 Thanks for checking out this movie review video. So this is for the 2021 film super host It's a shutter original and it's coming to shutter on Thursday, September 2nd So for that reason, this is a no spoiler review I will tell you about some of the kind of subtext and thematic stuff I'll give you a quick little synopsis, but I'm not really gonna reveal things about the actual events of the film I would recommend this one. I think this one's pretty solid and Yeah, I'll give you some good some bad about it There's definitely more good than bad and then I'll give you my overall rating, but let's get into this one Written and directed by Brandon Christensen. Now when I saw that I was like that name seems very familiar to me I know I've reviewed something of his before and I did the shutter I think it was also a shutter original film. It's on shutter called Z. It's just the letter Z Which I did not enjoy it and really like that film you can see my review on it on my channel He also did the film stillborn which I believe is also on shutter Which I have not seen now Z for me like a lot of good technical stuff a lot of good acting in that one I just felt like the story didn't really come together and they had so many opportunities that they missed out on and it was just very Blah and disappointing at the end this Like significantly more so very happy to see this Barbara Crampton appears in this briefly Well, not briefly a little more than briefly, but it's always good to see Barbara Crampton. I am a fan I love her I follow her on Twitter because she's a very nice positive voice in the horror community Who's engaging in a positive manner on there and she just seems super cool Plus she's a great actress and she does a really nice job in this even though she's not a huge part of it Once again shutter original coming Thursday September 2nd, so quick synopsis It's basically about about a couple who have their own YouTube channel or you know, it's not called YouTube But you know it's of that ilk, you know, you know, they're trying to get at being you too of a YouTube channel So something like a YouTube channel where they basically go around and kind of review things Reviewed basically Airbnb style situations And they check into a new place that they're gonna do a video on they're actually having some struggles with their channel So they really need to get some good Content and get a lot of views out of it and then they meet the person who they've been interacting with who's the person who runs the place and Things happen. That's all I'm gonna give you because I don't want to give you too much And like I said just watch the film it is worth watching. I did enjoy it enough So immediately they make fun of YouTube videos and I'm all about it because sometimes they are very much ridiculous I do YouTube videos. I will tell you within this film They really show like that really fakey side of YouTube and there's kind of a point About that that I'll talk about at the end as far as like thematic and subtext stuff goes But I watch a good amount of YouTube. Obviously, I have my channel. I try to be pretty Transparent with things and very honest about things who you see is Basically who I am except energy level wise like in In my day-to-day if you just talk to me like my energy level is not as much as it is on these videos because I'm trying to You know kind of create more excitement to engage people in a sense But everything else about me is basically same, but this show or sorry this movie the way they have the main character show Shows you a lot of what is out there as far as YouTube goes Which is basically a lot of stuff that seems really fake and is way overacted and you can tell is very fake and Yeah, it makes you question like what is real with these people? What is not real? And it's just like that disgusting like super saccharine Fakiness and they nail it pretty well in this in my opinion and do a good job of basically making fun of it and taking it to Kind of an absurd level, so I like that kind of commentary on it first when I saw that that's what they were doing I was like, oh man is this gonna kind of be like a host movie Which I don't know if that's why it was called super host, but if it was like the film host So I was kind of like if they're kind of just like biting off host and trying to you know ride the coattails of that New style of filmmaking. I don't know if I'm gonna be into it, but I Think it is kind of inspired by that to a degree, but it's definitely is it something I would definitely not say that they're really trying to bite off of host at all. So It's its own thing They jump between polished film as well as the YouTube style video that's done by the characters works Well, I like how they did that integration. That's not just one way or the other It's kind of like you as the audience are seeing everything and then you're seeing it from the POV of these people filming So I like how they kind of jump between it, but they don't jump between it too much Like they definitely could have done it too much to a point where it feels like you're getting kind of whiplash or You know having a hard time being like which is which here, but there's definitely a different style look They kept it very separated and they didn't do it too much like I said, so I appreciate that There are some comedic aspects to the film and I actually think they pull them off pretty well They're not like super super comedic. They're a little more subtle But if you get it you get it and it can you can get a little chuckle out of it I I believe at least I got it. I got a bit of a chuckle out of some of the stuff honestly Nice shooting location with very nice isolation, which ends up being important for well a lot of horror stories But it's important for this story and they do explain some kind of techie type stuff In a manner that they need to they kind of do tie up and Loose ends that they would need to take care of so I like that it does show that they really put some time Well Christiansen really put some time into the script and went over it a few times Maybe even had some other people look at it. So that's always appreciated Good performances in this film, which does make a very big difference for a story like this Stories like this hinge a lot on the performances. You can get out of the actors. So overall Quite good. I want to give a shout out though in particular to Gracie Gillum Who plays the character Rebecca? Great job, not just a great job, but the it just feels like she had fun with that role like What she did with that role could have been done so differently by many people and how she chose to approach it and execute it is Not only really well done it hits a large range of things that really helped the film out and I found I just found her very enjoyable on on screen So I'd be interested to see even more of her in the future movie wise So nice job Gracie Gillum really really well done. I Thought I knew which way the film was gonna end up going but I didn't ultimately I I mean like vague idea wise I had an idea where it was going and was right about that But how things then unfold I was not right about so very glad for that I always hate it when I go into a film and you know, everyone watching can basically tell what's gonna happen And it ends up being kind of like boring for that reason But this one it's good because you think it's going one way and it kind of is but there's there's enough That's different that you don't see coming that keeps you engaged and keeps it kind of interesting and fresh So I appreciate that They do go over the top with some of the music during the like scare moments in the film That's something I harp on because I do feel like you can really overdo music relatively easily And it's the instances of where you feel like the music is screaming at you when you don't need that Like we really don't need that people are very apt to pick up on subtlety It's not saying that you have to have subtlety in this instance But just you know turning the volume up to 11 is not necessary and they do that a few times in this and I just It's a pet peeve. I don't like that You watching this may not care about that stuff and that's good. I'm just telling you my perspective on it Solid finish to the film with a pretty good end scene. I did quite like the very last scene in the film It does feel a little bit long run time wise now It's like an hour and 23 minutes with credits and everything So the fact that it feels a little bit long is slightly problematic But I'm not gonna harp on that too much because overall it's not that bad It's just like here and there it feels like it drags a little bit and like it's a little bit too long But it's not too bad Certainly not what I've experienced with a bunch of films recently. So good job Christensen I'm gonna repeat this Gracie Gillam if for nothing else just watch this film for grace Gracie Gillam's performance Just saying there's an interesting point here about real life versus faked YouTube life And how that ends up becoming problematic now It's how that ends up becoming problematic in a few different ways So I Like that about it I like that it takes this one idea this one theme this one bit of subtext and doesn't come at it from one standpoint It's kind of giving you numerous ideas of how that's a problem So it's kind of making fun of it, but it's also making a poignant point About it at the same time. So I do like that So the really actually has something to say here, but it also does it in a very fun playful way There this also delves into how odd stuff like Airbnb actually are and how that can go wrong I mean if you really think about it something like Airbnb is super weird now. I covered that Theme subtext whatever with the my review of the film the rental by Dave Franco and I would I Would recommend this definitely over the rental because the rental Wasted time in my opinion like that one had a good concept But then it feels like it wasn't really developed after that and it just falls very flat This one you can tell actually worked out You know like good concept and then it went further with a developed script and everything Dave Franco with the rental not so much, but for some reason People talked a lot about the rental probably because of Dave Franco's name. Hopefully people talk as much About this film super host But I have a feeling they won't because Brandon Christensen isn't a household name unfortunately, but I like it Anyway, out of five stars with half stars in play. I'm gonna give it a very solid three star rating It is a good film. 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