The Fourth Kind Review

The Fourth Kind is a movie about alien abduction. It is a movie that is supposedly based on true events, but that is something that is still to be decided.

The movie gets it's name based on a scale of alien contact. The first kind-sighting, the second kind-evidence, the third kind-contact, and the fourth kind-abduction. While there really is a scale that measures the kinds of close entcounters with aliens, this is one of the only known facts about this movie.

The movie opens with the star, Milla Jovovich , telling you who she is and that this is based on actual case studies and that you can draw your own conclusions.

Milla Jovovich plays Dr. Abigail Emily Tyler, who is a psychiatrist in Nome, Alaska. Some of her patients have been reporting strange things happening to them in their sleep, so she investigates. Her findings help her reach the conclusion that they were abducted by aliens.

The movie does something very interesting. At parts where she is interviewing her patients, the movie does a split screen, or a side by side view of supposedly actually case study footage. You see the dramatization, as well as, what purportedly the real thing. This brings a level of depth and realism to the movie that I really loved. It made me much more invested and it made me care a lot more.

The case study footage helped a lot and is what will keep the word of mouth about this movie going. It shows things that doesn't seem humanly possible. A main point of discussion is the real Dr. Abigail Emily Tyler. While they say she is real, their is no evidence of her existence anywhere, but it is still fun to speculate the validity of her existence. (I will post a link to an article that might help you decide the truth of the matter at the end of my review)

I loved this movie, the style in which it was shot just works and it makes it all the much better. I think it is one of the best alien abduction flick many years. It left me with chills! It is a definite must see!!

9.5 out of 10

Here's the article:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/214375/the_fourth_kind_missing_persons_in.html?cat=40

Feel free to leave your thoughts or comments on the movie.

District 9 Review

Neill Blomkamp's first feature film is a stunning success. He weaves details into the story that make the movie come to life. It is a "must see"!

It tells the story of an alien race stranded in the city of Johannesburg, forced to live in the slums called District 9. The alien race, or as the humans call them, "Prawns", are forced to live in filth and poverty. The slums are sectioned off from the rest of the city, but the conditions still cause feelings of hatred toward the aliens.

The way Blomkamp shows the emotional connection between the aliens is really amazing. An emotional connection is established between the viewer and the alien race, and viewers may find themselves concerned about the aliens' well being. The movie was shot like a documentary, which makes it feel even more realistic.

The main character is a man who works at MNU, the company set up to handle Human-Alien relations. He is sent out with the task of evicting some of the aliens to a more suitable location that is further removed from humans. He accidentally becomes the key to harnessing the power to use the alien encrypted weapons. He is faced with the challenge of helping the aliens return home and returning the human race to normalcy.

This is a genre-defining movie that can't be missed!!

9 out of 10