Project X

And here we go again; another inexplicable 'found footage' teen movie, which as always, adds absolutely no dramatic or narrative benefit to proceedings. As you can tell, my favourite genre. Indeed, Project X falls victim to the standard POV filming issue, whereby it just serves to raise more questions as to why certain events or locations were filmed, and the whole gimmick feels completely unnecessary. That said, what it does allow is for possibly the easiest Hollywood shoot ever - give 200 teenagers alcohol and a load of Flip cams and make a film out of the result. So at the very least, there are some brownie points for realism. In fact, in all fairness, there are also some mildly amusing moments, but as a whole, Project X is a little overrun with silliness to make it a genuinely good comedy. Of course, the 'party gets out-of-hand' plotline doesn't allow too much wiggle-room to escape from any kind of crushing predictability (perhaps why the cryptic placeholder film title actually stuck around post the production phase), but even with that, Project X was only ever going to appeal to two relatively small groups of people; those that are foolish enough to want that kind of party, and those that wish they were invited.

"I'll never let go Jack. I'll never let go."