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'The Institute' member reviews have finally convinced me that(spoilers)

posted 10 years ago by darkko-1
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a movie production staff can successfully bombard IMDB with positive, well written reviews that can fool me into watching a HORRIBLE movie.

Is "The Institute" clever? No, if you don't realize within the first 10 minutes that every part of this "documentary" is completely fabricated, I'd probably say you were highly intoxicated.

Why are movies like this allowed to get a "documentary" stamp/classification when it is clearly a "mockumentary"?

Like I said, I was fooled. Member reviews showered praise, "Imagine if the Darhma Initiative from LOST was real..." <---- WTF? Seriously?

It's rare that a movie pisses me off, but "The Institute" did. It's not only awful, it assaults your intelligence.

The dialogue and acting is so mind numbing that you just have to wonder how much thought and effort, if any, went into making this turd.

The poster is pretty nice looking, that's about the only positive thing I can say about this flick.

Avoid at all costs.

~ I would like to encourage everyone to watch "Curse 2: The Bite." It's made of awesomeness.

[–] Riotboy-1 10 years ago

I agree. This movie is weak and at times pretentious mumbo-jumbo. 2/10

Look at the night sky, where does it end?

[–] GabrielX 10 years ago

Not every part. This was a real thing that really happened. If you do a quick search, you'll find dozens of insanely detailed accounts of what went on, first hand, photo galleries and more. There were some parts of it that were acted or exaggerated, but The Games of Nonchalance really happened.

[–] jeff-548-84779 10 years ago

First of all, I am highly intoxicated as charged. But I can absolutely confirm that this documentary is at least 90% factual. Look it up.

[–] darkko-1 10 years ago

I will agree that it is "based" on something that happened.

What I'm saying is that all of the scenes in this film are contrived and dramatized re-enactments as to tell the "true story."

Therefore, it's not a documentary. It's a dramatized storytelling.

~ I would like to encourage everyone to watch Curse 2: The Bite. It is made of awesomeness.

[–] jeff-548-84779 10 years ago

Sir, you are a fool, and are absolutely wrong that "all of the scenes are dramatized re-enactments". As I mentioned (with complete knowledge and back up) over 90% of the scenes are real documentation of actual events. Look it up; do a google or flickr search. There is extensive evidence of the phenomenon. Then get back to me.

[–] darkko-1 10 years ago

Good luck with that. This film is a purely fictionalized account and anyone with one iota of common sense can tell.

With that, GOOD DAY/NIGHT SIR! ;)

I am a fool for my smoking hot wife!

~ I would like to encourage everyone to watch Curse 2: The Bite. It is made of awesomeness.

[–] tylerrabbit 9 years ago

"Therefore, it's not a documentary. It's a dramatized storytelling."
By that logic a documentary about the Civil War isn't actually a documentary if it uses re-enactment footage- it's a dramatic story.

[–] morganakastevesmith 8 years ago

About 15 minutes in I also thought it might be a mockumentary. If it's a mockumentary, then it's flippin hilarious. The people interviewed do come across as being actors, and the so-called "footage" of Eva is totally fake. The delivery of the lines in the old footage is awful, like the break dancers talking to Eva and her friends.

You'd have to say, though, that if this is a mockumentary, it's a pretty good one.

[–] FilmBuff (6685) 2 years ago

The footage of Eva, the breakdancers, etc. was all part of the Jejune experience, and the film is documenting what the participants saw. It's as if a documentary about a person who faked some space aliens landing in a city and attacking used some faked footage of an alien attack, and the documentary showed that footage. While the footage itself is fake, the documentary is being real by showing it.

[–] FilmBuff (6685) 2 years ago

Just came across this post, and am not sure if 9 years later you will see a reply, but here goes.

The film is in fact a documentary. I was one of the people who happened upon the Jejune Institute, and participated in it, and can verify that The Institute is not a made up mockumentary. I am sure that certain interviewees take some license, and the film is crafted to purposely sow doubt and create some confusion, but as someone who experienced nearly everything shown, right down to my ex-girlfriend being one of those interviewed, I assure you it all happened more or less exactly as portrayed.

I think the confusion comes from how unusual, and unprecedented, the experience was. Multi-millionaires don't tend to squander their fortunes on multi-year, multi-city, endeavors that fund mysterious quests and suspicious behavior for thousands of random people, but this is a case where one did. And he followed it up with an even more ambitious project that I believe was, or will be, the subject of another documentary.

The Jejune Institute was absolutely real, and one of the most memorable and enjoyable things I have ever experienced in my life.