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Battle: Los Angeles
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KoshN
Super Moderator
This movie turned out to be way better than I thought it would be. The Trailer doesn't give you much to go on but I guess it gives you what you need. It shows aliens invading.
Anyway... it was a good scifi/action movie, check it out if that appeals.
Good to know. What did you think of Skyline? FYI, I haven't seen either movie.
Sindatur
Regular
This movie turned out to be way better than I thought it would be. The Trailer doesn't give you much to go on but I guess it gives you what you need. It shows aliens invading.
Anyway... it was a good scifi/action movie, check it out if that appeals.
Good to know. What did you think of Skyline? FYI, I haven't seen either movie.
From what I've read, critics smashed both Skyline and Battle: Los Angeles.
Movie goers, knew by the title, they weren't going to a High-Art film with Battle: LA, and most folks I've seen posting about it, said it was exactly what they were expecting ('splosions and good War against the Aliens depiction). . So, many posters I've seen enjoyed Battle: LA and when I've seen it compared to Skyline, Skyline hasn't gotten the same praise.
I, too, have seen neither one, so, just passing on what I've read.
Demonn
Regular
Didn't watch Skyline yet... it was out of theatres before I got a chance to go see it.This movie turned out to be way better than I thought it would be. The Trailer doesn't give you much to go on but I guess it gives you what you need. It shows aliens invading.
Anyway... it was a good scifi/action movie, check it out if that appeals.
Good to know. What did you think of Skyline? FYI, I haven't seen either movie.
& critics trash everything. I waited for Tron to come out for how long. It did & I almost didn't go see it because they said it was horrible. What do they know? I loved the movie, & I love a lot of stuff that gets trashed in print.
I will admit that I thought Skyline looked stupid when it came out but I still plan on watching it some day.
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Alluveal
Regular
Mr. Allu and I enjoyed the heck out of Battle for LA. I went in thinking, "okay, modern version of Independence Day mixed with District 9 aliens" and that's pretty much what I felt we got.
What I enjoyed about it was that they didn't feel the need to over-explain everything. We stuck in the POV of the military group, seeing what they saw and learned with them along the way. We didn't switch to multiple POVs in a montage arc a'la Star Wars, we simply stuck with the group and that's where we, as viewers, wanted to be. Not a huge amount of backstory, but did there need to be? It started in media res then backtracked a little and BAM! non-stop action.
A really entertaining movie. Very graphic/violent.
What I enjoyed about it was that they didn't feel the need to over-explain everything. We stuck in the POV of the military group, seeing what they saw and learned with them along the way. We didn't switch to multiple POVs in a montage arc a'la Star Wars, we simply stuck with the group and that's where we, as viewers, wanted to be. Not a huge amount of backstory, but did there need to be? It started in media res then backtracked a little and BAM! non-stop action.
A really entertaining movie. Very graphic/violent.
hypatia
Regular
Recoil
Regular
I saw Skyline at home and Battle: LA in theaters. Skyline was "ok". Decent premise, not as bad as everyone said, but just "ok."
Battle: LA I really liked. I forget where I read it, but it describes the movie perfectly: "Battle LA isn't an alien invasion movie, it's a war movie that has aliens in it"
Pretty solid all around.
Battle: LA I really liked. I forget where I read it, but it describes the movie perfectly: "Battle LA isn't an alien invasion movie, it's a war movie that has aliens in it"
Pretty solid all around.
KoshN
Super Moderator
I just finished watching "Skyline" (Netflix DVD) and it appears that the screenwriters didn't have a solution, a way for the humans to win. "Skyline" didn't have an ending, but rather just stopped. It wasn't like the second Star Wars movie ("Episode 5") which ends with Han Solo encased in whatever that stuff was called, and where you knew there would be a third movie ("Episode 6"). "Skyline" was like a 3 hr. movie that got exactly chopped in half with no assurance that you'd ever see the second half.
KoshN
Super Moderator
I was gonna get Skyline through Redbox the other day but ya'll aren't filling me with any real desire to watch it.
Oh come on, I'm looking forward to your review.
Demonn
Regular
Well... Skyline was ok. It was a little better than ok but I don't want to go too far and call it a good movie. I can see what you're talking about with the ending... it's probably some stupid persons brilliant (yet still stupid) idea to get a sequel.
The special effects were ok, but not as good as Battle LA.
Even if this movie had sucked the pregnant chick would have still held my interest, she's hawt... seen her in NCIS, & a show called Brotherhood.
The special effects were ok, but not as good as Battle LA.
Even if this movie had sucked the pregnant chick would have still held my interest, she's hawt... seen her in NCIS, & a show called Brotherhood.
KoshN
Super Moderator
I finally saw "Battle: Los Angeles" and liked it a helluva lot more than "Skyline." I wouldn't pay over $1 for "Skyline." For "Battle: Los Angeles" I'd go as high as $7.50.
