04-04-2011, 05:09 AM
About 99% of the time, "facts" put forth in "based on a true story" films are indeed faked. Sometimes the filmmakers are sly, however, and at least try taking pains to make things seem authentic... for a time.
I was watching "The Fourth Kind" not long back, and couldn't help but think to myself: "If this footage is genuine, it pretty much proves the existence of extraterrestrial encounters. So why the hell isn't it making real news?"
There is not one point in the film I specifically said "this is bologna," but throughout the film, I pretty much knew that some "footage" way too obviously supported the existence of aliens to be real... well, unless it ended up proving their existence. I point towards the ship's silhouette in the police-camera scene, the police cameras just happening to pick up the one dude's murder-suicide, and the whole triple-abduction business.
Likewise, there are some points in "The Town that Dreaded Sundown" based on the Phantom/Lover's Lane killings that are obviously pretty "Hollywood". The trombone murder was about 50/50 for me; it seemed strange enough to be true, although it was apparently false, and some of the police's "silly antics" in trying to catch the Phantom were... way too overdone.
I was watching "The Fourth Kind" not long back, and couldn't help but think to myself: "If this footage is genuine, it pretty much proves the existence of extraterrestrial encounters. So why the hell isn't it making real news?"
There is not one point in the film I specifically said "this is bologna," but throughout the film, I pretty much knew that some "footage" way too obviously supported the existence of aliens to be real... well, unless it ended up proving their existence. I point towards the ship's silhouette in the police-camera scene, the police cameras just happening to pick up the one dude's murder-suicide, and the whole triple-abduction business.
Likewise, there are some points in "The Town that Dreaded Sundown" based on the Phantom/Lover's Lane killings that are obviously pretty "Hollywood". The trombone murder was about 50/50 for me; it seemed strange enough to be true, although it was apparently false, and some of the police's "silly antics" in trying to catch the Phantom were... way too overdone.
âThe Fright Night remake is a film which taps into the audienceâs deepest rooted fears, such as those of vampires throwing motorcycles at them. I dread the thought of a vampire throwing a refrigerator or a deskjet printer or... Iâd better stop before I give myself nightmaresâ
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