The Fourth Kind
image source @scificool.com
Movie Review: The Fourth Kind
How do you make today’s audience truly horrified? Imply that everything in the movie is true. That is the strategy for the sci-fi thriller The Fourth Kind, directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi. The movie, from the very beginning, is presented as a recreation of true events involving extra-terrestrials, the "fourth kind" being the last on a scale of alien encounters ranging from sighting to of course abduction. The lead actress even tells the audience this in a short opening monologue about how the character she is playing is based on a real woman and how real footage will be mixed in as proof the reenactments are of real events.
Alien abduction is the focus of this movie, but fortunately it steers away from far-fetched visuals and events to an extent. There are still some almost too bizarre to believe events that occur, but fortunately this movie kept them as realistic as possible. The limits of realism are pushed to almost an unreal point, but never far enough where the audience can be 100% certain whether or not they are being shown truth or fiction. And with truth being a possibility, meaning witnessing alien abduction being a possibility, the events on screen are significantly more frightening.
Some who are more skeptical may find themselves too preoccupied with figuring out how much of the film, or if any of it, are true events and real footage being used. These individuals may not be as shocked or entertained by the movie because of this. At the core, The Fourth Kind is a mystery. It is a mystery of both the unknown (aliens) and the mind. Without proof, no matter how many people experience it, all claims are questionable. Writer/Director Osunsanmi does a great job in constantly returning the story to realism and not exploiting the more bizarre events.
It is not often that someone can refer to a science-fiction story as realistic, but Osunsanmi has done just that. At times, one may doubt the validity of what is shown, and this is one fault that could negatively affect some viewers’ experiences with the movie. The movie itself even has its share of characters who doubt the validity, so it is not as if the filmmaker ignored relevant skepticism. Instead, it was embraced, and a story was told that may seem unreal, but the realistic conspiracy-driven plot will make The Fourth Kind worthy of discussion whether it is fact or fiction.
del.icio.us |
Digg
Email to a Friend
-
Sqcijata, 09/03/2010
thank *** very much!
-
promotional, 08/02/2010
This is absolutely the best rendition of this blog I have ever seen!
-
Mihir, 06/05/2010
posterous makes life so good for blogger, wid introduction of pages and about me it is close to perfect
-
Mihir, 06/05/2010
Microsoft shouldn't shut this ...
may b a little bit of patience wid Bing Cashback can make it big
but certainly this cant be The Traffic ...
-
admin, 04/02/2010
nice!
Post your comment