I've seen that some reviews have given this movie an abysmal 0.5 stars.. I'm left wondering exactly what it was that the reviewers expected when they went to see a movie of this type. Same things happen when all the big summer blockbusters and action movies come out. You know, the ones that you never see at the Oscars. And when you do, they never win any of the big respected awards (Inception)
Anyway, I feel that this movie would have worked a lot better if it had of been made into a 10 part HBO mini series produced by Spielberg and Hanks and having one of the largest budgets ever.. Because this was essentially a war movie. But instead of WW2 it was modern era with Bio Mechanical aliens that not much is known about.
Now, I had some problems with some logic of the movie. But, I can chalk most of that up to the fact that it is a movie. And too much realism would and should mean that the humans would lose. And lose badly.. For one, why is that humans are able to get the drop, or sneak on said Aliens. The ones who traveled thousands of light years to another world With starships and bio technology.. But they don't seem to have thermal imaging, better sensors or what have you.. I know, their aliens maybe they don't see things the same way. But, it breaks my suspension of disbelief nonetheless.
And one other is easily explained within the plot, they didn't know what they were up against. Because, as I was watching this I felt like the aliens that were overseas were probably going to have a hell of a lot harder time with places where RPGs and what not are a lot more common. But, as I said the squad the movie was based on didn't know what they were up against. And were not carrying what they would have preferred to use I would imagine. Given so, I would think they would take more grenades, grenade launchers, and stuff of that nature. Which by the end of the movie they had adjusted some and were doing much better.
I liked the idea that the aliens were wiping out the resistance by tracking and destroying wireless radio communications. That seemed to be smart, if the enemy can't coordinate and communicate it's really going to hamper them.
And having the invaders being some kind of Bio - technological force was interesting. I did find it annoying that you never really get to see them. Even in the heavy fighting scenes it's like quick shots and shaky footage. Almost like they didn't want you too see them, because the CGI wasn't finished or something.
They don't waste much time getting started at the beginning. And for my taste I would have preffered to see more at a higher level. What happened to all the A-10s and heavier weapons. We only see a couple tanks, and lots of Helos and infantry but not much else. The aliens have some kind of mobile weapon on legs that walks around. Which seemed odd, right out of WW2 or something. Didn't seem fitting to a species that has interstellar travel to have a weapon that leaves their operators so exposed.
And yes, at one point thay say they came for the water. Because it's liquid here. (Water being one of the most abundant substances in the universe).. They can once again travel the stars, but come who knows how far because with all this technology and resources they can't melt their own ice into water.. Granted they did say something about the composition of out water.. yeah.. At least the water doesn't melt them like it did in Signs. All the people had to do in that movie was spit at the aliens and blow holes in them.. And it was said that were using water as fuel, so maybe they invaded for another reason. And the decision had more to do with an abundant source of fuel they could use to gain it.
But this is a lot of over thinking.. The movie was a good War movie to me. A movie, not a film. I expect different things from Films than Movies. And they are like two different kinds of visual mediums. I just wish we had more information about the invasion at large. And if there are no sequels than we never find out the aftermath. But at least no one was hacking into an Alien mainframe computer with an Apple Macbook computer.. /groan
3.5 stars out of 5
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