trailer break: ‘The Fourth Kind’Take a break from work: watch a trailer... It’s total bullshit, of course. No scene in this movie is supported by archive footage, though it does appear to be the case that Milla Jovovich appears in the film. This is all entirely invented, wholly fictional (the Anchorage Daily News did some investigating). But it’s spooky, right? It’s interesting to me that Hollywood has put so much time and effort and money into creating illusions of things that cannot be but that are utterly convincing that we’ve got jaded with the fakery. It seems that the best way to get a scare out of us these days is to attempt to convince us that it’s all really real. (See also: Paranormal Activity.) The nice people of Alaska ain’t fooled in either direction, though. As the Anchorage Daily News explains, Nome, Alasksa, wishes it were that picturesque:
The Fourth Kind opens in the U.S. on November 6; no U.K. release date has been announced yet. support
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posted by JoshDM (Thu Oct 15 09, 12:19PM)
Took me a sec to understand what "The Fourth Kind" meant.
That mountain in the back of pretty Nome.
It MEANS something.
posted by Accounting Ninja (Thu Oct 15 09, 12:46PM)
lol @ the scenery contrast. But the real scenery is creepier than the movie one: all white, barren and lonely.
posted by fastpathguru (Thu Oct 15 09, 2:33PM)
Some impressions tap into something unexpectedly deep... An authentic scream or portrayal of panic...
The Ring was really good at this. Who didn't jump when they revealed the state of the first victim? There, the premise for both the viewers and the characters was so ridiculous (watch video, die a week later) that you could simply not believe it could happen, even after you've _seen_ it happen already, even _as it's about to happen again_... Then SMACK! The entire rationale was only revealed near the end.
Re: imagery, yesterday I pulled into the bank drive-thru, and as I did, I spotted the fake foot (Halloween gag) hanging out of the trunk of the car in front of me. In the interval between recognizing it subconsciously as a foot, but before it could even process it consciously as being a gag, I literally jumped in my seat. Weird.