{"id":30964,"date":"2019-04-16T17:20:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=30964"},"modified":"2019-04-16T17:20:39","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T21:20:39","slug":"into-the-dark-im-just-fucking-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/16\/into-the-dark-im-just-fucking-with-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Dark: I\u2019m Just Fucking With You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Adam Mason\u2019s \u201cI\u2019m Just Fucking With You\u201d is about business as usual for Hulu\u2019s \u201cInto the Dark,\u201d the anthology horror series that\u2019s given viewers a new episode every month. Like all episodes before this April entry, there\u2019s a slow build up, a very good hour, and a final twenty minutes that drag in to a luke warm climax. All in all it\u2019s another mediocre episode that never quite recovers once the second act is introduced. I think it\u2019s time worth spent, don\u2019t get me wrong, as one of the fun things about anthology films is the ability of the authors to convey social commentary. \u201cInto the Dark\u201d has covered social commentary in droves, whether it\u2019s rabid consumerism (\u201cPooka!\u201d) or the Me Too movement (\u201cThe Treehouse\u201d), they\u2019ve covered some interesting bases for the modern generation.<\/p>\n

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With \u201cI\u2019m Just Fucking With You,\u201d director Adam Mason almost has the right idea, but the overtones and sharp message is lost in an episode that drags by the time it reaches the finish line. \u201cI\u2019m Just Fucking With You\u201d is a look at trolls and how one of the most notorious internet trolls meets the ultimate troll who proves to be one of the most deadly of his kind. Keir O\u2019Donnell plays Larry, a bespectacled and meek man who spends most of his time on the internet as \u201cProgrammingFlaw3489\u201d leaving vicious comments on people\u2019s pictures. He is on the way to basically troll his ex-girlfriend\u2019s impending wedding after a bitter break up, and plans to implement his own brand of revenge.<\/p>\n

While driving to the wedding, Larry decides to stop at a motel for the night, and meets the sarcastic check in guy Chester (Hayes MacArthur), a man who is also tending bar at the motel. Larry gets a healthy uncomfortable introduction to Chester\u2019s brand of humor, as he tends to take his jokes way too far, and greets every response to his humor with a snarky declaration of \u201cI\u2019m just fucking with you.\u201d With Chester making it apparent that he doesn\u2019t know when to quit, Larry gradually becomes the victim of Chester\u2019s pranks, all of which become more and more invasive, intrusive and downright uncomfortable.<\/p>\n

As Larry eagerly awaits his sister\u2019s arrival, Chester begins to take his jokes to the extreme. A lot of \u201cI\u2019m Just Fucking With You\u201d is reliant on wondering where this is all going, as the writers structure the narrative like a one big joke with a punch line. Mason packs the episode with dark comedy, gruesome violence, and a healthy dose of ambiguity, never quite filling us in on the characters\u2019 true intentions. While Chester is a slimy antagonist, Mason packs the episode with irritating characters, including Larry who is about as irritating and annoying as can be. He\u2019s stunningly uptight and sour, and once left to his devices, he\u2019s a slimy internet troll with no sense of restraint or empathy for anyone he hurts.<\/p>\n

The idea of the internet troll meeting the real life troll has potential to be genius, and in brief moments, \u201cI\u2019m Just Fucking With You\u201d is engaging with MacArthur committing to this role as an insufferably prickish prankster. Like many episodes from \u201cInto the Dark,\u201d this installment could have benefited from ten or so minutes shaved from the narrative, but it does pack enough to warrant one passive viewing. I\u2019m still waiting for \u201cInto the Dark\u201d to rise above the level of just a \u201cGood enough\u201d anthology horror series.<\/p>\n

Now Streaming on Hulu.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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