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2010 Top Movies-GypsyDylan (15 movies items)

"Excellent documentary and quite interesting."

“Intriguing documentary following a young photographer, Nev Schulman, and his relationship with a young fan and artist, Abby. Abby sends Nev a painting of one of his photos and from there they build a friendship by post and online and occasionally on the telephone. Nev "meets" her entire family via Facebook and falls for Abby's glamourous sister, Megan, over the phone. He longs to meet her. But all is not as it seems...

It seems almost like this documentary has been made to scare the hoards of us who spend huge amounts of time online, making friends, building relationships and feeling emotions that are totally real to us. However, in reality it just makes you feel sad for people like those portrayed, that their lives are so empty and depressing or difficult that they feel they hav” read more

Best movies of 2010 (47 movies items)

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Watched in 2011 (139 movies items)

"First viewing Excellent documentary about people who met on Facebook. I'll say no more than that and highly recommend you watch it."

3003 Movies Into the New Age!!!...so far? (3003 movies items)

"Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman "

2010's other Facebook movie...

“"I thank god for the catfish because we would be droll, boring and dull if we didn't have somebody nipping at our fin. "

If you have not seen Catfish, do not read this review. Actually, do not read anything about Catfish - do not skim any plot outlines or watch the theatrical trailer. You should watch this movie as ignorant and uninformed as you possibly can. All you need to know is that it's definitely worth your time, so view the film and read this later.

Still reading? Then I shall assume you are either already acquainted with the movie's surprises or you are determined to have one of 2010's most absorbing and shocking documentaries be spoiled for you. Catfish is 2010's other Facebook movie, and it functions as an outstanding companion piece to The Social Network - w” read more

2010 by star rating (82 movies items)

"Review: http://www.listal.com/movie/catfish/reviews "

Watched Movies 2011 (186 movies items)

"New Blu-Ray I don't care if Catfish is real or if it is fake. The movie tells an interesting story that surprised me more than once. It probably helped that I knew very little about it going in."

Film & Short diary: 2011 (115 movies items)

"Watched on: 21/01/2011 Predicted Rating: 6/10 Final Rating: 3/10"

First Viewed in 2011 (238 movies items)

"1-13-10"

Catfish

“It's AMERICAN TEEN all over again. I don't have that much of a problem if a documentary's authenticity is highly doubtful - sure, it goes against the very definition of the genre, but if the filmmakers can do something interesting with it, even if (in the case of a documentary) it looks like there was a bit of manipulation going on, then that's perfectly fine. What I DO have a problem with is if, aside from the documentary being an obvious hoax, the material it presents has already been treated and examined much better in other films (documentaries or not). It happened in 2008 with AMERICAN TEEN, and the makers of CATFISH have followed suit.

AMERICAN TEEN was a supposed "documentary" about high school kids and the drama they experience with their friends, families, their efforts ” read more

The Cinephile's Film Journal: 2010 (237 movies items)

"Watched on 10/27-28/10"