I actually liked it a lot

Of course, not the best film ever, but there were a lot of unique aspects that were nice to see.

It was very original in its formatting. I'm sure there are other movies like it out there, but I had never seen one that began by centering around a crime show investigation. But whoever seemed to investigate became the next potential victim.

I also liked a lot of the subtle techniques used. How it would transition into a different scene by actually going "into" the TV. Or the TVs in random places that would flicker names of segments, and the same TVs were located towards the end on the side of the road, but they were off or broken. Finally, I know the idea that the "killer is still out there" has been done before, but it's certainly not the mainstream way to go. Most movies are so straightforward: killer kills, killer exposed, killer caught-the world is happy again (unless it's a movie about supernatural or superpowered killers, in which case rules are thrown out the window whenever). But this movie took the chance of having a realistic ending: one where not everyone lives happily ever after. Sometimes the bad guys do win, and nobody ever knows who they are.

Now, a lot of gripes have been made about that character of Albert. I was aggravated by him too. However, I think this was partly the purpose of his character. The over-the-top accent, the constant twitching, and the all-in-all fakeness of his character. At first, they may seem like mistakes or something close. However, the character is MEANT to be fake. He's also meant to be a little crazy since he has such a severe problem with anger. As a result, almost everything he does is meant to be fake. Since the real show wouldn't accept him, he made up a world in his mind that would.

I think one of the biggest things I liked about this movie besides the formatting was the ending. It was an ending that left tons of possibilities and no definite solution. However, I've watched movies like that where I was soooo pissed because of how they teased you about the fact that you'd never know. But for some reason, I wasn't angry that I didn't know. The bad guy won. It happens in real life. In this case, a part of winning was concealing his identity, even to the audience.

The movie, of course, leaves a lot open for interpretation. The only two bodies never recovered were Jesse's and Rob's, so it leaves you wondering "why." Where one of the two the killers? But you know Rob wasn't since he got slammed on the back of the head and you saw him being followed. So what, then, happened to his body? Maybe it was just never found, and that's just what happens sometimes in real life.

A main gripe I may have about the movie, if any, would be how stupid and yet arrogant all of the police and detectives were portrayed in the movie. Albert was obviously freaked out in the tape at the end of the movie, but the detectives paid no mind. Hell, it didn't even make sense why he would confess on tape then try to act like he was forced to do it if he really did do it. But, once again, I suppose people in real life really are like that sometimes: just trying to close a case, they don't look at all the possibilities.

So I know I don't hold the popular opinion here, but I just thought I'd share my thoughts. When I watch a movie, I try to let it encompass me. When that happens, I realize that some of the things that may appear to be mistakes or bad acting on the surface may have, in actuality, been on purpose. Plus, worst-comes-to-worst, I can take at least something out of a movie, no matter how bad people may think it was.

All of this being said, that's my opinion: I really did enjoy this movie quite a bit.