Hollywood trend fails to captivates viewers
There鈥檚 a buzz in the air surrounding the recent so-called 鈥渄ocumentary,鈥� 鈥淪irius.鈥� It attempts to establish the existence of alien life, predictably covered up by a government conspiracy, but it tries too hard to be seen as a work of nonfiction. It鈥檚 a premise we should all find familiar because it鈥檚 a replica of nearly every other alien or supernatural conspiracy documentary. It attempts to the hide the Hollywood-style narrative and masquerade itself as a legitimate factual documentary.
It鈥檚 not necessarily a bad way to frame a film, especially one that鈥檚 created simply for fame and profit. 鈥淪irius,鈥� not unlike fan favorites 鈥淧aranormal Activity鈥� or the 鈥淭he Blair Witch Project,鈥� is loaded with buzz words sure to entertain viewers and tug on any intellectual heartstrings and wallets. Even then, the film鈥檚 small marketing campaign speaks to the filmmakers鈥� desire to do everything it can to conjure up the kind of intrigue the film needs to be a commercial success.
Films like these rely on obscure vocabulary, ramblings and pseudoscience, the ugly stepsisters of intellectualism and the scientific method, which are not a legitimate foundation for a piece of fiction.
Unlike previous films, 鈥淪irius鈥� rambles on and on, appearing to take the cinematic malarkey to an unprecedented level 鈥� even for Hollywood.
But let鈥檚 be real, we all know that real life isn鈥檛 accurately translated to film, and even when it is, it鈥檚 bastardized. No great scientific happening or discovery was first disclosed through the commercial release of a documentary, and likely never will be.