I was riding the bus at Sundance when I ran into my friend Michael Lerman, who is a fest programmer, journalist and 8-bit music revolutionary. He had just seen Catfish, a buzzed-about doc, and he told me I needed to see it immediately. And I needed to know nothing about it. So I saw Catfish the best way I could: totally ignorant. I loved what I saw (my Sundance review).
Now Catfish is hitting theaters from Rogue, and the time has come to sell it. But how do you sell a movie like this? The film is about a New York City elite type who meets a girl on Facebook and falls in love. They have a long distance relationship, and then he decides to meet her. His friend and his brother film it all.
Even telling you THAT is telling you too much! The movie isn’t what you expect, and I think that some of the blurbs at the end of the new trailer now at Apple are misleading. This is not a Hitchcock film. That’s a terrible thing to say about the movie. I don’t know why Rogue is selling it as a thriller.
Anyway, the trailer is out. I don’t know that you should watch it, but I also don’t know how to convince you to go see the film if you don’t know anything about it… and sadly not knowing anything about it is the best way to see it.
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you've convinced me not to watch it. and now am anxiously looking forward to seeing this flick.
I know the "spoiler" involved in this movie, and I've gotta say, this trailer is terrible, simply because it's setting it up as some sort of creepy murder thriller where the filmmakers all end up getting chased through the horse farm by some ax murderer. And nothing could be further from the truth. It's trailers like this that make audiences stand up and scream angry obscenities at the screen when the end credits roll.
I've actually seen this and I think hyping it this way is a total crock of shit. This movie is not a 'thriller' and really it's not even worth your time. This isn't even a 'documentary'. The whole thing is scripted and false and feels like it. Anyone who watches this and honestly comes away with the opinion that what they've seen was at all 'real', is complete moron. This movie is a sad, pathetic attempt by a bunch of opportunistic, untalented douchebags to cash in on someone with mild mental problems and it's disgusting. Please avoid this piece of shit at all costs.
The strong mix of opinions on this comment stream (and, yes, Max, until you provide proof that it's fake, that IS an opinion) is the exact reason it needs to be watched and watched fresh so that you can decide for yourself. Glad you liked, Dev.
Doesn't the trailer even state that it's not a true event?
Nope. It says it's not "Based on True Story," as in it's not an interpretation, but the real thing.
honestly, just watching the trailer, how can anyone think this is a TRUE STORY? It looks so fake. everything looks so contrived. give it another year and wait until it's exposed as being fake.
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