its amazing to watch all 3 films and wee the changes that these people go though and how stubborn the judge is for every appeal

3 men get convicted of a horrific murder on the fact they wear black and "worship satan " ...with no evidence whatsoever that they actually committed the crime.. how lovely is that?

its good to see that they get to finally live their lives but the shit they had to go though.. is jsut fucked

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

The concluding part of the Paradise Lost documentaries and still new questions are being asked and new suspects are being examined. With a large part of the film revisiting material covered in the previous documentaries it took a while for this one to get into the new issues, especially when watching them all in the space of a few days but once John Mark Byers shows his face again things soon heat up. Coming across as a totally different person this time around, he never ceases to amaze me and they could easily make a documentary on the workings of his mind alone.

The way things end raises yet more questions about the legal system and the strange way the trial was conducted but the offer of closure, no matter how unsatisfactory, is still welcome.

I look forward to West of Memphis.

No haiku.

Only one I've seen, and found it quite facetious at times if not extremely self-congratulatory about itself. Was shocked to learn after that Paradise Lost 2 has a whole different villain, who is seen here but just dismissed as a little weird and angry. Given the fact that doc is so self-referential, you'd think maybe the filmmakers should say "whoops"? But no time! The film tries to have its cake and eat it too by saying they aren't indicting Hobbs, just trying to get the three free, but they dedicate at least 30 minutes of film to slowly painting up his villainy. If anything, now I want to watch them backwards to show how knowing less about one's documentary subject actually makes it a better documentary. Also should note we skipped the epilogue, but that probably wouldn't help my grade.

After watching all three of the Paradise Lost films within 24 hours, I am left with a lot to think about. The movies are about the trials of three teenagers, but that is only the background, since what really bothered me while watching this film, is how messed up the law system in the USA really is. Three peoples lives were messed up, basically because they wore dark clothing and one of them believed in the wrong God. In my opnion that is not a normal situation for the world in the 21st century.

"Paradise Lost 3" is a lot of summarizing and rehashing of ground covered in the first two films. We get the aerial shots of West Memphis, the Metallica, etc. and it takes awhile to gain momentum.

Once we get to the new material with the DNA evidence and more current depositions and interviews of key players, it becomes fascinating all over again.

With the release of the West Memphis 3 occurring during the making of this film, it would be difficult to add that section of the story at the end without it feeling a little like a tack-on. And it does. The last 15 minutes of the film aren't completely congruous with what had come before and it is wrapped up rather quickly.

But the good far outweighs the bad and this is a fitting entry documenting a tragic (on multiple levels) tale.

Un amigo me recomendó este documental y no sabía nada de la historia (mejor todavía). Aparte de que todo el asunto es bastante triste por la naturaleza de los asesinatos, te deja con una sensación de impotencia y de que el sistema judicial puede llegar a ser bien jodido.

Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky's third documentary installment on the plight of the West Memphis Three.

The full review of the trilogy is now up on Next Projection.

A bitter sweet ending to the west mephis 3s fight for freedom.

Dedicated filmmakers have made a marvellous trilogy of the utmost importance that I implore you to watch. All 6 hours and 40 minutes of the 18 year endeavour are captivating.

Gotta say: Berg handled it better. Really noticed the absence of the material that made West of Memphis compelling despite its familiarity: the stuff about the carnivorous turtles; the quotes from new Arkansas prosecutor Scott Ellington providing startling frank answers about why the Alford plea deal made political and practical sense; the satisfaction of being able to see the WM3 free out in the world. Still feels like a sop to the audience to spend time on implicating Hobbs, especially given the way PL2 in particular painted John Mark Byers as such a likely suspect. Also: Is it just me, or when all is said and done, does Byers comes off looking better than almost anyone, both for his willingness to cooperate with this movie after PL2, and his sincere admission of how wrong he was?