When I saw the previews to this movie, Mila Jovovich, who portrays the main character, preludes with “what you are about to see is based on true events, including the actual documented footage”. Having watched this movie with this in mind, it was pretty amazing….I was however a little skeptical of one thing: The interference in parts of the video. How is it possible to have interference (probably magnetic) that effects the video and not the audio. In fact, I had problems with many of the “documented” clips.
Turns out: The ENTIRE movie is fiction. Completely fake. here’s the link: The Fourth Kind is fiction
The director, and I am assuming the “writer”, Olatunde Osunsanmi, appears in the movie as the interviewer and makes an appearance at the end “testifying” its all true. Turns out, hardly anything from the movie was, apparently his angle was he was making a movie “about a documentary”, not a documentary, “a movie about a documentary”. Olatunde, I am not a professional filmaker like you (yet), however you broke a cardinal rule in film making: Never Lie to your Audience. This will tarnish your credibility for the rest of your career. If this is difficult for you to understand, please refer to “Never Cry Wolf”. Should you ever decide to do a legit documentary, no one will accept it as credible.
Its one thing to lead you audience down a path and let them decide for themselves, (Like the 6th Sense did, which was brilliant), its another thing to tell your audience “this is true, believe what you want” when its not. M. Night Shalyman did something similar in the “Village” by constantly telling the viewer what to think (as in directly) but even he didn’t have the arrogance to slap a “this is a true story on it”.
I feel embarrassed for having been tricked into seeing this movie. Its pure fiction, and knowing this after the fact greatly diminishes the entertainment value. If it was true, it would have been amazing, but it isn’t so skip it!
all movies are pure fiction, for entertainment purposes only, take a college class for informative movies….
i watched the michael jackson movie "this is it" yesterday. it documents actual events that took place prior to his death. i probably wouldn’t have seen it if i didn’t believe i was seeing "real" footage of his up and coming concert…(as the advertisements boasted) a totally different man than the entertainer i recall in the 80’s.
i remember watching "close encounters of the third kind" by steven spielberg as a child…on video disk ;). it made such an impression on me then…such a great film for it’s time…so i was curious when i had seen the title of this new movie and heard about the "documented clips". i was disappointed to hear it’s another one of those blair witch/paranormal activity type movies. thanks for the heads up michael 🙂
ps. check this out…i know you can appreciate amazing photography …people have tried to duplicate her style but i haven’t seen anyone do it as good as she does.
http://www.amelialyon.net/
I hate to say this Tammy, but the Lyons appear to be an "Image is Found" clone…in more than one way, even down to their branding, and workshop name. Nate & Jac are extremely well known in the photography world, check them out: http://www.theimageisfound.com
Thanks for the link Tammy- I always love to see quality work! I will have to say they do look an awful like Image is Found.
michael that is the blog i was telling you about when we talked the other day but couldn’t remember the name of it. good to know another photographer jim. i just recognized one of the lyons in a mammoth men photograph on that blog you mentioned…so i guess they are friends.. right?(or at least vacation together) i am not a photographer(just like most people who hire professional wedding photographers)…so i wouldn’t know who’s who…i just know what i like and what i think looks good.