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Kevin Phillipson (10018 KP) rated The 5th wave (2016) in Movies
Sep 16, 2018 (Updated Sep 16, 2018)
Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Megaton Rainfall in Video Games
Nov 20, 2017
Dean (6926 KP) rated Battle: Los Angeles (2011) in Movies
Feb 10, 2018
I had high hopes for a more serious Independence day type alien invasion film. This is more like an urban war film that had more in common with a call of duty type video game. The effects are ok, not wowed by the alien design to be honest. It has a good cast who do their best to fight aliens that aren't there, and working with green screens etc. An ok war film, a disappointing alien film.
David McK (3422 KP) rated The War of the Worlds in Books
Jun 16, 2019
HG Wells seminal tale of alien invasion, that has laid the template for many an alien invasion movie afterwards (and I'm paraphrasing here):
"There's no war between us and them, any more than there is between us and ants"
Victorian set, and told mainly through the eyes of a journalist who witnesses all the events, from the arrival of the Martians through to their attack and eventual defeat (I'll give nothing away here how, except to say that the movie Independence Day tried an updated version of the same solution), this is also - or so legend says - responsible for mass panic in the States when the radio adaptation was first broadcast.
"There's no war between us and them, any more than there is between us and ants"
Victorian set, and told mainly through the eyes of a journalist who witnesses all the events, from the arrival of the Martians through to their attack and eventual defeat (I'll give nothing away here how, except to say that the movie Independence Day tried an updated version of the same solution), this is also - or so legend says - responsible for mass panic in the States when the radio adaptation was first broadcast.
Sheridan (209 KP) rated Battle: Los Angeles (2011) in Movies
Jul 12, 2017
Original Aliens (2 more)
Action Packed
Explosions Galore!
Retreat Hell!
Who doesn't love a good alien invasion? Well put it this way, they hit us hard in this one! US Marines are tasked with removing civilians from the 'hot zone'. It doesn't go as planned... Excellent film, original aliens, and lots of explosions! A must see for any action lover.
Dean (6926 KP) rated The Avengers (2012) in Movies
Jul 25, 2017
Amazing characters (4 more)
Great cast
Brilliant Sfx
Amazing action scenes
Scarlett Johansson
A true blockbuster film
What more could you ask for from an action film when you have Iron Man, Capt America, Thor, Hulk Black Widow and Hawkeye teaming up to battle an alien invasion. Ground breaking action scenes but thankfully backed up with an engrossing storyline. A must see!
Rodney Barnes (472 KP) rated War of the Worlds (2005) in Movies
May 29, 2019 (Updated May 29, 2019)
Alien Invasion or family issues
I loved the Orson Weller radio drama of War of the Worlds...I even like the 1953 take on the story; but this movie. This story doesn't need a Tom Cruise type star because they are going to want the movie focused on them. Like this one. This is a story about alien invasion, not about a dead beat dad. I know the human element has to be in something like this but not in this fashion. I thought this was a very poor interpraraton of War of the Worlds. I would love to see this movie done very closely to the radio drama. That would make a good movie. As for the Tom Cruise version....it needs a heat ray taken to it and wiped off the face of the Earth.
BobbiesDustyPages (1259 KP) rated District 9 (2009) in Movies
Aug 23, 2017
The story (4 more)
The cast
The setting
The ending
It's so much more the alien movie.
Such a unique take on a genre that needed something original.
District 9 is one of the most original alien "invasion" movies out there. It was a serious breath of fresh air in a genre that tends to be so very cliche and repetitive. Don't get me wrong I love alien movies but you can only watch people get chased around and abducted so many times before you crave something different.
And at it's heart District 9 is so much more then just an alien movie it is a movie about immigrant and refugees and how the world tends to treat them.
My favorite part of the movie is the part that most people hated and that is the ending. I usually HATE open-ended ending but with District 9 I felt like it fit the movie so well that I couldn't be mad about it.
And at it's heart District 9 is so much more then just an alien movie it is a movie about immigrant and refugees and how the world tends to treat them.
My favorite part of the movie is the part that most people hated and that is the ending. I usually HATE open-ended ending but with District 9 I felt like it fit the movie so well that I couldn't be mad about it.