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Review #16: The Fourth Kind.
The premise of the story is about a psychiatrist, Dr Abigail Tyler, trying to uncover what appears to be a number of abductions in a small Alaskan town. Supposedly based on a true story, the movie cuts between footage shot for the movie, with Milla Jovovich as Tyler, and real life footage of interviews with Dr Abigail Tyler.
Some scenes are split screen footage, showing both the ‘movie’ and the ‘interviews’.
It’s a hard movie to get used to at first, the way it’s shot throws the audience into a flurry of confusion though you can’t help but noticed that it’s intentional.
After a few minutes you get used to it, though some scenes are still hard to follow with split screen footage of both people, sometimes more, all talking at the same time.
The storyline is easy to understand, it's just the finer details that are jumbled into a group of chattering voices.
The movie seems a little rushed at times too, it seems as though the makers have tried to get as much stuff into the smallest amount of running time as possible.
Jovovich too, seems to be fed up with the whole thing and appears at times to be giving attitude when delivering her lines. It’s as if she’s pi$$ed at being part of it.
Acting support from Elias Koteas does give the movie some weight. When he’s around, you feel safer. Koteas is probably the best thing about the movie.
Some of the time the viewer can feel bored, there’s not much in the way of story. For what appears to have been made as more of a detective/mystery story, it’s something that really should have been built on more kindly.
The real life footage is a good point. It feels real, though at times feels staged, it works at putting the viewer into the subject matter.
Another good point is there are genuine moments of shock and Jovovich and Koteas carries the tension well.
Some of the ‘jumpy’ moments are very well conceived and give the viewer a heartfelt judder and most of the time you never know what exactly is going to happen next, but it’s not enough. The movie feels bare and meaningless.
All in all a genuinely jumpy movie that's good if you want to get the girlfriend a little closer, but the shooting style is empty and confusing.
My rating 34%
Review #16: The Fourth Kind.
The premise of the story is about a psychiatrist, Dr Abigail Tyler, trying to uncover what appears to be a number of abductions in a small Alaskan town. Supposedly based on a true story, the movie cuts between footage shot for the movie, with Milla Jovovich as Tyler, and real life footage of interviews with Dr Abigail Tyler.
Some scenes are split screen footage, showing both the ‘movie’ and the ‘interviews’.
It’s a hard movie to get used to at first, the way it’s shot throws the audience into a flurry of confusion though you can’t help but noticed that it’s intentional.
After a few minutes you get used to it, though some scenes are still hard to follow with split screen footage of both people, sometimes more, all talking at the same time.
The storyline is easy to understand, it's just the finer details that are jumbled into a group of chattering voices.
The movie seems a little rushed at times too, it seems as though the makers have tried to get as much stuff into the smallest amount of running time as possible.
Jovovich too, seems to be fed up with the whole thing and appears at times to be giving attitude when delivering her lines. It’s as if she’s pi$$ed at being part of it.
Acting support from Elias Koteas does give the movie some weight. When he’s around, you feel safer. Koteas is probably the best thing about the movie.
Some of the time the viewer can feel bored, there’s not much in the way of story. For what appears to have been made as more of a detective/mystery story, it’s something that really should have been built on more kindly.
The real life footage is a good point. It feels real, though at times feels staged, it works at putting the viewer into the subject matter.
Another good point is there are genuine moments of shock and Jovovich and Koteas carries the tension well.
Some of the ‘jumpy’ moments are very well conceived and give the viewer a heartfelt judder and most of the time you never know what exactly is going to happen next, but it’s not enough. The movie feels bare and meaningless.
All in all a genuinely jumpy movie that's good if you want to get the girlfriend a little closer, but the shooting style is empty and confusing.
My rating 34%
