Project X produced by Todd Phillips March 2nd
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Project X produced by Todd Phillips March 2nd
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Proje...ghs-29633.html
I didn't see a thread yet for this and it opens next week. I have seen a lot commercials for this on tv, and was lucky enough to see it early on Thursday night. Its like Cloverfield and the Blair Witch Project. A teen party comedy shot as a fake documentary type of film disguised to be real about a group of high school kids whose party goes completely wrong. The cast is pretty much full of unknown actors, but its a hell of a lot of fun. Drinking, drugs, and plenty of nudity to go along with it. I'll probably go see it again.
Remember when found-footage was the property of the horror genre, as The Blair Witch Project gave birth to countless knockoffs that rarely duplicated that film’s creepy chills? Well, the genre is expanding. Recently, Chronicle made decent use of the found-footage gimmick to tell a superhero origin story. And now we’re getting a teen-house-party comedy produced by The Hangover director Todd Phillips -- the equivalent of Can’t Hardly Wait, Superbad, or American Pie -- that uses the camera trick. It’s called Project X, and if this new red-band TV commercial is to be believed, it’s raunchy. Check it out, via IGN:
I’m a parent, so yeah, this terrifies me. One day, I’ll be that hapless, all-too-knowing father leaving the house for my idiot kids to trash. It’s a rite of passage, and so are house-party comedies like this. The novelty appears to be the use of hand-helds and the whole found-footage approach, which is wearing a little thin as it tries to mask the fact that we’re basically just seeing a movie we’ve seen multiple times before. Who’ll find the footage? The parents? The neighbor whose tree catches on fire?
Do you know what would be better? If someone found the post-blowout video cassette, popped it into a camera, and unearthed Jonathan Kaplan’s sci-fi drama Project X with Matthew Broderick, young Helen Hunt and a chimp. Hard to top. Instead, look for Project X when it opens in theaters on March 2.
I’m a parent, so yeah, this terrifies me. One day, I’ll be that hapless, all-too-knowing father leaving the house for my idiot kids to trash. It’s a rite of passage, and so are house-party comedies like this. The novelty appears to be the use of hand-helds and the whole found-footage approach, which is wearing a little thin as it tries to mask the fact that we’re basically just seeing a movie we’ve seen multiple times before. Who’ll find the footage? The parents? The neighbor whose tree catches on fire?
Do you know what would be better? If someone found the post-blowout video cassette, popped it into a camera, and unearthed Jonathan Kaplan’s sci-fi drama Project X with Matthew Broderick, young Helen Hunt and a chimp. Hard to top. Instead, look for Project X when it opens in theaters on March 2.
Last edited by Bluelitespecial; 02-25-12 at 06:47 PM.
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DVD Talk Hero
Re: Project X produced by Todd Phillips March 2nd
I don't normally see comedies at the theater, but will make an exception for Project X. The music rocks and it looks hilarious. Kind of cool that they also filmed it in my city.
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DVD Talk Legend
Re: Project X produced by Todd Phillips March 2nd
I agree that it looks pretty terrible. I know comedies tend to be over the top but this just looks ridiculously stupid and I'm looking too much into this I know but, there's no way that a house party would get this out of control without cops showing up.
#7
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Re: Project X produced by Todd Phillips March 2nd
I'm interested in seeing it. The dog in the bounce house shown in the TV spot was kinda funny.
#8
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Re: Project X produced by Todd Phillips March 2nd
Here's a thread on it from a little while ago -
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...eh-2012-a.html
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/...eh-2012-a.html