Ehhhhh… this is hard to explain. It’s a found-footage, although the setup makes it much more reasonable. And the nature of their efforts do figure into the story. Mostly - the gear associated with their setup actually is used in moving the story forward.
As a movie, this isn’t especially good. There isn’t much plot, there’s a lot of cross-talk, and everyone is mostly annoying. But this poor handling actually lends to the authenticity of the picture. The characters mostly bicker and reiterate the same arguments back and forth for most of the movie. In some ways, this feels a little like a poor improvisation effort. In other ways, it seems roughly as bull-headed as people can be.
While the male lead is fairly cautious and not as interested in getting directly involved in this adventure, the female lead is absurd in how gung-ho she is. She isn’t just enthusiastic about getting involved… she’s cavalier about doing ridiculously dangerous things. She grabs the steering wheel from her companion driver. She exits the car without planning and runs into danger. These don’t come across as brave or considered actions. They aren’t urgent situations either. They would probably have run smoother if she actually explained what she planned to do.
The result is that the movie comes out feeling kind of sexist, which is an odd thing, since it was directed by a woman, and a man and woman share the writing credit (although the nature of the dialogue suggests that very little was scripted). This isn’t something I should feel bad about, but I do. It actually makes me a little uncomfortable when we see stereotypes adhered to, since I know I shouldn’t be thinking this female lead is an idiot. But she is! It’s made worse by me finding her a bit attractive - but that might just be the glasses.
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