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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 1:05:21 GMT
Pro:
There are way worse movies out there
Starting up the Missouri sequence with AC/DC
Rianna isn't as terrible as advertised
Con:
Edited swearing - gotta preserve the pg13
Why cast Liam Neeson if he's not gonna kick ass and take names?
There is NO WAY Hopper would get into the navy, never mind rising to the position he's in
Why even tie this to the boardgame? (that buoy scene is so stupid) Just have aliens vs the navy and be done
"I think they're allergic to sunlight." They're allergic to sunlight. That was lucky.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 17, 2018 2:27:37 GMT
I have had this on tap for years!
Havent got around to it, along with that alien invasion movie with Aaron Eckhart
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Post by ck100 on Jun 17, 2018 2:29:55 GMT
Con: Why cast Liam Neeson if he's not gonna kick ass and take names? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And to help give the movie a "draw" in terms of actor recognition. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 17, 2018 2:33:19 GMT
Pros:
Better than all of the Transmorpher films combined
Great SFX
Michael Bay-like military fetishism
Cons:
On-the-island subplot unnecessary and horribly acted
Only "Signs" water-kills-them is dumber than this films sunlight-kills-them
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 2:37:35 GMT
I have had this on tap for years! Havent got around to it, along with that alien invasion movie with Aaron Eckhart Battle: Los Angeles? That was terrible. |
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Post by politicidal on Jun 17, 2018 2:38:22 GMT
Pros:
- Seeing navy vets get in on the action.
- Yeah, Rihanna isn't that bad actually.
- The aliens aren't necessarily bloodthirsty warmongers.
Cons:
- Steals liberally from the ID4 handbook to alien invasion movies.
- The CGI and visual style too closely resembles the aesthetics for Michael Bay's Transformers movies instead of its own thing.
- Taylor Kitsch and Brooklyn Decker(?) are awful in this.
- Liam Neeson not killing anyone in his scenes.
- Ballsy enough to sequel bait this shit.
- No clear end game for the aliens (as I remember).
- Very little tie ins with the board game.
- That they made it an alien invasion movie instead of a straightforward war movie.
- Peter Berg trying really hard to ape Michael Bay and Roland Emmerich's style of filmmaking which is a shame because his most recent work show how good he can be doing his own thing.
- Painfully generic and predictable plot. It's no wonder they borrowed so much from ID4.
- The entire enterprise feels like a shamelessly cynical attempt to cash in on the Transformers movies.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 2:38:56 GMT
Only "Signs" water-kills-them is dumber than this films sunlight-kills-them I blame H.G. Wells. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 17, 2018 2:40:58 GMT
Only "Signs" water-kills-them is dumber than this films sunlight-kills-them I blame H.G. Wells. Ha! Air: check! Water: check! Sunlight: check! |
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Post by politicidal on Jun 17, 2018 2:49:05 GMT
Only "Signs" water-kills-them is dumber than this films sunlight-kills-them I blame H.G. Wells.  Yet out of that whole cycle of 'alien invasion' flicks, that one Spielberg did made the most sense ending-wise. Barring the survival of Sam Winchester. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 2:53:58 GMT
Yet out of that whole cycle of 'alien invasion' flicks, that one Spielberg did made the most sense ending-wise. Barring the survival of Sam Winchester. Like I'm being serious.... as a sci-fi writer, Wells was visionary. |
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Jun 17, 2018 2:56:12 GMT
Yet out of that whole cycle of 'alien invasion' flicks, that one Spielberg did made the most sense ending-wise. Barring the survival of Sam Winchester. Like I'm being serious.... as a sci-fi writer, Wells was visionary. I blame Wells Fargo. |
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Post by WarrenPeace on Jun 17, 2018 5:01:56 GMT
Pros: None.
Cons: The whole fucking movie and every second of it.
I guess they wanted aliens attacking us because it would have been too un-PC to have enemies here on earth at war with each other?
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 17, 2018 6:07:14 GMT
Battle: Los Angeles? That was terrible. Yeah that's the one |
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