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"ka pow"
The largest room in the world, is the room for improvement!Comment
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this looks kinda cool, could be a good action flick.Comment
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.....or it could be another Skyline.
I seriously hope it's good. Aaron Eckhart is a pretty good actor, and I generally like what he's in.Comment
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^yupComment
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It's being touted as Black Hawk Down meets ... I dunno, Independence Day? If anything, it ought to be good eye candy.
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Originally posted by HoffOriginally posted by m1sT3rLComment
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Battle: Los Angeles - could have been a pretty kick ass movie if it didn't give in to all the war movie clichés that it dry humps endlessly. It looks like Independence Day meets District 9, but it's more the worse parts of ID4 meets the bad parts of Blackhawk Down, and it doesn't really bother to hide the fact that they really like the District 9 prawns to the point where they're practically ripping them off for the look of the aliens or the way the film is shot - jerky cam galore.
The characters are really, really stock - Aaron Eckhart is the guilt ridden Staff Sargent that feels responsible for the loss of his troops, there's a member of the team whose brother was under his command. It doesn't really take a huge stretch of the imagination to figure out how this relationship ends. And wtf is Ne-Yo doing in this film?
If you're looking for something to tide you over until the summer dumbness comes around, this is pretty much the only game in town to get your sci-fi fix. It's a shame that they went autopilot on the screenplay and the characters, considering this could have been much, much more.Comment
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But good brainless eyecandy?
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Originally posted by HoffOriginally posted by m1sT3rLComment
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If you want to see a movie that endlessly rips off District 9 in the way of a look, sure, knock yourself out. There's a flying saucer with detachable drone ships that was kind of cool.
Apart from that, it'd probably make for a better DVD rental.Comment
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Originally posted by HoffOriginally posted by m1sT3rLComment
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you beat me to it. i saw the half star review at work today. i was hoping it would be better than Skyline, but apparently not. I'm not saying I'm a lemming and will follow what anyone says, but since Roger Ebert put this in the shitpile, I'm saving my $7.50 which I love to spend after work checking flicks out, but will instead spend that on a pint of Guiness this month.
Fuck major studios, my favs anymore are finanaced by arthouse companies.Comment
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fuck. make it stop!(((( }-d|-__-|b-{ ))))Comment
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I thought it was better than Skyline, but only slightly - that's NOT an endorsement. The more I think about this, the more I think there was a pretty good movie somewhere in there, but it got lost in the constant borrowing stuff from better films.^ you beat me to it. i saw the half star review at work today. i was hoping it would be better than Skyline, but apparently not. I'm not saying I'm a lemming and will follow what anyone says, but since Roger Ebert put this in the shitpile, I'm saving my $7.50 which I love to spend after work checking flicks out, but will instead spend that on a pint of Guiness this month.
Fuck major studios, my favs anymore are finanaced by arthouse companies.Comment
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