This is a movie about alien abduction. The Fourth Kind relates to the scale where the first kind is some form of ufo in the sky. The second kind is, I think, seeing a ufo land. Close encounters of the third kind refers to actually meeting aliens. And the fourth encounter is abduction. The thing about this film is that it purports to be true, based on actual cases. It’s been referred to as out ‘Blair Witching’ the Blair Witch Project, a film that did nothing for me but a sizeable faction who managed to suspend their disbelief claimed it was the scariest film they ever saw. The film, The Fourth Kind, appears to be like that. Fake and silly for some yet scary as hell for others.
Speaking with 20-20 hindsight and altho I have yet to see the film myself, it would appear they tried to bolster the truthfulness of being based on a true story by planting fake articles from Alaska newspapers on the web to add credibility. Alaskan journalists sued Universal Studios over this flagrant misrepresentation stating that no articles on the websites had ever appeared in their newspapers. -Alaska Sues Universal Strangely, this article that showed Universal reaching a settlement with the journalists has vanished. Hopefully this link is more stable: Genuine Fake Link
If I had viewed the film knowing absolutely nothing about the story I might have found myself believing. After all it’s about aliens and their very cool antigravity craft. Knowing that The Fourth Kind is a rather elaborate hoax I still want to see the film. Which I hope to do in the next few days.
Meanwhile, it just goes to show the elaborate measures that can be employed all in the name of truth.
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Finally saw the film. Knowing what I know when viewing the film definitely changes the dynamics but it’s still pretty good. I can imagine how compelling it would be if you bought into all the fake stuff.