Fall Out Boy's latest video:
Where to begin?
This is quite possibly the worst "music video" I have ever seen, and I say "music video" because I do not even feel that it should be classed accordingly. Music videos should be artistic pieces designed to compliment the music, and allow the music to be broadcast into television. They should not be short stories with a vague soundtrack. Let me talk you through it: The above video begins at 0.05, but the music does not start until 1.27. Then, at 2.30, the music stops again until 3.04. It then continues until 3.42, where it stops again for 1.07. The music then continues until 5.55, where the song comes to an end. The video, however, continues until 6.38.
Vital statistic: the music occupies approximately 42.5% of the video. That is less than half!
To add insult to injury, at several points during the parts of the video where the music is playing, there are additional sounds being played over the top! I am not talking about the odd bang and crash, I mean full-on background noise. Ladies and Gentlemen, I find these facts alone to be simply outrageous for a "music video".
As for the video itself, well, what can I say? "Terrible" springs to mind. The theme of the video does not fit the sound of the song in the slightest. The song is up-beat and poppy, as most Fall Out Boy songs are, yet the video is (or at least, tries to be) dark and sombre, if not a little sinister. The visual element does not fit the aural in the slightest.
Furthermore, the video is not original. Stereotypical vampires, over-done fight scenes, and a set that looks like a cross between Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Ghostbusters. A vampire fighting for the good of mankind? How novel...
Not only is it not original, but it is not nearly as well done as the storylines it is apparently paying homage to. Jumps and free-falls that are at such a speed that you can tell where the "actor" is being supported from, guns that look like a five-year-old made them out of old super-soakers and vacuum-cleaner parts, and a plot with more holes than Tom-And-Jerry cheese. Speaking of cheese, the fight scenes... I can't even begin to describe how play-fight-y they look.
I do not understand the role of the priest, blessing corpses and finally turning on our would-be-heroes; and where does this homeless man with a video phone, filming vampire fights come into it all?
The acting is sub-par, but I won't attack that; they are musicians, although the director could have cast actors and just had the band playing in the background.
Don't get me wrong, I love Fall Out Boy. They are nothing more than the latest trendy band churning out pop-punk anthems, but by God are they good at it. All I ask is one thing:
STICK TO MAKING MUSIC!
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4 comments:
This video is bad, Fallout Boy are bad, and you should feel bad.
As usual, I disagree, not with the "this is a shit video" opinion, but generally your fascist views about what "music videos" should be like. Also: blame Michael Jackson, cos this is thriller, thriller night snd no one's gonna save you from the beast about strike.
...and hey presto, there's your article.
what's moan-worthy? the things that everyone else moans about?
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