It started off creepy, suspenseful, and I liked how it didn't try to explain the why's and how's of everything. It described the events from the character's perspective. I've heard complaints about the dialog, but honestly, I thought it was well written, realistic, dialog. The acting was pretty good too. I also liked how the humans really never had a chance. These aliens have probably done this sort of thing thousands of times before. Everything the aliens did was streamlined and the human race was just meat for the grinder. They should of run with that theme: pure hopelessness. But what Hollywood studio would let that fly? I think the main complaint people have with this film is the plot. It was a beautifully simple plot that they muddled up in the end. Also, the film had plenty of golden opportunities to latch on to certain themes and run with it: helplessness, teamwork, chaos vs order, and the afore mentioned utter hopelessness in the face of certain doom. Instead, they let these moments go and just fed us more special effects. The mother-ship scenes showed promise, but then they introduced some ludicrous plot twist in the final seconds.
Still, I've seen worse... a lot worse. (Battlefield Earth, just about anything by M. Night Shyamalan) The film was actually fun. I'd see it again if it was the Sunday morning flick and I felt like being lazy.
You know, if the producers of the film had involved the indie sci-fi blogs more, this film would probably be considered B-Movie gold instead of comic-book-guy's "worst picture ever" label. I think the criticism of this film says more about the importance of good buzz than anything else.
See it if you've got nothing else to do and you like sci-fi. Watch it alone. It will be a guilty pleasure.
Still, I've seen worse... a lot worse. (Battlefield Earth, just about anything by M. Night Shyamalan) The film was actually fun. I'd see it again if it was the Sunday morning flick and I felt like being lazy.
You know, if the producers of the film had involved the indie sci-fi blogs more, this film would probably be considered B-Movie gold instead of comic-book-guy's "worst picture ever" label. I think the criticism of this film says more about the importance of good buzz than anything else.
See it if you've got nothing else to do and you like sci-fi. Watch it alone. It will be a guilty pleasure.
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