Rocky
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Me and the missus went to see this film tonight.
Greatest load of crap I have ever seen:bang head:
Actress Milla Jovovich approaches the screen and speaks directly to the audience, claiming that everything in "The Fourth Kind" is backed up by actual video and audio, and is a dramatization of something truly real. We are then encouraged to believe what we want to believe, and thus, the most pretentiously tedious "thriller" of the year begins.
"The Fourth Kind" is plagued by an unyielding determination to make the audience "believe". It transfers between an interview with director Olatunde Osunsanmi and Dr. Abigail Taylor (on who the film is based), a dramatized story arc in which Jovovich plays Taylor, and split-screens are used to show actual footage alongside the performances. All of these techniques only lead to distraction, and never successfully accomplish the job they set out to do.
Weeks after "Paranormal Activity" managed to evoke dread by making the fake seem real, "The Fourth Kind" does the complete opposite. The footage meant to enhance data only slows the film, as the split-screen tactics overstay their welcome fairly soon into the running time.
And how convenient is it that the footage meant to confirm unreal events always seems to get blurry and static-filled when the supposedly extraordinary activity is being captured? It's either real, or a cheap way out. I'm leaning toward the latter.
Those who take the footage shown as concrete evidence of alien encounters will probably buy into the entire ruse "The Fourth Kind" carries in its bag of tricks. If one chooses to dismiss the rather unimpressive "facts," as I did, then "The Fourth Kind" will do nothing for you except bore and trail along on a thrill-less route to nowhere.
The burning question that "The Fourth Kind" wants to sear into the audience's mindset is whether or not alien abduction is a real occurrence. But after the movie fails as both a fact-based study and a fast-paced thriller, I believe the more important question is, why should I care?
Don't waste your time watching it....you will hate yourself if you do :hop mad:
Greatest load of crap I have ever seen:bang head:
Actress Milla Jovovich approaches the screen and speaks directly to the audience, claiming that everything in "The Fourth Kind" is backed up by actual video and audio, and is a dramatization of something truly real. We are then encouraged to believe what we want to believe, and thus, the most pretentiously tedious "thriller" of the year begins.
"The Fourth Kind" is plagued by an unyielding determination to make the audience "believe". It transfers between an interview with director Olatunde Osunsanmi and Dr. Abigail Taylor (on who the film is based), a dramatized story arc in which Jovovich plays Taylor, and split-screens are used to show actual footage alongside the performances. All of these techniques only lead to distraction, and never successfully accomplish the job they set out to do.
Weeks after "Paranormal Activity" managed to evoke dread by making the fake seem real, "The Fourth Kind" does the complete opposite. The footage meant to enhance data only slows the film, as the split-screen tactics overstay their welcome fairly soon into the running time.
And how convenient is it that the footage meant to confirm unreal events always seems to get blurry and static-filled when the supposedly extraordinary activity is being captured? It's either real, or a cheap way out. I'm leaning toward the latter.
Those who take the footage shown as concrete evidence of alien encounters will probably buy into the entire ruse "The Fourth Kind" carries in its bag of tricks. If one chooses to dismiss the rather unimpressive "facts," as I did, then "The Fourth Kind" will do nothing for you except bore and trail along on a thrill-less route to nowhere.
The burning question that "The Fourth Kind" wants to sear into the audience's mindset is whether or not alien abduction is a real occurrence. But after the movie fails as both a fact-based study and a fast-paced thriller, I believe the more important question is, why should I care?
Don't waste your time watching it....you will hate yourself if you do :hop mad:
