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MusicChat It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Michael Ledo From a technical point of view, this is one of the better "found footage" films to date. It uses various cameras from various locations and quality. Donna "my pants are too tight" Thompson (Kether Donohue) is reporting, and not too well, on the July 4th activities in the bay town of Claridge, Md. Everything is fun and games until people start to blister and die.The film is told as a bad documentary by design. It managed to hold my interest for 45 minutes at which point I started to get bored, even with the material they weren't repeating. The film utilizes real facts about Chesapeake Bay and isopods as well as actual footage of the creatures which you think are fake.The idea was to draw attention to the problem of the bay because no one watched the Frontline documentary on poisoned waters and even fewer people cared (from director's interview). The problem is that the terror created by isopods didn't come across as terrifying as I found my self concentrating Donohue's tight pants trying to will a button to pop.I enjoyed the realism more in this film than the "Paranormal" series. I also liked the idea of bringing a message to the film. Now if we could take the next step and make it entertaining. This could be done with a witty soundtrack and/or clever dialogue. Maybe having Trey Parker/Matt Stone smoking a joint saying, "Dudes they're isopods, not Crab People."Parental Guide: F-bombs (spoken and text). No sex or nudity. Tight pants that the button never pops.

ericrnolan "The Bay" (2012) deserves credit for its effort to give viewers a detailed and well developed, found-footage science fiction-horror movie. In depicting a brutal parasitic infection eradicating a small coastal town, writers Barry Levinson and Michael Wallach appear familiar with the basics of epidemiology and public health. And they make nice use of a time-honored sci-fi standby — pollutants causing small organisms to mutate into large ones.Levinson and Wallach are ambitious too. "The Bay" follows a number of intertwining narratives winding through the entire town, making use of more than a dozen actors and innumerable extras. Some of those actors are quite good — especially those portraying emergency professionals, like the local emergency room doctor, the staff for the Centers for Disease Control and the bureaucrat from the Department of Homeland Security. I think a story with this scope, and with this many characters, would have made a fine ecological techno-thriller novel. The filmmakers really do serve up a thoughtful, serious cautionary tale that is sometimes frightening.Despite its strengths, however, "The Bay" is still encumbered by some noticeable flaws. There's little structure to it, the pacing feels off, and we follow so many characters that it is hard for the viewer to get to know any one of them. There is a news reporter whose point of view serves as a framing device, but she's performed with little energy by the main actress, and her character isn't scripted to be terribly likable to begin with. Parts of the film feel redundant, too. Levinson (who is also the director here) keeps replaying footage and key dialogue, and it's a poor choice.All things considered, I'd rate "The Bay" a 7 out of 10.https://ericrobertnolan.wordpress.com/

D P More of a slow burning science (part fiction) thriller. I rated this a 5 but by no means is this a rubbish movie. The found footage is enticing rather than annoying, and there are some scenes which might make you jump or squirm - i definitely was itching! I think the good thing is that the female lead was pretty strong and the acting wasn't bad at all!! Quite believable all the way through The thing about this film is that its quite disturbing in parts. There's also a good pace and the film doesn't stay in one place but keeps moving. What resinates with me is that that is how governments will act, all the secrecy, the cover ups, that is realistic. So the movie does keep you watching. Its not long anyway for the viewer that might get bored. just don't expect big budget and don't expect horror scares.

sarah So after reading reviews before I watched I really thought it would be better than this.The acting was good but the pace of the film felt too slow, really spoon feeding the audience. And it wasn't even a very long film.But the plot really bothered me. It was so so...out there and ridiculous. I know this kind of thing can be difficult to convey realistically - but the concept of a disease or an outbreak had been managed before. Contagion was a good example of it being done fairly realistically. With this film there were just so many holes in the plot and odd choices being made by the characters.