Acting" aside, there are some good shock-scares in this film, which the found footage quality does add to. The parasites are creepy crawly (spray painted roaches?) and are based on a real life horror called "cymothoa exigua." Look the creatures up online and smile the thin grin of death: nature has presented you with a monster more frightening than anything Hollywood could ever dream up.The film's message is that no matter how badly we poison her with our unsustainable, destructive way of life, the earth and its inhabitants will adapt to whatever environmental changes we make, and live on. The film's creatures are mutated by chicken excrement, laced with steroids to artificially augment growth. If it sounds disgusting, destructive, and dangerous, it is. And it's happening right now-- all for a profit.Hope those "McNuggets" were worth it.

The Bay is another trek into the found footage/mockumentary genre and while it's not too bad overall, it is still a bit dull, even when the movie is in full flow.I tend to enjoy this genre as I typically like the feeling I get when watching everything from a point-of-view. When they are done right (The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, REC), they can actually make you feel as if you're living through the events that is being shown in the film. Unfortunately, The Bay didn't really grip me as much as I would have liked, but as I said it's still not that bad overall.I thought that the mood and atmosphere was done quite well as we go from a happy, bustling community enjoying their 4th July celebrations on a beautiful, hot, sunny day, to gradual pandemonium as people start to show signs of some sort of infection. As soon as that happens (which isn't all that far into the film) it does start to pick up, but it didn't really gain any momentum to keep the thrill level up.The "monster" of the film is something that will probably make a lot of people squirm, so be warned because if you get squeamish when it comes to parasites/isopods (especially close-up views), then this film will creep you out.I think the scariest thing about the movie is that the events aren't all that far fetched and when you read about different events from around the world, what happens in The Bay could happen.Conspiracy theorists will probably go nuts with this film as well.Despite some of the negativity, the film isn't as badly scripted, directed, or acted as they say it is, and for the most part it's all done in a pretty believable way. After all, it's easy for the "I would do this" and "I would do that" crowd to criticise what should/shouldn't be done as they watch the film in the warmth of their house.The Bay is worth a watch, and there is a LOT worse movies out there than this one, but just be prepared for some slow-going at times.

The Blair Witch Project cursed us with found footage and the whole raft of truly awful films. So when I discovered it was a found footage film my heart sank and the TV presented saying "there is something in the water that does not want to stay in the water" my heart further sank I thought we would have Godzilla on found footage. This is more of a horror documentary which does not overdose on gore, I watched the awful Into the Storm which made the mistake of having a really flimsy sub plot which did not work, The Bay has no real sub plot but has a claustrophobic terror and a few jolts such as when the creature jumps from the fish's mouth, the blood dropping down onto the reporter and the woman in the back of the police car. This is an excellent concept and although classed as found footage does not go overboard with jerky camera work.