This documentary sent chills up my spine. A little bit due to the ending, largely more on the reflection how the events that happened in it could have easily happened to me. I have been there before, start up this really wonderful almost anonymous chat with this stranger online, leading to really great everyday conversation which could be mistaken for stronger feelings such as love.
I just remember increasingly afraid as this documentary played. Afraid for how near I got to turning into a killer like marinesniper. As he described about why he liked the online chats that he had, it shocked me how much I agreed to him. My experiences with online chats is online relationships is relationships as well so strong feelings can surface as a result. The ease for to relate what Montgomery said really scared me, so much that it stayed with me for a while.
Boy, I am glad I am over those days now. I used to be a pretty hardcore irc dude spending most of my days (sometimes fucking my exams next day because the night before I had a more important online presence to maintain !)
Back to the documentary, this piece about real incidents directed by Barbara Schroeder is really well done! I sat glued to my seat the whole time and the narration told by the person murder served grabbed hold of my interest right till the end. The story by itself has enough twist and turn to keep anyone attention but kudos must be given here to the direction and restraint of Schroeder to keep us guessing and holding on for dear life every death defying turn the story takes. This plays initially like a romantic comedy twisting and turning finally into a murder mystery and when the final and most depraved reveal is unveiled I guarantee it will floor you. You would have thought that in a times where viewers are getting more and more desensitized to twist and turns and shocks in plots that something like this would seem tame but just think a minute about the consequences of the actions of the people involved here and see if it hits home. The fact that these are real events that took place help to cement that even more.
A good solid 5 stars for this one!
4 comments:
someone just pointed out your review to me, so appreciated! glad you liked the film
Barbara Schroeder
Thank you! It an honor to get a response from you! I liked you documentary so much I think I am not even going to bother watching catfish, which I heard just tells the same story.
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