Project X-TREMELY AWESOME!

“The party you’ve only dreamed of” is the slogan of this film, and boy was it dead on. Before I get any deeper into this let me just say that if I were given the choice to do one last thing before I die it would be to go to this insanely over-the-top, X-tremely awesome anarchy-infestation of a party. If anybody else besides Todd Philips took on this project it would have fallen short. For those of you who don’t know, Todd Philips directed the films Old School, and The Hangover.

Throughout the history of film, or at least in the past decade there have been way too many party films to stomach. I can whole heartedly say that this one takes the cake! Imagine that you are in high school, or if you are then this is no problem. Imagine that you are the loser that nobody knows exists, your own parent’s think that you suck at having a social life. Then, for your birthday this year you throw this unbelievable party that everybody has either heard of or has been to. This is the main plot of Project X.

Project X is shot in the found footage style that many films are leaning towards now. Think Paranormal Activity 1,2, and however many more there are, the brand new film Chronicle (which was awesome by the way) and there are many more that are shot in the same style that are not really that noteworthy. For a party movie, this camera style worked flawlessly. You actually felt like you were there, getting wasted, taking hits, and going skinny dipping with all the drop dead gorgeous girls that only exist in our dreams...exhibit A:

That's just not fair...


One thing that I thought was kind of genius was the way they used montages to their advantage. Now, I know you’re thinking that the whole party is just going to be mashed together in a 7-10 minute montage and then you will have to stomach some story that nobody cares about at the end…wrong! By my count there were 3 or 4 montages, and as the night goes on, the crazier and crazier things begin to get, and you immediately begin to notice the changes in the montages as the night flies by. 

I really did love this film. It had everything I hoped for and even more. The stuff in trailers is just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many more perverse things that only Todd Philips would be able to deliver upon. This film had those moments where we as the audience would break out in laughter, scream all at the same time, and even applaud at the shock and awe moments that were thrown in our faces without our permission, which made it that much better.