A YouTube video from Uruguay got over 5 million views in 2 months, and landed a $30 million contract for producer Fede Alvarez.
The video is reported to have cost $300 to make.
The movie Mr. Alvarez has been asked to produce is a sci-fi film to be shot in Uruguay and Argentina. He says he intends to start from scratch and develop a new story for the project. Here’s the entire video:
I was just surfing on YouTube and stumbled upon this video that’s garnered over 1.5 million views. Apparently this guy, named Ben, dated a girl, Loren. Loren left Ben (we don’t know why). But we do know that Ben wasn’t happy about this so he did what any rejected guy would do…make a 7-minute-long video professing his love to Loren, literally shouting her name from mountain tops and posting it for all the world (and presumably her) to see. If I didn’t actually stumble upon it completely by accident, I’d have thought this was a big joke.
According to Ben he shot and edited the whole thing himself (which is quite an achievement)…
“Yes I did film it all myself. I’d go up and set the camera, climb back down and try to do my best, then climb back up and change the angle, and just keep going till I thought I got the shot.”
Ben’s biggest problem…Loren wants nothing to do with the guy. Apparently she’s seen the video (Ben posted it last year) and despite all of his ATV riding, gigantic tire arranging, flagpole swinging and mountain yelling…Ben’s still getting the cold shoulder.
Congratulations, Ben, you just became the creepiest ex-boyfriend ever!
Sorry dude….maybe it was your choice of music. I think you should have gone with another rock ballad. Don’t get me wrong….Bad English was a ballsy choice, but perhaps you should have gone with something a little less cheesy. But then again, something tells me “less cheesy” is just not possible with you, is it?
I might be going out on a limb here, but if the bales of hay didn’t do the trick, I think perhaps Loren has moved on…or certainly the old “red rose on the personalized love seat” shot would have sealed the deal.