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Project X (2012)

March. 02,2012
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Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.

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ShangLuda
2012/03/02

Admirable film.

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Chirphymium
2012/03/03

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

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Cooktopi
2012/03/04

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Josephina
2012/03/05

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

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Saiyan_Prince_Vegeta
2012/03/06

This movie does not need description really. It's just a movie about a wild, dissolute, sinful party, the dream of many teenagers. Inspired (not based) by a party in Australia.

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Stephen Bird
2012/03/07

First time director Nima Nourizadeh reeks havoc and nothing is spared but the camera filming the chaos. Some have groaned, but I absolutely loved Project X for its raw, uncut, anything goes anarchy, it's as though the producers have said "We've seen teenage house party movies before, but we're going to raise the bar to new heights", and yes they have certainly achieved that.What makes the film that extra bit special for me is the "found footage" style of shooting it, having a background character record the whole day leading to the party, and then the party itself makes the whole project look seriously real, using the found footage way of filming is indeed risky, as a lot of those kinds of films are lacklustre and even very poor, but not this one. Thomas is your average, unpopular "loser" kid that everyone had in high school, but for Thomas and his friends Costa and JB, things were going to pick up and most certainly, they decide that, as Thomas' parents are away for the weekend, and they have the house to themselves, nothing would scream "cool" and "popularity" more than staging their own birthday for Thomas, but of course, this would not be any ordinary birthday party!Costa invites practically everyone at school and everyone he knows on the outside too, the party naturally gets out of hand with everyone from freshman to Miles Teller turning up.Damage, so-so much damage ensues, loud music, a pool, a bouncy house, people inside the house causing mayhem (when they shouldn't actually be in there), even the dog gets involved, and at one stage the poor mutt gets tethered to a bunch of balloons and almost floats away, until Thomas saves the day, and the dog. Yes for reasons unknown there's a romantic angle inserted into the film, Thomas still has a thing for Alexis, and for me this little angle was unneeded and served no real purpose to the actual film (why did they have to throw romantic mush into this!?) In the future some may consider Project X to be a cult classic and hail it one of the best films in its category, but for now, in the present day, it has earned its fair share of notoriety particularly involving its choice of location for the filming, as local residents all complained about the noise, despite the filmmakers trying to stay as far away from residential areas as they could.This is the party we all wished we had at the end of high school, but the quality of such a party can only be achieved through fiction, well done for a highly enjoyable film.

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andrewshieh0712
2012/03/08

It's pretty surprising to see Project X on the top of the most illegally downloaded movie of 2012 beating the Dark Knight Rises, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and The Avengers. It made around 50 million dollars at box office which was "meh", so what is Project X so special about?Actually, there isn't much special about Project X and not much to say about is. Project X is a humongous, out-of-control, high school party which was held by some not-so-popular teenagers. So if you are expecting something like a twist or even a story in Project X, like me, just don't because you're watching Project X because you want have a blast.As I just mentioned previously, I was expecting something before watching Project X since I was literally thinking "that just can't be it" after watching the trailer. I had no idea what Project X is about since all I see is music, people, and alcohol in the trailer, there is no story going on, so I thought it might be something like Chronicle. I guess I'm half-right-half-wrong.Project X starred Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, and Jonathan D. Brown who I never heard of. The only actor I heard of is Miles Teller who is just himself in the movie. So, basically, these three teenagers are the three teenagers in Superbad. There's the main character that is not in the popular group, the guy who just thinks he knows everything, and the other guy who's just not cool. Basically, they're going to hold a party while the parents are out. That's all it's about. I know I've been saying this a million times, but Project X is literally a guy recording a high school party. So I don't recommend to the adults who are 35 or over, because this movie is just for teenagers or young adults who had been to these kind of parties. Thus, Party X might recollect the memories in high school for some people, but others, might not. Project X is also a found-footage which I find no problem with it. It's all about a party so I guess it's the best way to introduce the characters, and to go deep into the party. Project X is nothing new to the genre and you've see many movies about parties going wild, such as Superbad, the Hangover, and other films that released after this, such as, 21 and Over and the Neighbors. And to me, Project X is not as funny as both Superbad and the Hangover. But as a whole it could still be enjoyable (if you like parties). The acting are convincing since they do like buddies in real life throwing a real party and the editing is not bad, too. The soundtrack is also pretty nice (party songs, of course).Overall, even though Project X is unoriginal, predictable and has nothing deep about it, it could still be enjoyable if you don't take it too seriously. I didn't really like Project X, but I don't hate it either. So, I guess you can go watch Project X if you're a party animal. Cheers.

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Spooneads .
2012/03/09

Where do I even begin with this? The characters! They're horrendous! They're nothing but the lowest forms of teenage stereotypes I've ever seen. Seriously, this film must make teenagers look ABHORRENT! Please... If you're reading this... Teenagers aren't like this... The Writing! If this is a comedy, THAN IT'S NOT FUNNY! Gratuitous swearing and sex references alone will get you nowhere. There is no wit to this movie. It also fails as a crime movie because the plots aren't put together well enough. There are a few sub-plots in this movie. Many of them go absolutely nowhere, and contribute almost nothing to the overall plot of the movie. And the subplots are stupid anyway. And the message... OOH the message... Hey kids! Social rejection got you down? The solution is simple! Gather a bunch of untrustworthy strangers and invite them all to a big party, absolutely DESTROY your house, possibly putting your family into bankruptcy, cheat on your girlfriend (who gets forced into the plot during an incredibly pathetic "Emotional Climax" by the way...), and DON'T HOLD BACK ON THE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, and you will SKYROCKET into popularity! This movie is just an attempt to pander to teenage boys. And a TERRIBLE attempt at that.

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