Project X follows three seemingly anonymous high school seniors as they attempt to finally make a name for themselves. Their idea is innocent enough: let's throw a party that no one will forget... but nothing could prepare them for this party. Word spreads quickly as dreams are ruined, records are blemished and legends are born. Project X is a warning to parents and police everywhere. (Warner Bros.)So, is this merely an extreme teenage version of The Hangover, or is it another sign of the end of civilization as we know it? How you feel about Project X will have a lot to do with your age and gender. If I were a hormonally charged 16-year-old boy, I might think it was the greatest movie ever made, a wish-fulfillment comedy featuring lots of good-looking naked girls.Watch Project X Movie Online
As a parent, I have quite another view: it's a horror movie! Using the template of The Hangover (made by Todd Phillips, who produced this film), a self-appointed cool dude decides to throw his shy pal a 17th birthday party he'll never forget, while his parents are away for the weekend. To say that it goes out of control is a mild understatement.I know Project X is not meant to be taken literally, or even seriously. It's a 2012 revision of Risky Business crossed with Animal House, only much more crude, as befits the current trend in comedy. What sets the film apart is its willingness to gleefully cross every line on the road to total anarchy. (The only copout is the old-fashioned ending involving the hero and his girlfriend.)If I were an adolescent girl this movie would make me want to move to another continent rather than suffer the foul-mouthed, condescending outlook of the "typical" high-school boys depicted here.But my biggest complaint about Project X is that it isn't true to its own premise. The picture is supposedly a video diary taken by a hanger-on who follows the three central characters around during the planning and execution of this party-to-end-all-partiesâEUR¦except when director Nima Nourizadeh decides that the concept is inconvenient and cuts to shots from other points of view. (An opening title card explains that some of the footage comes from law enforcement and other sources. Nice try.)In any case, this movie wasn't intended for me. Come to think of it, I should be grateful for that.We all have carefree days. Our carefree days do not involve destruction of property and animal abuse. If you don't think of the consequences, don't be surprised when you get charged for damage of private property. Too many of you just don't care and someday that's gonna cost you big time. This movie glorifies the idiocy rampant in today's teenagers. It's a warning for everyone else to barricade their doors and start stockpiling weapons. I'm sorry, but that's just how I feel. So prove me wrong.Sorry, but I can't agree with that. Just watching the trailer for this film is enough to make me very sad for youth of this country, especially if they're really as stupid as they are shown in the trailer (let alone the entire film, which I refuse to waste money on). Also, I read several reviews that mention that at one point, they tie helium balloons on a dog to watch him float away. I do not condone animal abuse and find this repugnant, yet it appears to be celebrated in this film. As for picking a "more challenging, fairer target," the youth shown in this picture are as fair a target as any. They are beyond hope. And that's just the painful truth.Jack Offo (har har) and Rubinsky, you're part of the problem. Not the solution. "I'm 17 if you have not had a party like this or been to a party like this then something is up," - What does this even mean? What sort of argument is that? What is your thesis in the defense of this film? "oh yeah girl, be a super-protective mom, u will see what ur sons will do... you have to trust them, give them their space, what i think about life is, this is just a cicle, we born and we die, so try to enjoy your life, don't hurt anothers' life." - First off, it's "you" and "your." If you're going to take the time to respond to another's argument, then you should probably take the time to actually respond thoughtfully or you will look like an ill-educated moron. Second, your argument of "trust them, give them space" follows the logic that teens have where they justify their idiotic behavior. "what i think about life is, this is just a cicle, we born and we die, so try to enjoy your life, don't hurt anothers' life." - Good one, Aristotle. So profound. But, I'm confused at the word "cicle" do you mean "icicle"? Life is an icicle? I suppose you're right. Life is cold and slowly melting away... or something. "i prefer to life 30 years with the greatest time ever than 70 in a boring and daily life..." - I think I can speak for all of the internet when I say that we all hope that you have the greatest time ever and live until you're 20 so we don't have to put up with you when you're 70.There are many movies out there in the celluloid stratosphere that suck. There are also many movies out there that are ground breaking originals. You have your masterpieces. You have your F/X littered extravaganzas. There are beautiful period pieces, and timeless fairy tales. You have something for everyone, and everyone loves something.I don't know. I put it in limbo. A movie Purgatory, if you will. It should belong somewhere... but I just don't know where.As I walked out of the theatre some 72 hours ago, I was saying to myself, "Man, that was a good flick!" But three days have passed and I still have no real idea on how to write a review on this.Did I like it? Yes... but as the days have slipped by, I've found myself not really remembering too much of the movie. And that is not a good sign. Not for me, not for the movie. Maybe I'm developing the early stages of dementia, (which is quite possible) or maybe this movie doesn't have the legs that it needs to stand on for a long period of time.Ok then, let me tell you about it. It's a story we've all heard before.Three nerdy high school seniors try to make a name for themselves by throwing a blow-out at the birthday boy's house while his parents are away for the weekend (I tried this at my house when I was a senior, but no one showed up). Of course, the party gets WAY out of control. And when I say WAY out of control, I mean a Mercedes ends up in the pool, a little person ends up in an oven, Jimmy Kimmel ends up talking about it on his TV show, and eventually the house (and parts of the neighborhood) ends up getting burned to the ground.Do you know why the party gets out of control? CHICKS, man! I mean, boys will do ANYTHING to impress girls... and do you know why? Because guys are idiots when it comes to girls. This is timeless. Guys have been idiots forever. I bet in caveman times there was a caveboy who burned down his parents mud-dwelling just so he could 'share a stare' with the cute little cavegirl from down the goat-path.Anyway, that's basically the whole movie. But really, it's not bad. You know what it is? It's an extra long music video. It's fun to watch, but it really doesn't go anywhere. I'm not sure, but they may have been shooting for an "Animal House" type film, but please, nothing will ever compare to "Animal House."What it does have is booze, drugs, nudity, and lots of cussing... and then a little bit more cussing, drugs, booze, and lots of nudity. Now, I'm not going to lie to you, I love all this stuff in my movies, (it's entertaining, right?) but I think they may have tried too hard with this stuff. They already had their 'R' rating. I think they were just throwing it in your face for shock value. But believe me, this is a tiny point. I wasn't too upset with it, I just want to let you parents out there know before you bring your seven-year-old to it.The actors in this film are all new to me. All fresh faces. I guess they pretty much have to be fresh faces since they were all in high school. I mean, you can't have Meryl Streep playing a senior... unless, of course, it's a senior citizen.Watch Project X Movie Online
The only face in the entire movie that I recognized was a man who is credited in the film only as 'older man.' And he is the 'older man.' The creepy older man drinking with the kids at the party! His real name is Pete Gardner, and he was pretty funny for the short stint that he was on the screen. I think you would recognize him from the Michael Jordan Haynes T-shirt commercials on TV... he is the guy on the plane who has 'bacon-neck!' Quick review of him: I liked him!So, "Project X." What category would I put this movie into? Well, it definitely didn't suck, and it's definitely never going to win any awards. But it has value. It is a movie that you would like to see once at the theatre, and then when it hits cable, you'll click to it when it's on and you'll enjoy it for free. And there's nothing wrong with those movies either.We'll just keep it in movie Purgatory for now.Fun Fact: I don't know why, but almost all the characters in this movie used their real first names in the film too... but not everyone. Maybe it was the producer or director's decision. Or maybe, they were just lazy and didn't want to learn new names. Fact: This did not bother me in the slightest.Fun Matty Fact: When I was younger I was stuffed in a dryer during a party and it was turned on. The dryer broke... and then I
