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Documentary? No.

posted 12 years ago by surge3
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What I don't get is why they are pretending that it's a documentary.
First of all, the girl driving the car being "robbed" is listed in the credits (lol). Second, the main character's facial hair changes often and they make it seem like it's the same day / night in the movie but obviously more time than that has past. Third, he commits a murder -- on camera...I thought the movie was an accurate portrayal but of being in and around the drug scene in an inner city neighborhood, but to call it a documentary is just plain wrong.

[–] MyGoodWish 12 years ago

Would people even bother to watch if it weren't portrayed as a real documentary?

[–] nte1igentwon 12 years ago

I don't know what film you watched but the film spans at several months. Not disputing it's not a true documentary.

[–] surge3 12 years ago

Okay -- I'll be specific (I realize it spans several months, I'm not e-tarded) -- anyway, when they are planning to rob the guy in the white kangol hat, he specifically says "let's do it right now, let's do it tonight" -- then they cut away and he's wearing the same clothes but has different facial hair. It just looks set up is all, along with a ton of other things that just don't look or sound right.

[–] carterhollister 12 years ago

ive seen a few films like this that use the doc format and they are normally *beep* but i must admit this one was done well, most of the guys in it id imagine are the real thing for the most part which adds to the realism. good film.

[–] Thrill_KillZ 12 years ago

Not a documentary just a bunch of ghetto losers trying to look all hard. They should be robbing a supermarket I could floss my teeth with them.

[–] Goliano 12 years ago

Look everybody, it's a cyber gangsta!

[–] twohues 12 years ago

It's a mockumentary. Similar style of a documentary except it's not real. The real talent is that it *appeared* real. Some scenes looked staged, yes, but for the most part, these characters seemed like this is how they lived even when the cameras weren't rolling.

[–] ItzThaTruth 12 years ago

SHUT UP DOUCHE BAG

..Think about it..

[–] MYLA_KIMBERLY 12 years ago

And an excellent one at that. Clearly some of your 100K loan having bitter film school students have nothing better to do than hate on raw talent. Bless ya'll hearts. This film is on netflix. And it's doing extremely well. I stumbled across this film and was very pleasantly surprised.

[–] kmags84 8 years ago

It's not good because of the "Directing" or "Filmmaking"...It's good because it shows reality. Altered in some scenes, actual in others. Realism works. Problem is that a man like Snow is DONE. He isn't getting anything from this. He was exploited and was just arrested... AGAIN... For being a scumbag. Dope film but it's due to the realism, not the quality of Filmmaking

[–] NotAnUndercoverCop 12 years ago

Nobody is pretending. It's not pro wrestling. I shouldn't even have to justify this post with a response.

[–] ryanbruch-1 11 years ago

It is a "found footage" movie not a documentary.

[–] nerhal1 11 years ago

And why should I care about people who don't want to help themselves or their community. *beep* them

[–] MacTownShores 11 years ago

Whoever can't tell that this isn't actually real is a little stupid. There all wearing microphones obviously.

[–] Gus963 11 years ago

Yeah, I mean no way they could mic themselves up.

[–] emptyspaces153 8 years ago

I mean *clearly* its only marketed that way, its deceitful, sort of, because even the director and such wont just say "its a damn movie", like its gotta be kept so serious. But its like watching the blair witch project and the difference between thinking its real or knowing that its all just a movie. I remember alot of people thought BWP was real. This movie is much the same. The only reason they dropped the charade for Blair Witch is cause someone actually went missing and they were doing all this "missing persons in the woods" publicity. But at first, as far as i remember, it was marketed as a real documentary.

Of course it doesnt make sense since him stealing the camera was just a chance encounter. Who the hell trusts some random dude with 4-500 worth of rolls/blow. I mean, its kinda just ridiculous and anyone who would do that would probably end up getting robbed for real (going down to the ghetto and having some guy jump in and not even seeing his products or knowing him)