I really cannot believe that buzzfeed actually created a film studio and has started producing movies, and I find it even harder to believe that I didn't particularly hate this one either? I truly did think a movie that was based off an old twitter horror story thread by a former buzzfeed employee would've been as bad as that sounds, but it was fairly inconsequential, not really good in any specific way but nothing about it jumped out at me for being bad either, it was just a super mediocre film that didn't hurt to watch in any way but also wasn't especially enjoyable either.
Easily the most interesting part about this movie as a whole is what it is adapted from, which is a twitter thread from former buzzfeed employee and also the main character of this film Adam Ellis. I was pretty invested in the actual story going on in real life when it was happening and might have actually been young enough to not realize how very obviously fake it all was leaving me surprisingly invested in all of it. Obviously now I can pretty easily tell that it was just a cool internet horror story, and it didn't work nearly as bad as I thought it was going to when it got put to film. There's nothing inherently amazing about any of its horror but I also didn't find any of it glaringly bad either, it had some pretty okay jumpscares that were albeit cheap but kind of effective, and some decent effects work that I wholeheartedly did not expect to get out of it, and I am glad that the caved in David head actually looked decent.
Although; the best part of the film for me just has to be the fact that there's a really small role given to one of my favorite actors of all time Justin Long.. he plays the boss of Adam Ellis and I do wish he got much more screen time as everytime his character was on screen the movie somehow got much better. Whether that be just how charming this man is or how funnily he delivered all his lines but it was supremely appreciated to have such a shining light in the sea of meh that surrounds the rest of the film. Long isn't the only talented actor here though, as the main man himself who plays Adam Ellis, Augustus Prew is a really great actor and the performance he delivers here feels so out of place in this mediocre film. He truly does breaths a sense of life into this movie that wouldn't be present without him and the way he plays the character is excellent and by far the best part of the movie, which isn't saying a whole lot but when you have an actually good actor present in a literal buzzfeed movie it's worth noting.
Dear David is not a good movie in my opinion, and if I didn't like two of the actors here and have a somewhat connection to the source material I wouldn't be surprised if I genuinely hated it, but since I do meet those criteria I just thought it was a very eh run of the mill type horror movie that isn't horrid in any specific way but also never great. It's not a movie I recommend watching for yourself unless you're a horror buff, like the story itself, or are just insanely bored out of your mind - as if you're not one of those three things I have a hard time believing you'll come away with any particular enjoyment with it and most likely will hate it. For me though it's just a nothing movie that has some decent qualities at times but never enough to actually make me like it in any significant way, mid I would say.
Easily the most interesting part about this movie as a whole is what it is adapted from, which is a twitter thread from former buzzfeed employee and also the main character of this film Adam Ellis. I was pretty invested in the actual story going on in real life when it was happening and might have actually been young enough to not realize how very obviously fake it all was leaving me surprisingly invested in all of it. Obviously now I can pretty easily tell that it was just a cool internet horror story, and it didn't work nearly as bad as I thought it was going to when it got put to film. There's nothing inherently amazing about any of its horror but I also didn't find any of it glaringly bad either, it had some pretty okay jumpscares that were albeit cheap but kind of effective, and some decent effects work that I wholeheartedly did not expect to get out of it, and I am glad that the caved in David head actually looked decent.
Although; the best part of the film for me just has to be the fact that there's a really small role given to one of my favorite actors of all time Justin Long.. he plays the boss of Adam Ellis and I do wish he got much more screen time as everytime his character was on screen the movie somehow got much better. Whether that be just how charming this man is or how funnily he delivered all his lines but it was supremely appreciated to have such a shining light in the sea of meh that surrounds the rest of the film. Long isn't the only talented actor here though, as the main man himself who plays Adam Ellis, Augustus Prew is a really great actor and the performance he delivers here feels so out of place in this mediocre film. He truly does breaths a sense of life into this movie that wouldn't be present without him and the way he plays the character is excellent and by far the best part of the movie, which isn't saying a whole lot but when you have an actually good actor present in a literal buzzfeed movie it's worth noting.
Dear David is not a good movie in my opinion, and if I didn't like two of the actors here and have a somewhat connection to the source material I wouldn't be surprised if I genuinely hated it, but since I do meet those criteria I just thought it was a very eh run of the mill type horror movie that isn't horrid in any specific way but also never great. It's not a movie I recommend watching for yourself unless you're a horror buff, like the story itself, or are just insanely bored out of your mind - as if you're not one of those three things I have a hard time believing you'll come away with any particular enjoyment with it and most likely will hate it. For me though it's just a nothing movie that has some decent qualities at times but never enough to actually make me like it in any significant way, mid I would say.