Battle: Los Angeles

I saw Battle: Los Angeles last night.

It was pretty good. lots of good action, if you're into that. I'd only seen the trailer once a month or so ago, so it wasn't what I was expecting (I thought it would be a bit more futuristic, and not so modern day.

I couldn't help thinking "Independence Day" as I watched the film though.



The acting was very strong, but there were a lot of characters so it was hard to keep track of everyone.


Anyway, if you don't have anything else to see, or if you're a big fan of movies with lots of gunfire and explosions, I'd go see this.

Oh yeah I meant to make a thread on this movie. I was also under the impression from the trailer that the movie was going to be more sci-fi/futuristic. Battle: Los Angeles is basically a military/war movie with sci-fi elements instead of the other way around (which I was expecting more, but relieved it wasn't).

Spoiler

What I really liked about this movie is that the aliens weren't overpowered. In alien-invasion type movies, I think it's pretty much expected that the humans are going to win. Few want to watch a movie in which the human race succumbs to hostile aliens. In most alien-invasion movies, the aliens are incredibly advanced, technologically, physically, or both. So when the humans do finally win, they usually do it in some unrealistic or even downright retarded way (see Independence Day, Signs, etc.)

When the group of humans win in Battle: Los Angeles, it feels like they earned it.

Oh and I really appreciated all the explosions and special effects. I want to watch this movie in theaters again.

Yeah I watched this last night.
Terrible, I mean, was it meant to be a spoof, but with no humour?
And yeah, it was almost a direct independence day rip off, with bits of MiB and a random ninja woman.

Strong acting? lol.

Also some of the scenes looked like it was done as a project for university.