Psychologist Chris French explains why he believes The Fourth Kind is dangerously misleading twaddleThe Fourth Kind is,in so many ways, a really abominable film. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and released in the UK over the weekend, and it purports to be a dramatic reconstruction of events that took place in the city of Nome,Alaska, involving the disappearance of local residents. whether you were to accept this film at face value, and you would be left in no doubt whatsoever that these disappearances were the result of "close encounters of the fourth kind" abduction by aliens.
The film employs several far-from-subtle techniques in an attempt to convince viewers that what they are watching is based entirely upon documented evidence. Both the trailer and the film itself open with an assurance to that effect,direct to camera, from the film's star: Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com