Project X (2012)

 
Project X (2012)

3/10

Starring:
Thomas Mann
Oliver Cooper
Jonathan Daniel Brown
Kirby Bliss Blanton
Alexis Knapp

Directed by: Nima Nourizadeh

Project X is a Project F.

From the stables of the man that brought us Hangover, Todd Phillips, comes this disgrace of a movie. It's meant to be a found footage kind of thing, but the film just has a pack of fools running around with nothing but orgy on their mind.

The question that runs through my mind is, “who packs lame excuses, blunt-minded, hooligan-thinking, dumb-looking, stupid-sounding stooges together and thinks a movie is about to be made?”
Well, the producers did, and they were so pumped about the idea that there may be a sequel.

Some people actually enjoyed this movie, which is a surprise to me because I can’t seem to understand how anybody would watch this and like it.

Project X has the simplest plot ever. Three guys decide to throw a party so they can get laid, and as usual, things get out of hand. That’s all folks. Every other thing in the movie comes from using cliché scenes, music video-style acting, and lame dialogue to fill up time.

You will think I am short handing you with this plot, but the above lines are actually the whole plot, there is no character development, no depth to anything, just horny boys.

The editing was whack and out of bounce. Continuity was lacking a master’s touch.
Directing could have been done by a toddler, because I was wondering while watching if the director fell asleep on his head.

Directed by Nima Nourizadeh, an advertisement director, who gave some of the cast iPhones and BlackBerry devices to capture scenes that ended up in the final cut. Editing was done by merging those phone clips with proper camera shots.

The movie was shot in 25 nights and, sorry to say, it was a commercial success.
It holds a 27% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie was made on a $12 million budget and went on to make over $100 million, including good DVD sales.

My final take is, don’t watch this. It contains nudity and cursing all over the place, and not even a plan to entertain you, unless that’s the kind of thing you find entertaining and a good plot is not even on your mind. The acting is not spectacular and sometimes poor from even the main cast themselves.

Project X has a lot missing, and some of it is common sense. The funny part is that Warner Bros actually ordered a sequel, so very soon we should be expecting Project X 2.