White Noise is a 2005 supernatural horror film, directed by Geoffrey Sax. The title refers to electronic voice phenomena (EVP), where voices, which some believe to be from the "other side," can be heard on audio recordings. The film is not related to the postmodern novel White Noise by Don DeLillo.

So much for the WoM

What a world we live in. The simplest technology always impressed me. First, we had telephones. Then, we had cellular phones. Then, we went a little advanced with those cellular phones, and slapped a nice colored screen on it, put a handy little camera in the back, and made it the size of your everyday credit card. That's technology for you. Never fails to impress. White Noise presents a new type of technology to the general public. It's really quite interesting; the concept of EVP. EVP stands for Electronic Voice Phenomenon, and it enables us to hear and even see dead people (no, not The Sixth Sense style...).

White Noise's premise is what attracted me more than anything else. Yes, I'm a horror fanatic, but unlike White Noise, most horror movies don't have good stories. White Noise pulled that off with ease, and definitely attracted a lot of attention. It also marks the long awaited return of Michael Keaton (Batman, Desperate Measures). He plays Jonathan Rivers, a man whose world has turned completely around when his wife mysteriously dies. He meets a man who presents the crazy idea of Jonathan being able to talk to his dead wife via a machine. Jonathan eventually decides to try this out, and see what it's all about, and it turns out to be 100% true. Of course, though, it can't be a horror movie without having a twist. Well, it's not like if you're communicating with dead people, all of the dead people will be nice! Evil can easily come through, and that's what happens in White Noise. It's hard to review a movie like this because I've said all I can about the story without giving it away.

I'm actually very surprised at how long the movie kept my attention. White Noise never really tries that hard to scare you, or even make you jump. For those expecting a scare-a-minute kind of movie, or even a scare-an-hour, forget it. The movie is too concentrated on it's own story to give the audience a scare. There are so many things to watch out for when you make a movie about contacting or seeing dead people, and this is where White Noise begins to lose its electricity. The story is filled with plot holes; especially in the last 20 minutes of the movie. There are tons of horror movies that have this problem, but White Noise got too weird and unusual with it. Similar to White Noise, it's an ending you can never expect. But, unlike Saw, White Noise's ending is a love or hate ending, and will probably decide the way you feel about the whole movie. It's also going to have the audience thinking at the same time, for its ending is quite unsure of itself. It's a bit unexpected what happens, and not in the best way. The ending disappointed me, but the rest of the movie sure made up for it. It's smart, intriguing, suspenseful, and most of all... entertaining. I had a fun time watching this movie, and though it had its flaws with the ending, I can't say that I didn't like it without lying to myself.

I saw it. Snuck in after Phantom last night.

And, I watched it with an open mind

It got a standing ovation from me!

Yup, I walked out right about when that girl jumped off the balcony. After cracking up with the rest of the audiance, a few of us decided to leave this horrible stinker.

Wow. I didn't know such crap was legal.

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They made it legal right after supercrap like The Phantom of the Stupid was allowed to be made and released :wink:

How nice. This is what makes you look like an asshole. You can't except the fact that people don't like movies you like. I am long over the fact that you are too ignorant to try and enjoy the Phantom, that's fine. But don't go off being such a fuckface by bashing people for not liking movies you like. It's old, honestly...

jb007 and zach, I agree. White Noise did have it's good and bad. :wink:

Let's continue on with the White Noise discussion! Woo hoo! \:D/

Why the HELL would you bring sexuality into this? Why?

Sorry, but that's really fucking rude. There is no need for that. I thought you were more immature than that.

I still don't see why you think I can't take your crit. Why? Cuz I said fuck? Does that mean I'm insecure? I don't get where your comming from, and I really don't give a shit if you liked the movie or not. Because I thought it sucked. Get over it.

I'll be talking to Eagle about your problems with sexuality, since you are too imature to leave that out of things.

Just my luck. Algren and you, in one week.