Are there no movies worth watching

[tom502]

I thought it was dumb, and weak, and real fakey.

I do wanna see 4th Encounter.

[deadohsky]

Tom, do you mean the 4th Kind? If so, after i saw the trailers for it i was really intrigued, it looked awesome. I have yet to see it, but after i saw your post i did a quick wiki search on it and...

"The alleged real-life video footage and audio recordings used in The Fourth Kind are often denounced as mockumentary-style movie making. The Blu-Ray release of the film includes extra footage not included in the original theater release. One of these clips shows the murder-suicide documentary footage. With the volume turned up, a person off-camera can be heard yelling "Action!"

The film's trailer states that the story is based on "actual case studies", but did not specify any cases. As a result, much speculation has arisen regarding the search for documented evidence from the actual cases and whether Dr. Abigail Tyler is a real person or a fictional character for use in an internet viral marketing campaign.Actress Charlotte Milchard, credited as "Nome resident", bears a striking resemblance to the supposed real-life Abbey Tyler seen in the documentary footage.

On September 2, 2009, an investigation by Izaak "Lord Norman" and the Detroit Daily News examined the validity of the film's premise, and its relation to actual disappearances that have occurred in and around the town of Nome. The investigation found no specific events to back up the claims in the film and also revealed that unsolved deaths in Nome are no more a majority of disappearances (just as in other remote areas).

On November 12, 2009, Universal Pictures agreed to a $20,000 settlement with the Alaska Press Club "to settle complaints about fake news archives used to promote the movie." Universal acknowledged that they created fake online news articles and obituaries to make it appear that the movie had a basis in real events. It is rumored that the interactive agency located in Irvine, CA Earthbound Media Group is responsible for this guerrilla marketing strategy as a third party agency hired by NBC.

On November 13, 2009, WorstPreviews.com reported "Universal Pictures has just reached out to us to let us know that the studio was not sued and the money was just a contribution Universal made to the Alaska Press Club. The contribution was not a result of any lawsuit."


Have to admit that i was disappointed to read that, but it still looks like a decent movie.

[tom502]

Yes, the 4th Kind. I didn't know it was promoted as "real", it still interests me.

I started watching, A Pistol for Ringo, yesterday. Anyone else a fan of spaghetti westerns? I love them.

[sgreger1]

Most new movies suck, they've ran out of ideas.


I saw SALT this weekend, was actually pretty good. I liked it a lot. Next weekend I go to see inception, which looks sweet. They are calling it james bond mixed with the matrix.

[Jwalker]

Inception was amazing.

[daruckis]

paranormal activity suuuuuucks.

[tom502]

District 9 was great.

[lxskllr]

District 9 was great.

Really? I didn't care for it. It was alright, but I wouldn't recommend it. Speaking of 9, I liked that movie :^)

[sgreger1]

Pranormal activity tried to play itself off as real (my wife still thinks it is), but I don't know, it seemed extremely fake holywood style to me. Who knows, I doubt anything real would ever surface in a movie.


And I hope inception rocks! It looks awesome.

[tom502]

I was really impressed with District 9. Loved it. Got the DVD too.
Paranormal Activity was very fakey, esp when they showed the possessed girl in the bed, I was thinking Evil Dead.

[ChaoticGemini]

I'm liking District 9 too, but for a whole different reason. By description, I should like this movie, but I have turned it on 4 times and fallen asleep in under a half an hour every time. Great insomnia cure.

[RobsanX]

District 9 was great.

I agree, District 9 was amazing!

Saw Inception last night, and I wasn't that impressed. It may just be that it's not my type of movie. It sits at #3 on IMDB's top 250 films, and that's waaay to generous.

[bipolarbear1968]

I saw Book Of Eli last night and I must say....it was well worth the wait.

Now to send this along to EricHill....enjoy!

[Veganpunk]

Scott Pilgrim FTW!

[StuKlu]

Inception was pretty great IMHO. Definitely requires you to pay attention and will probably need to be seen again to get full appreciation of it, but very ambitious.