For the
sake of not having to write the same intro a million
different ways throughout the rest of time, just know that
this column avoids the overly long and sometimes dull
process of full film reviews and instead opts to break
things down based on what I thought going in, what happened
while I was there and what I learned at the end of it all.
Hope that's OK.
Read on!
The
Breakdown - Catfish
The Impression:
Meeting people over the internet may not be the best
idea ever.
The Reality:
It's hard to talk about this film without spewing out a
variety of spoilers, so I'll just keep this really
brief.
Whether the events of this documentary are true or not,
there is still a very interesting subject at work in the
story that's being told, and the last third of the film
explores that as well as anything could. Yes, the
trailer is misleading and this doesn't turn into some
massive freak show that will leave you scared to ever use
Facebook again, but that doesn't mean Catfish isn't
worth your time. Check it out at least once.
The Lesson:
Nothing is ever what it seems.
- John Laird -
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