Lunar version of "Paranormal Activity"

Zane 2021-12-26 08:01:27

First of all, I personally have a preference for pseudo-documentary films, so the ratings are for reference only. The director of this film is quite bold and used the 4:3 picture of that era most of the time, plus the small fresh lomo style treatments such as dropped frames and color blocks. , It made the whole movie look like that. Just like "Blair the Witch", the opening subtitles explained that the film was edited from a video tape of unknown origin. It immediately aroused my interest. Look. After half an hour, the more I feel familiar, the original director turned the film into a 70s style, The strange noise in the middle of the night, the weird little bridge in the picture (the director kindly did a close-up to take care of the audience with bad eyes). I began to look forward to what the ghost on the moon was. When the Soviet spaceship appeared, the director took The appetite has reached the limit, but unfortunately, the film started to go downhill from here. Why can't it be a little more cryptic. Then, the film has completely fallen into stylization. When the pseudo-documentary style is destined to not please all audiences, it should be a new way, not Blindly imitating the old model has led to another Hollywood pipeline production. From the box office and reputation of this film, it can be seen that this film is not a success. But if you have my preference for this type of film, it is still It's worth seeing.

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Apollo 18 quotes

  • Deputy Secretary of Defense: [over comms] John, you are ordered to abort rescue immediately. Captain Anderson is a high contamination threat. You will not recover him.

    John Grey: You knew something was down there and you sent them anyway.

    Deputy Secretary of Defense: [over comms] DOD to Freedom, if you do not abort in T-minus 60 seconds, transmission will terminate. You will not receive an updated state vector. You will run out of life support package. You will not return home. You have 45 seconds to abort this rescue.

  • [first lines]

    John Grey: There's just a lot at stake here, you know? We're talkin' nation versus nation, and the race is still on. There's lots to discover out there, man.