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the teenage out-of-control party while the parents are way movie has been
around for a long time
in the news entry to the genre for the social media smartphone obsessively self
documenting generation
is project X which sadly has nothing to do with the 1987 matthew broderick film
about chimp research
which is a shame since everyone likes champs and there's very little to like
about the new project X
the premise is a familiar but classic one a Pasadena High School senior names
Thomas played by Thomas Mann
decides to have a party because it's his birthday and his parents will be out of
town
thomas' loud mouth dirty talking New Yorker friendCaster
played by Oliver Cooper agrees to organize the Ranger convinced that it'll
be there to get the popularity and sex
their pagey dopey pala GB played by Jonathan Daniel brown
is along for the ride it was DAX played by Dax flame
a quiet somewhat mysterious black trench coat types whose enlisted to document
the proceedings for posterity or something
as is the conventions of the genre the party gets out of control in way too
many people show up
including tons of super hot girls the house gets overrun
property is damaged boobs are exposed to drugs are taken
the cops get called in about us little person touches people on the nuts
the city is cost is trying to bang everyone what alice is doing his best to
protect the house and not freak out
while being torn between the hot popular girl he has a crush on or the equally
hot and also call girl who he is best friends with
so the story isn't terribly original but that's simply the nature
the party while the parents are away John what's wrong with Project X is
basically everything else
first I didn't for a second by the film's central conceit that project X
was made with found-footage
since the camera work is in rough enough in the dialogue and performances are
good enough to make it seem like you're really witnessing candid moments of
teenagers just talking and acting like teenagers
I never bought the friendship between the three main kids or why they bring in
a creepy outsider who they barely know to record everything they're doing
the party doesn't look at all like a high school party and more closely
resembles a college Spring Break
Vegas pool party or maybe a commercial for a party lifestyle filled with him
model types
when things turn dangerous I didn't feel like some drunken teenage party was
worth anyone getting hurt
or a good reason to fight cops and decide for a running joke about to tween
looking boys in charge of the party security I did for the movie to be very
funny
but probably the most damning thing I can say about Project X is that you
could very easily convinced the entire movie into a music video
and maybe even a commercial and not lose anything that's because Project X along
with the lack of good jokes
has no heart in a better crazy night let's get laid movie like super bad
it always returns to the friendship between the two main characters and
their fears about going their separate ways after graduation
but with Project X there's no emotional bond or even a realistic friendship
between the three main kids
and other than wanting to get laid their main motivation is popularity
not as a means to an end but as a goal with achieving for its own sake
since it lacks heart laps and inside their meaning reason why project X's
teen male target audience want to see this movie is the scene boobs
but with the Internet any kid can literally see hundreds of millions and
boobs
and all the wonderful horrible things you can do with into them
on their freakin phones would probably be more satisfying and definitely
cheaper than watching Project X
which I give a what the flick rating up 3.2 I'm Jonathan Kim
for what the flick