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David McK (3848 KP) rated Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) in Movies

Mar 24, 2019 (Updated Jan 18, 2020)  
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
2016 | Sci-Fi
6
5.8 (49 Ratings)
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Most of the original cast (0 more)
Hackneyed dialogue and some dodgy effects (0 more)
With the original 1996 film being, essentially, a B movie writ large (and one of those guilty pleasures), this one had quite a bit to live up to.

This is set 20 years after that original (and was also released 20 years after it), with Earth having survived the first alien attack and now having combined alien tech with our own. With most of the original cast returning - bar Will Smith, whose cost (I expect) wa too much - this moves the focus onto the younger generation, who have grown up in the shadow of that original invasion.

It also ends in an absolute set-up for a sequel (or series): to date, no sign of that happening as that is pretty much the epitome of a 'meh' movie.
  
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Rodney Barnes (472 KP) rated Evolution (2001) in Movies

Apr 11, 2019  
Evolution (2001)
Evolution (2001)
2001 | Comedy, Sci-Fi
8
7.0 (23 Ratings)
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The comedic elements (0 more)
A funny sci to good time
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This was another movie that was somewhat of a surprise to me. I really enjoyed watching this movie. David Duchovny and Orlando Jones a great comedic chemistry together. I am really surprised they haven't done more movies together. This movie was just good fun. An alien invasion that was foiled by dandruff shampoo or more specifically the selenium sulfate that was in it. I thought every character in this movie lended to the story in some way. Sean William Scott, who unfortunately is type cast to this sort of role, was good in this movie too. There are some scenes that are just great! The scene where a small alien gets into Jones' characters body is just comedic gold. Overall I recommend this movie for a good late afternoon laugh
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Skyline (2010) in Movies

Feb 16, 2018  
Skyline (2010)
Skyline (2010)
2010 | Mystery, Sci-Fi
5
4.4 (7 Ratings)
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The trailer attracted me to see this a bit like the pretty blue lights in the film, despite the bad reviews. It was far from terrible, but I understand why most people didn't like it. I was hoping for something of a modern take on Independence day. In truth this only feels like one long drawn out segment of an alien invasion film. The SFX are pretty darn good, the cast was ok although hard to picture Donald Faison in anything but Scrubs. Then it ended abruptly in a rather strange way?! Let's hope the sequel feels more like a whole film.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Battle: Los Angeles (2011) in Movies

Feb 22, 2018  
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
2011 | Action, Sci-Fi
5
5.8 (15 Ratings)
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Ho-hum attempt to disguise a load of war movie clichés by hiding them in an alien invasion SF movie, or possibly vice versa. Belligerent alien gits come storming up the beaches of California and it's up to Aaron Eckhart and his guys to hold the line.


Very much just a collection of other bits you've seen done better elsewhere, inasmuch they can be done better at all considering they're really not very impressive per se. Watching as a non-American, one is inevitably slightly put off by the uncritical wooh-yeah-hurray attitude towards members of the US armed forces, who are almost universally presented as flawless paragons of virtue, not to mention the post-9/11 subtext that sometimes it is morally justified to do Bad Stuff (torturing prisoners to death, that sort of thing) in the defence of America. Also quite boring.
  
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Movie Metropolis (309 KP) rated The Avengers (2012) in Movies

Jun 10, 2019  
The Avengers (2012)
The Avengers (2012)
2012 | Action, Sci-Fi
8
8.6 (125 Ratings)
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Avengers Assembled is a film filled with amazing performances, great special effects and fantastic direction from long-time comic-book fan, Joss Whedon. He manages to craft a great film and considering the size of the cast, that’s no easy feat.

It lets itself down throughout the finale in which the audience is subjected to a Transformers-style alien invasion across New York City that could have been lifted straight out of any Michael Bay-directed flick. A great end to Phase One of the MCU, but not the classic everyone remembers it being.

https://moviemetropolis.net/2018/04/21/the-entire-marvel-cinematic-universe-ranked/