Cold Ground

312. Cold Ground. It's a mildly entertaining found footage movie about a group of people heading up into the mountains to investigate some recent cattle mutilations in the area, two of which are the filmmakers, also with them an American cop researching the same thing...hmmm. Aliens? So it has the same setup as most found footage flicks, a journey, finding a few clues along the way, things go bump in the night, and in the last 10 minutes or so, it all blows up. And this one is no different, well except that it happens in 1976, so they used a filter to make it look 1976ish... If you like the genre, its pretty good. If you don't, I'm sure it'll bore you. So have at it... Was it Aliens? I won't tell. Filmbufftim on FB.

French found-footage yetisquatchfoot flick. Maybe 50% English dialogue, 50% French (with English subtitles on the version I saw.) A cut above most of the dreck Amazon Prime offers for free. Not bad for what it is, but the imdb rating seems suspiciously high to me. Fairly engaging once it gets going. Subjective peeves: When characters who are discussing disease theories are supposed to be scientists, they ought to know the difference between a virus and bacteria (sadly, the ignorance of this difference amongst the general population is one of the reasons we have more and more antibiotic-resistant bacteria.) They also should know that alcohol is not one's "best friend" in extreme cold, as it actually lowers body temperature. And if it's so damned cold where they are that they're concerned with hypothermia and frostbite, why does the female lead spend the majority of the time with no head covering and only a thin pair of knitted gloves? These may be trivial issues to some viewers, but they definitely lower my rating.

Yes this movie did have its flaws and did move slower than necessary, the story, filming, and acting kept me interested throughout. It was of above average quality all around which makes it odd that it had such bad reviews (with agreement on the review about animal cruelty having absolutely nothing to do with the movie and should probably be removed...). While the negative reviews are puzzling, the aggregate score of the movie is a good indicator. Not a waste of time, but not a must see either.

A France found-footage film, just as aweful as it sound. Poor script and direction.

People walk in the snow. A bird. People walk in the snow. A rabbit. People walk in the snow. Trees. People walk in the snow. Dead stuff. People sleep in tents in the snow. Repeat for two hours.