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  • feather
    Shanghai ooompa loompa
    • Jul 2004
    • 20895

    Battle: Los Angeles


    i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

    Originally posted by Hoff
    a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
    Originally posted by m1sT3rL
    Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

    I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.
  • demonAfro
    Are you Kidding me??
    • Jun 2004
    • 3488

    #2
    Re: Battle: Los Angeles

    *boom*

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    • nick007
      DUDERZ get a life!!!
      • Oct 2007
      • 6095

      #3
      Re: Battle: Los Angeles

      "ka pow"

      The largest room in the world, is the room for improvement!

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      • res0nat0r
        Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
        • May 2006
        • 14475

        #4
        Re: Battle: Los Angeles

        this looks kinda cool, could be a good action flick.

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        • Highsteppa
          Gold Gabber
          • Feb 2005
          • 735

          #5
          Re: Battle: Los Angeles

          .....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.

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          • res0nat0r
            Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
            • May 2006
            • 14475

            #6
            Re: Battle: Los Angeles

            ^yup

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            • feather
              Shanghai ooompa loompa
              • Jul 2004
              • 20895

              #7
              Re: Battle: Los Angeles

              It's being touted as Black Hawk Down meets ... I dunno, Independence Day? If anything, it ought to be good eye candy.

              i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

              Originally posted by Hoff
              a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
              Originally posted by m1sT3rL
              Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

              I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.

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              • Highsteppa
                Gold Gabber
                • Feb 2005
                • 735

                #8
                Re: Battle: Los Angeles

                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.

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                • feather
                  Shanghai ooompa loompa
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 20895

                  #9
                  Re: Battle: Los Angeles

                  But good brainless eyecandy?

                  i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

                  Originally posted by Hoff
                  a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
                  Originally posted by m1sT3rL
                  Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

                  I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.

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                  • Highsteppa
                    Gold Gabber
                    • Feb 2005
                    • 735

                    #10
                    Re: Battle: Los Angeles

                    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.

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                    • feather
                      Shanghai ooompa loompa
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 20895

                      #11
                      Re: Battle: Los Angeles

                      Scathing review from Ebert.

                      i_want_to_have_sex_with_electronic_music

                      Originally posted by Hoff
                      a powerful and insane mothership that occasionally comes commanded by the real ones .. then suck us and makes us appear in the most magical of all lands
                      Originally posted by m1sT3rL
                      Oh. My. God. James absolutely obliterated the island tonight. The last time there was so much destruction, Obi Wan Kenobi had to take a seat on the Falcon after the Death Star said "hi and bye" to Leia's homeworld.

                      I got pics and video. But I will upload them in the morning. I need to smoke this nice phat joint and just close my eyes and replay the amazingness in my head.

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                      • res0nat0r
                        Someone MARRY ME!! LOL
                        • May 2006
                        • 14475

                        #12
                        Re: Battle: Los Angeles

                        ^ 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.

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                        • i!!ustrious
                          I got some N64 Games Yo!!
                          • Mar 2008
                          • 12308

                          #13
                          Re: Battle: Los Angeles

                          fuck. make it stop!
                          (((( }-d|-__-|b-{ ))))

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                          • floridaorange
                            I'm merely a humble butler
                            • Dec 2005
                            • 29116

                            #14
                            Re: Battle: Los Angeles

                            Originally posted by i!!ustrious
                            fuck. make it stop!

                            It was fun while it lasted...

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                            • Highsteppa
                              Gold Gabber
                              • Feb 2005
                              • 735

                              #15
                              Re: Battle: Los Angeles

                              Originally posted by res0nat0r
                              ^ 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.
                              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.

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