I would have liked this movie to focus on a lot more than car alarms. It shouldn't have been a comedy either, considering the serious stress caused by modern noise.
Depending on where you live, car alarms are a variable nuisance, and this movie dwells too much on them. Alarm owners are at least trying to thwart crime, and they ARE effective if the owner is nearby and alert. In a metropolis like NYC where people can't park near their dwellings, I can see how alarms would be more of an uncontrolled problem.
This movie makes it seem like nobody is paying attention to their alarms, which isn't true in many cases. It even semi-glorifies a car thief, making the alarm into the bumbling villain.
Subwoofer bass is far more deliberate and has become a form of terrorism on those who endure it. This applies to loud stereos in cars, apartments and condos, or nearby homes, which are completely under the control of perpetrators who belligerently treat their abuse as a "right."
Noise seems a lot worse when you know some evil scumbag is in direct control of it, and doing it to snub your "right to quiet enjoyment." Noise should be divided into categories of background, incidental and deliberate, with the latter being a felony if repeated too often.
Depending on where you live, car alarms are a variable nuisance, and this movie dwells too much on them. Alarm owners are at least trying to thwart crime, and they ARE effective if the owner is nearby and alert. In a metropolis like NYC where people can't park near their dwellings, I can see how alarms would be more of an uncontrolled problem.
This movie makes it seem like nobody is paying attention to their alarms, which isn't true in many cases. It even semi-glorifies a car thief, making the alarm into the bumbling villain.
Subwoofer bass is far more deliberate and has become a form of terrorism on those who endure it. This applies to loud stereos in cars, apartments and condos, or nearby homes, which are completely under the control of perpetrators who belligerently treat their abuse as a "right."
Noise seems a lot worse when you know some evil scumbag is in direct control of it, and doing it to snub your "right to quiet enjoyment." Noise should be divided into categories of background, incidental and deliberate, with the latter being a felony if repeated too often.