One thing I didn't like about this review is that Matthew doesn't realize 'stock' war characters, moments etc is actually a authentic to experiences that infantrymen go through. There are always men dragged back into service from retirement, young kids who are killed, the soldier who wrote a letter to his wife. Things like this actually happen in combat and we see it in films again and again because it is true to reality. This film of 'nothing' actually pleased a lot of people.
I started watching it in starz but it got boring and I stopped watching it, I couldn't understand what was happening, and I thought it was because I was not able to concentrate but now I realize that it was the movie itself.
@BlackMisterio That's ridiculous, there is never any moment in the film where it is unclear what is going on, there are flaws with it, but what you describe isn't one of them.
personaly i never understood what they where trying to acheave with this film the action its good yea but the script and plot was soo generic and boring, when i came out of the cinema every body was like ''oh marines are superheroes perfect humans'' ''ohh im gona join the marines to be a hero'' ''oh i whant to be a marine to kick some Irak people asses'' ''im gona be a marine just like in call of duty'', the movie was suposed to be a sci fi alien invation film not a marines tribute film.
@LatinoBadass and the reason y i review the military fan boy obsetion its cus they focused too much on the ''suport the troops'' element and less about making a good SCI FI movie with a good plot and character and story development, i mean for a stardar war film like black hawk down or unanimus soldier its natural and good to have such concept on it....but on a SCI FI FILM?
This was a rip off of War of the Worlds, the original Mini-series V, Independance Day. Hells bells just about any; "they've come to kill us all" sci fic movie that's ever been made. Simply put there was nothing original about this concept, at ALL. I agree I've played video games that have more of a plot than this patchwork piece of garbage. I know original alien invasion sci fic is hard to write these days but if u have to rip off so many sources it's time to find a new script idea.
they should have just made BATTLE IN IRAQ instead and done the same thing...this movie was SHIT....at least in independance day you hear from the aliens quickly... omg...shoot fire...captain...staff seargent....cry...people die...shoot....we have to be strong soldiers......yaaa..fight...humans rule... GAY GAY GAY
battle of los angeles is the movie for the game battle of los angeles. real action videogame with cutscenes, different levels, an endboss and even the fog in the background to limit the visablity distance lol
A movies about aliens coming to earth to steal water? Are people in Hollywood that fucking stupid? There is plenty of easily accessible water in space! Comets, Europa, Enceladus, etc. Water one of the most abundant chemicals in the universe!
How is it so hard to come up with motivations for invading aliens? They see a nice planet, they want to colonize it but first they have to get rid of the vermin. It is that easy.
@SaucisseMerguez We could be MILLIONS of times more advanced by now, if there wasn't secretism, lies, wars, etc. The real potential of the humanity is being slowed down by them. The secret rulers of the world. But now they are being discovered.
I like this movie, because it was the first time in a long time where seeing a movie COMPLETELY destroyed my suspension of disbelief - I finally was able to riff on a movie without having to think about it, everything was so blatantly stupid that I immediately noticed every little flaw.
It was the first time since Pulp Fiction, but that film failed to keep me entertained, because the film keeps between boring and offensively bad, whereas B:LA was just awesomely bad (to me).
I was wondering--if you haven't already--if you'd review '13 assassins' i just watched it and i'm actually curious on what you'd have to say on it. I've watched your reviews pretty avidly and it seems like a movie you'd enjoy, hopefully it would make up for this crap movie hahaha.
I saw it in the theater, enjoyed the popcorn and the movie. But then again, I'm not a hypercritical jackass who expects every trip to the box office to produce an academy award winning experience. I even enjoyed 2012, which was hilarious, one of those movies that's so bad it's good.
I feel your pain matthew....I went to the cinema to watch this (payed for my dad and brothers tickets and sweets everything). I went in there expecting to see an alien movie and what i got was constabnly tea-bagged my marine propaganda....i hated this movie the aliens were nothing more then a back drop and coulda been replaced my al qaeda etc...the trailers for this mislead me (and alotta other people im sure) and conned me outta my money...i have so much to say that i wish i could review it >:(
Dude, you should do a video game review of Uncharted 1 and 2... just saying! Love your work, by the way! We don't always agree, but I respect you! Hope you get well soon!
Dude, you should do a video game review of Uncharted 1 and 2... just saying! Love your work, by the way! We don't always agree, but I respect you! Hope you get well soon!
LOL I just watched this movie last night with my dad. I gave up on it in a half hour, but my dad watched the whole thing and said it was great. I... don't know why, however.
You play playstation 3 games, too, Matthew? Hey, have you ever played Red Dead Redemption or Dragon Age? Those are two of my favorite games. : )
While i watched this movie in a theatre on a big screen, it was very entertaining and action packed. I wouldn't ever consider seeing it again though, There wasn't really any storyline and the whole point of the movie (IMO) Is to just be action packed.
I did a video about this. The action scenes are a mess, and the characters made me mad becauuse they are so by the numbers. While I like the idea of doing an alien movie from the perspective of the military, you need to have real ppl at the center of it, and the script SUCKED!
Why could they not lose LA? Michelle Rodriguize's rank doesn't exist! The 1st ten minutes has them all boozing it up.
I watched this some months ago. I had just pulled an allnighter to finish my semester finals. Afterwards, with a great sense of relief, my friends and I decided to watch a movie and we landed on this. The great feeling of freedom, that I had prior to watching it, vanished completely and was replaced by a "Oh God, make it stop, I'm so tired and this is so boring" kind of feeling. Banging my head against a pole for 2 hours had been a better way to celebrate the end of my semester!
@rsa1027 I'm fairly sure the guys in Afghanistan know exactly who their fighting....as did the guys in Vietnam....as did the guys in world war 1....and 2
@255ad ask any vietnam vet if they truly knew who the enemy was and why they were fighting them go ahead find one ohh yea my father was one he barely knew and back in those days joining up really wasnt a choice the draft was still in effect either join and hope to be dismissed or commit treason to your country
@255ad he didnt know shit he to this day he only knew after he got back who they were and yes you did were arrested and charged with treason unless you had a good lawyer
@255ad well when he was training in the marine corps all they told him are these people wanna leave if they have a weapon if they refuse to give it up they die, secondly it depended what state you were in a what judge you recieved but some of the time yes it did warrent death penalty or life in prison
While I thought Battle: LA wasn't a great film, I didn't think it was as bad as Matthew here spazzes about. In fact, I was glad it wasn't like Independence Day or Armageddon or War of the Worlds, where you have one guy that's divorced and has the kid during the disaster, or something like that. I thought it was actually a fresh approach to an alien invasion story.
@MaxxTheMerciless Fresh, but bland. It was a unique take, but there were no characters (how many people do yuo remember?), terribly filmed action, non-stop mayhem, pathetic one-liners, and aliens that make NO SENSE!
@thegmanofEAP There were plenty of characters. I do remember SSgt. Nantz, 2LT. Martinez, the African guy who was a Navy Corpsman, the civilians, the Air Force chick, the Marine that had a problem with Nantz over the death of his brother in Iraq, and the Marine Cpl, who suffered PTSD and wanted treatment to get back into the fight. While I admit the action was a bit too much like Blackhawk Down, I thought it did the job. What do you mean the aliens made no sense?
@MaxxTheMerciless I mean there motivation was dumb. Not as dumb as "Cowboys and Aliens", but plenty dumb. And the action wasn't like anything! An action scene needs to be orchestrated. A real fire fight is not designed to be entertaining; its a life or death scenario. But in a film, you need to plot things out for the audience to follow. This film did not do that.
@thegmanofEAP What do you mean? Nobody knows what the motivation of the aliens were. That was part of the nature of this film. This was meant more to follow an alien invasion scenario from a ground-eye view, so to speak. While I agree I don't think this was great filmmaking, it worked.
One of the things I liked was how you heard comments from the news about what the aliens goals and such were. Mere hours after contact and these clowns know all this? cont....
@thegmanofEAP See, I tend to think that a lot of the animosity toward this film is from a lot of preconceptions of what people think the aliens would be like. We really don't know a whole lot about the aliens in this film because we're really not meant to. Given my own personal military experience, I thought what we saw was pretty good, and that the aliens may have been a disposable, fabricated race of soldiers given how their weapons were grafted onto them.
@thegmanofEAP Here are my basic observations. This film, as far as I can tell, was trying to be a Blackhawk Down approach to an alien invasion, and in the span of hours we see how people generally react and respond to this situation. Some things, I grant, are a bit hokey, but a lot of it I thought was pretty well done. The characters were more or less believable (except for the Air Force chick). I guess I know how bad this could've been.
when i explained what happened in this to a friend immediately after we watched it, i couldn't remember any names. i just said "that guy who.....". also i had a hard time describing what happened because of the lack of it
Water is common in the universe why did they come here? Hell we can turn moon rock into water surely the aliens could use that instead of massive costly invasion of a technologically advanced and hostile planet??
I went to this movie thinking it would suck. I watched it and thought IWANT AN FPS GAME OF THIS I CAN PLAY. It was pretty shitty plot wise, but the first big fight was cool, untill it happended again and again and again.
CM - Aw. If you were going to waste time, you should have watched "The Expendables". There were some very laughable moments, with all of the aweful. You could see how long it takes for Eric Roberts to walk to a helicopter, or hear some *really* weird dialogue.
This movie was more about the characters than the aliens. This story had drama and heart. You sir are a miserable hateful asshole. Fuck you and go back to therapy you pathetic little bitch. Unsubscribing.
Oh Damn. I will be staying away from this one then. Sounds like puking will be a more pleasant experience.
The weird thing is Skyline was made by the people who were paid to do the effects for Battle LA. Skyline is the knock-off of this movie, in a way. Hardly worth knocking off, in retrospect.
I remember that the camera was just flying around like crazy in this movie, like it was trying to find something interesting in the movie and constantly failing. And it kept dwelling on the faces of confused civilians for some reason, which became kind of funny after a while. Also I don't think there was a plot, like literally.
God Bless You ConfusedMatthew!!! I absolutely Hate that piece of shit movie with a passion and agree with everything you just said! It is the Worst Movie I've Seen this year and one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life! I can't belive Aaron Eckhart who was Two Face in my Favorite Movie The Dark Knight was the star of this.... sigh oh well all I say is that he is an ups and downs guy and this movie was fucking rock bottom... To quote you from NCFOM Review "FUCK THIS MOVIE!!!"
You're looking for a movie to review that everybody seems to love but in fact fucking sucks? RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. You're gonna hate it. It's uninvolving in every sense of the word.
I agree with all points, especially with the introduction to the numerous characters in the beginning, as if we are actually going to remember all the names and they will have in-depth characterization.
That was kind of cool. The ISA aren't even the good guys. They nuked a goddamn planet and GG supposed to make us believe they're the good guys? They should never write stories again.
I loved Michelle Rodriguez in Resident Evil, and her character's a solid part in the Fast and Furious Movies, but in Avatar, I just don't follow the macho attitude of her. I didn't see this movie, but I hope she did great in it.
I kind of like WotW now, although, the biggest problem for me with that movie is that the aliens came here to harvest our blood and organs as a resource, even though the first hour just showed them freeze drying everybody to death and turning them into dust. It's like if guys who wanted help a sick dying friend pay for his surgery, they start robbing banks to come up with the money, but first, they destroy all the money from most of the robberies. One motivation or the other, not both, Steven.
I would even say that War of the Worlds (2005) is a better alien invasion film than Battle: LA. At least in War of the Worlds, I got the sense they were trying to show something that hadn't been seen before, or at least show something with a different angle. With Battle: LA, you could have easily made it about a foreign nation invading and you wouldn't have to change much of the movie. I weep for the future of alien invasion movies.
@danielinraleigh My thoughts exactly. At least that film was approaching the subject from another angle. Battle: Los Angeles is exactly what I'm talking about with regard to repeating the formula rather than adding anything to it.
@confusedmatthew That is the reason i liked this movie. Yea it repeats a formula. its a war movie with aliens. its about the human condition. people just trying to survive and pulling together through all there petty bullshit in order to do something incredible. The aliens are a force that seem like they can not be stopped but through courage and the human spirit man could prevail. and sky line was a piece of shit. its like watching a movie in braille.
How'd you like Michelle Rodriguez being typecast as rough and tumble female officer for the millionth time? I get it, you're a female and tough. I can't stand her.
@codak29 How many Latino actors in Hollywood (outside of Robert Rodriguez' usual stable) get a steady gig playing something other than gangbangers? She's found a profitable niche for herself; it's producers and casting directors you should ask about typecasting.
@codak29 That was speculation by a couple talking heads on a TV news program. We never really learn the aliens' motivation. In a sense, I preferred it--I think I liked not knowing the aliens' motivation better than learning the stupid motivations of aliens in most recent invasion movies (Cowboys & Aliens was just stupid for this).
man, i like your reviews but i thought this one was going to be good for you, well you're right in that it had not plot, but i found it really entertaining. Maybe it is cause i like war movies it reminded me of them.
One thing I didn't like about this review is that Matthew doesn't realize 'stock' war characters, moments etc is actually a authentic to experiences that infantrymen go through. There are always men dragged back into service from retirement, young kids who are killed, the soldier who wrote a letter to his wife. Things like this actually happen in combat and we see it in films again and again because it is true to reality. This film of 'nothing' actually pleased a lot of people.
InterestsDivided 4 days ago
Every action scene is the exact same one
superhuman295 2 weeks ago
I started watching it in starz but it got boring and I stopped watching it, I couldn't understand what was happening, and I thought it was because I was not able to concentrate but now I realize that it was the movie itself.
BlackMisterio 3 weeks ago
@BlackMisterio Yeah I was laughing pretty hard but it just got boring as hell
superhuman295 2 weeks ago
@BlackMisterio That's ridiculous, there is never any moment in the film where it is unclear what is going on, there are flaws with it, but what you describe isn't one of them.
InterestsDivided 4 days ago
Hell, even Killzone 3 had better a better story and better characters than Battle Los Angeles!
marcus8374 1 month ago
Lmaooo!!! I can't breathe!!
Dolo083 1 month ago
At least it was better then "Skyline."
M0VIES4U2 1 month ago
I felt like I lost brain cells sitting in the theater
948Aragorn 1 month ago
Totally agree. This movie sucked
948Aragorn 1 month ago
personaly i never understood what they where trying to acheave with this film the action its good yea but the script and plot was soo generic and boring, when i came out of the cinema every body was like ''oh marines are superheroes perfect humans'' ''ohh im gona join the marines to be a hero'' ''oh i whant to be a marine to kick some Irak people asses'' ''im gona be a marine just like in call of duty'', the movie was suposed to be a sci fi alien invation film not a marines tribute film.
LatinoBadass 1 month ago
@LatinoBadass and the reason y i review the military fan boy obsetion its cus they focused too much on the ''suport the troops'' element and less about making a good SCI FI movie with a good plot and character and story development, i mean for a stardar war film like black hawk down or unanimus soldier its natural and good to have such concept on it....but on a SCI FI FILM?
LatinoBadass 1 month ago
This was a rip off of War of the Worlds, the original Mini-series V, Independance Day. Hells bells just about any; "they've come to kill us all" sci fic movie that's ever been made. Simply put there was nothing original about this concept, at ALL. I agree I've played video games that have more of a plot than this patchwork piece of garbage. I know original alien invasion sci fic is hard to write these days but if u have to rip off so many sources it's time to find a new script idea.
kalelwannabe 3 months ago
I'm confused:
1:08 "This made Skyline look good."
2:32 "...as I said, this was better than Skyline..."
2:35 "Skyline was piss awful, but at least Skyline was stupid. This was just nothing."
6:31 "This is the worst movie of its kind that I have ever seen."
So, was which was better, this or Skyline???
mymindtoyourmind 3 months ago 2
@mymindtoyourmind correction, 6:21 "This is the worst movie of its kind that I have ever seen."...:)
mymindtoyourmind 3 months ago
i loved Sky Linebuy yah this movie sucked
Shard18 3 months ago
I was dissapoointed when I watched this last night. IT SUCKED ASS!
I fell asleep!
And I agree, there is no storyline!
xXBestCoolDudeXx 3 months ago
they are Marines and the "lines" are wat they say in real life and i did remember the characters the movie
kangster007 5 months ago
Three films I can honestly say I've fallen asleep during, this is one of them. I'm sorry you had to watch this Matthew.
razorath92 5 months ago
i have to ask and i really would like to know but is this movie about nothing more then no country for old men....
thewewguy8t88 5 months ago
@thewewguy8t88 how can something be more or less nothing?
255ad 5 months ago
@255ad well the question is how can a movie be nothing lol.
thewewguy8t88 5 months ago
@thewewguy8t88 by having no point to make
255ad 5 months ago
i liked the movie call me stupid but i liked it.
SkittleE275 5 months ago
@SkittleE275 OK stupid
255ad 5 months ago
@255ad ass!
SkittleE275 5 months ago
@SkittleE275 stupid ass
255ad 5 months ago
@255ad stupid dumb sh*ty ass!
SkittleE275 5 months ago
@SkittleE275
stupid dumb sh*ty ass cunt
255ad 5 months ago
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@255ad stupid dumb sh*ty ass cunt b*tch!
SkittleE275 5 months ago
Personally, I thought this movie was pure shit. Bored out of my fricking mind.
ShadowGunner82 5 months ago
That would have made such an awesome quote on the DVD box:
“There is absolutely no plot or context to this movie.” - ConfusedMatthew
micronoid 5 months ago
I agree that the movie didn't need aliens, but this movie is supose to show what soldiers have to go through in the front lines.
1Justviewing 5 months ago
they should have just made BATTLE IN IRAQ instead and done the same thing...this movie was SHIT....at least in independance day you hear from the aliens quickly... omg...shoot fire...captain...staff seargent....cry...people die...shoot....we have to be strong soldiers......yaaa..fight...humans rule... GAY GAY GAY
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kranktank 5 months ago
battle of los angeles is the movie for the game battle of los angeles. real action videogame with cutscenes, different levels, an endboss and even the fog in the background to limit the visablity distance lol
happosai27 5 months ago in playlist Weitere Videos von confusedmatthew
@BringBackMy90s do even play any of the games on PS3?
treyart1 5 months ago
I think all new movies are bad (movies look like PS3 games, crappy CGI, shaky camera, sterile graphics, no characters, no story, 16:9).
Only the '90s rule.
BringBackMy9Os 5 months ago
@BringBackMy9Os Look like PS3 games? Are you fucking high?
ShadowGunner82 5 months ago
@ShadowGunner82
who cares about PS3, it wasn't the point.
BringBackMy9Os 5 months ago
I've seen The Battle of Los Angeles
It was the syfy knockoff
At least this one has special effects that look decent
S1deshowRobP5 5 months ago
A movies about aliens coming to earth to steal water? Are people in Hollywood that fucking stupid? There is plenty of easily accessible water in space! Comets, Europa, Enceladus, etc. Water one of the most abundant chemicals in the universe!
How is it so hard to come up with motivations for invading aliens? They see a nice planet, they want to colonize it but first they have to get rid of the vermin. It is that easy.
thenamelessone83 5 months ago
my dad rented this on Direct tv Dad thought it was okay I thought is was god awful.
wombatmike 5 months ago
Skyline was good, IMO. Waaay better than Armageddon.
Riotboy1 5 months ago
the point of this film it to make you acknoledge america as the most powerful country, laughable, im glad i dont have to watch movies like this
SaucisseMerguez 5 months ago
@SaucisseMerguez tv, movie, cinema, news ... brainwash (?) :)
8DeaD7 5 months ago
@8DeaD7 would you even doubt it ? in france were not nearly as submitted to media as american citizens but still i feel sorry for them
SaucisseMerguez 5 months ago
@SaucisseMerguez We could be MILLIONS of times more advanced by now, if there wasn't secretism, lies, wars, etc. The real potential of the humanity is being slowed down by them. The secret rulers of the world. But now they are being discovered.
8DeaD7 5 months ago
Are you gonna talk about the new star wars alterations ?
ThorFan4Life 5 months ago
Hey Matthew, have you seen Apollo 18 yet?
thejoker100ify 5 months ago
Totaly agree, GREAT REVIEW!!! (But i still think that skyline was worst)
giannhszomp 5 months ago
@giannhszomp I agree This was crap but skyline was just shit
robert506007 5 months ago
Lol, I liked this movie, I have it on DVD. I still like your reviews thoughh.
T0NLUVZHER 5 months ago
I like this movie, because it was the first time in a long time where seeing a movie COMPLETELY destroyed my suspension of disbelief - I finally was able to riff on a movie without having to think about it, everything was so blatantly stupid that I immediately noticed every little flaw.
It was the first time since Pulp Fiction, but that film failed to keep me entertained, because the film keeps between boring and offensively bad, whereas B:LA was just awesomely bad (to me).
Bassbait 5 months ago
I think it's funny that the pic you used is one from the video game version of this
ScoopsTherobotreal1 5 months ago
the movie wasn't that bad.
terryagyekum 5 months ago
All Hale Visari lol.
treyart1 5 months ago
I was wondering--if you haven't already--if you'd review '13 assassins' i just watched it and i'm actually curious on what you'd have to say on it. I've watched your reviews pretty avidly and it seems like a movie you'd enjoy, hopefully it would make up for this crap movie hahaha.
woohoo4576 5 months ago
I am so sorry you watched this while sick ;.;
amberace 5 months ago
I saw it in the theater, enjoyed the popcorn and the movie. But then again, I'm not a hypercritical jackass who expects every trip to the box office to produce an academy award winning experience. I even enjoyed 2012, which was hilarious, one of those movies that's so bad it's good.
Sonofspam64 5 months ago
I feel your pain matthew....I went to the cinema to watch this (payed for my dad and brothers tickets and sweets everything). I went in there expecting to see an alien movie and what i got was constabnly tea-bagged my marine propaganda....i hated this movie the aliens were nothing more then a back drop and coulda been replaced my al qaeda etc...the trailers for this mislead me (and alotta other people im sure) and conned me outta my money...i have so much to say that i wish i could review it >:(
peteralig 5 months ago
"This made Skyline look good"....WRONG!!!
winkles2314 5 months ago
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FoolsGil 5 months ago
yes, this was shit. I had the same thoughts as you Matthew, while IN THE THEATRE. Boooring
TranyaAddict 5 months ago
is it worse then cloverfield?
FakeSmileClown 5 months ago
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ComandoPadentro 5 months ago
Dude, you should do a video game review of Uncharted 1 and 2... just saying! Love your work, by the way! We don't always agree, but I respect you! Hope you get well soon!
ComandoPadentro 5 months ago
LOL I just watched this movie last night with my dad. I gave up on it in a half hour, but my dad watched the whole thing and said it was great. I... don't know why, however.
You play playstation 3 games, too, Matthew? Hey, have you ever played Red Dead Redemption or Dragon Age? Those are two of my favorite games. : )
MusicOfLYNN 5 months ago
@MusicOfLYNN I am with your dad on this one then :)
baronsengir187 5 months ago
Should have rented Red State instead.
SpazzMaster8705 5 months ago
Thank god someone apologized for me having to endure this film. Thank you Confused Mathew
bigtymer9778 5 months ago
This made SKYLINE look good? HOly shit!
aarondirebear 5 months ago
While i watched this movie in a theatre on a big screen, it was very entertaining and action packed. I wouldn't ever consider seeing it again though, There wasn't really any storyline and the whole point of the movie (IMO) Is to just be action packed.
Ballinlolz 5 months ago
One of my friends told me that this was the best films he ever watched lol
theshakter 5 months ago
I did a video about this. The action scenes are a mess, and the characters made me mad becauuse they are so by the numbers. While I like the idea of doing an alien movie from the perspective of the military, you need to have real ppl at the center of it, and the script SUCKED!
Why could they not lose LA? Michelle Rodriguize's rank doesn't exist! The 1st ten minutes has them all boozing it up.
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFAIL!
thegmanofEAP 5 months ago
wat games?
thegamingvlogger 5 months ago
I watched this some months ago. I had just pulled an allnighter to finish my semester finals. Afterwards, with a great sense of relief, my friends and I decided to watch a movie and we landed on this. The great feeling of freedom, that I had prior to watching it, vanished completely and was replaced by a "Oh God, make it stop, I'm so tired and this is so boring" kind of feeling. Banging my head against a pole for 2 hours had been a better way to celebrate the end of my semester!
BaHayaDK 5 months ago
matt you reviews are getting more hateful and to me pans maze and moulon whorehouse sucked
rsa1027 5 months ago
i liked it though its more real to life when fighting a war against an unknown enemy matthew
rsa1027 5 months ago
@rsa1027 I'm fairly sure the guys in Afghanistan know exactly who their fighting....as did the guys in Vietnam....as did the guys in world war 1....and 2
255ad 5 months ago
@255ad dont study history do you or learn about the military all they mostly get is a general idea of who they are fighting
rsa1027 5 months ago
@rsa1027 in all the wars I mentioned they new who the enemy was before they joined up...... mostly I think
255ad 5 months ago
@255ad ask any vietnam vet if they truly knew who the enemy was and why they were fighting them go ahead find one ohh yea my father was one he barely knew and back in those days joining up really wasnt a choice the draft was still in effect either join and hope to be dismissed or commit treason to your country
rsa1027 5 months ago
@rsa1027 he knew he was fighting Communist forces in North Vietnam, not just alien space crafts out of no where
did you really get charged with treason if you dodged the draft, that seems a bit harsh?
255ad 5 months ago
@255ad he didnt know shit he to this day he only knew after he got back who they were and yes you did were arrested and charged with treason unless you had a good lawyer
rsa1027 5 months ago
@rsa1027 well that to me sounds like your farther's own damn fault for not picking up a news paper
doesn't treason carry the death penalty in america?
255ad 5 months ago
@255ad well when he was training in the marine corps all they told him are these people wanna leave if they have a weapon if they refuse to give it up they die, secondly it depended what state you were in a what judge you recieved but some of the time yes it did warrent death penalty or life in prison
rsa1027 5 months ago
@255ad now this is the last im going to speak on this subject cause your starting to annoy and piss me off
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@rsa1027
I'm fairly sure he could have found out who he would be fighting if he wanted to
I'm really asking about the "death penalty" thing, I don't know
"starting to annoy and piss me off" it's very easy and unfair way to disregard what people say if you don't want to listen
255ad 5 months ago
While I thought Battle: LA wasn't a great film, I didn't think it was as bad as Matthew here spazzes about. In fact, I was glad it wasn't like Independence Day or Armageddon or War of the Worlds, where you have one guy that's divorced and has the kid during the disaster, or something like that. I thought it was actually a fresh approach to an alien invasion story.
MaxxTheMerciless 5 months ago
@MaxxTheMerciless Fresh, but bland. It was a unique take, but there were no characters (how many people do yuo remember?), terribly filmed action, non-stop mayhem, pathetic one-liners, and aliens that make NO SENSE!
thegmanofEAP 5 months ago
@thegmanofEAP There were plenty of characters. I do remember SSgt. Nantz, 2LT. Martinez, the African guy who was a Navy Corpsman, the civilians, the Air Force chick, the Marine that had a problem with Nantz over the death of his brother in Iraq, and the Marine Cpl, who suffered PTSD and wanted treatment to get back into the fight. While I admit the action was a bit too much like Blackhawk Down, I thought it did the job. What do you mean the aliens made no sense?
MaxxTheMerciless 5 months ago
@MaxxTheMerciless I mean there motivation was dumb. Not as dumb as "Cowboys and Aliens", but plenty dumb. And the action wasn't like anything! An action scene needs to be orchestrated. A real fire fight is not designed to be entertaining; its a life or death scenario. But in a film, you need to plot things out for the audience to follow. This film did not do that.
thegmanofEAP 5 months ago
@thegmanofEAP What do you mean? Nobody knows what the motivation of the aliens were. That was part of the nature of this film. This was meant more to follow an alien invasion scenario from a ground-eye view, so to speak. While I agree I don't think this was great filmmaking, it worked.
One of the things I liked was how you heard comments from the news about what the aliens goals and such were. Mere hours after contact and these clowns know all this? cont....
MaxxTheMerciless 5 months ago
@thegmanofEAP See, I tend to think that a lot of the animosity toward this film is from a lot of preconceptions of what people think the aliens would be like. We really don't know a whole lot about the aliens in this film because we're really not meant to. Given my own personal military experience, I thought what we saw was pretty good, and that the aliens may have been a disposable, fabricated race of soldiers given how their weapons were grafted onto them.
MaxxTheMerciless 5 months ago
@MaxxTheMerciless I actually thought the aliens, in their design, were a highlight. It was everything else that I didnt like.
thegmanofEAP 5 months ago
@thegmanofEAP Here are my basic observations. This film, as far as I can tell, was trying to be a Blackhawk Down approach to an alien invasion, and in the span of hours we see how people generally react and respond to this situation. Some things, I grant, are a bit hokey, but a lot of it I thought was pretty well done. The characters were more or less believable (except for the Air Force chick). I guess I know how bad this could've been.
MaxxTheMerciless 5 months ago
when i explained what happened in this to a friend immediately after we watched it, i couldn't remember any names. i just said "that guy who.....". also i had a hard time describing what happened because of the lack of it
ThePlaystation0 5 months ago
Water is common in the universe why did they come here? Hell we can turn moon rock into water surely the aliens could use that instead of massive costly invasion of a technologically advanced and hostile planet??
benitofinito 5 months ago
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benitofinito 5 months ago
I went to this movie thinking it would suck. I watched it and thought IWANT AN FPS GAME OF THIS I CAN PLAY. It was pretty shitty plot wise, but the first big fight was cool, untill it happended again and again and again.
MrDreamblade 5 months ago
This movie was good compared to the Asylum-version "Battle of Los Angeles"
Exverlobter 5 months ago
CM - Aw. If you were going to waste time, you should have watched "The Expendables". There were some very laughable moments, with all of the aweful. You could see how long it takes for Eric Roberts to walk to a helicopter, or hear some *really* weird dialogue.
ralphyetmore 5 months ago
This movie was more about the characters than the aliens. This story had drama and heart. You sir are a miserable hateful asshole. Fuck you and go back to therapy you pathetic little bitch. Unsubscribing.
flaglerbob 5 months ago
@flaglerbob how polite :-O
Alorrana 5 months ago
I saw this movie a while ago and totally agree with you 100%!
MeatballsMarlowe 5 months ago
I thought this movie was funny. After I watched it, I realized didn't know a single Character's name. XD
panner11 5 months ago
The guy who gave toy story 3 a bad review Armound White liked this film :)
lexlinkroy 5 months ago
I Completly Agree!!
John2K90 5 months ago
THANK YOU! DEAR GOD THANK YOU!!
You said exactly what I thought after watching 5 minutes of that shitstain of a film!
sc0pl355 5 months ago
Oh Damn. I will be staying away from this one then. Sounds like puking will be a more pleasant experience.
The weird thing is Skyline was made by the people who were paid to do the effects for Battle LA. Skyline is the knock-off of this movie, in a way. Hardly worth knocking off, in retrospect.
Darklordjadow1 5 months ago
lol, one more reason to throw up ^^
Elfavzla 5 months ago
God this guy is making a bio flick on Julius Caesar, god help us.
1940sman 5 months ago
A shitty version of the WASP was in this movie lol.
civilwarfare101 5 months ago
Hope you feel better soon. :)
Sergeantspoon 5 months ago
I remember that the camera was just flying around like crazy in this movie, like it was trying to find something interesting in the movie and constantly failing. And it kept dwelling on the faces of confused civilians for some reason, which became kind of funny after a while. Also I don't think there was a plot, like literally.
handsomebrick 5 months ago
God Bless You ConfusedMatthew!!! I absolutely Hate that piece of shit movie with a passion and agree with everything you just said! It is the Worst Movie I've Seen this year and one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life! I can't belive Aaron Eckhart who was Two Face in my Favorite Movie The Dark Knight was the star of this.... sigh oh well all I say is that he is an ups and downs guy and this movie was fucking rock bottom... To quote you from NCFOM Review "FUCK THIS MOVIE!!!"
iranmanesh15 5 months ago
this movie is awesome!!!!!!!!
PenguinMaxX 5 months ago
Independence Day, War of the Worlds, Transformers, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Skyline, Battle Los Angeles.... ok so whats next hollywood?
landporpus 5 months ago
@landporpus Have you seen the trailer for Battleship?
KmegaDude 5 months ago
The epilepsy inducing fast cuts that make Michael Bay's Transformers films seem deliberate and well shot are worth mentioning it.
ProphetTenebrae 5 months ago
You're looking for a movie to review that everybody seems to love but in fact fucking sucks? RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. You're gonna hate it. It's uninvolving in every sense of the word.
AwesomeCoasters 5 months ago
nicest review ever
toadenk 5 months ago
yeah, I rented this piece of crap from redbox, but I knew it was going to be bad anyway... just not this bland
Countachcx 5 months ago
the aliens want water ? then why are they attacking LA Oo? ATTACK GREENLAND! there is a fucking 3 km ice layer over the whole county !!!
S1nwar 5 months ago
Why didn't u rent a movie that actually looks good ? It's easy to tell that this movie is garbage even before watching it...
syndddd 5 months ago
If you want to see a good movie and get that bad taste out of your mouth, Rise of the Planet of the Apes is really great.
Chisht 5 months ago 28
i actually found the movie ok :)
Alucard9692010 5 months ago
"I'm going to go throw up some more, and now I have just one more reason to" Poor guy.
adrius 5 months ago
Didn't really care for the movie, but it isn't as bad as Skyline.
harrymcfly56 5 months ago
If this is a screengrab from the movie, it looks like a videogame. And Armageddon is STILL bad, and I don't want to see Skyline.
Get well soon, Matt :)
Foebane72 5 months ago
You forgot, "YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE ON ME, MAN!"
arthereld 5 months ago
dude whats your PSN name. play some killzone?
angelofmalice0 5 months ago
@angelofmalice0 TomatoSix
confusedmatthew 5 months ago 12
Do you play Uncharted 2?
xxSleemoxx 5 months ago
@xxSleemoxx Yes I do. LOVE that game!
confusedmatthew 5 months ago
@confusedmatthew Yo Matthew, thuoght of general reviewing Super 8 or The Help?
truthhopelove 5 months ago
@confusedmatthew Hey Matthew, could you please review that surprisingly popular movie, The Help?
truthhopelove 5 months ago
for about ten years now, i havent paid for a movie.
i watch movies all the time. its called torrent.
petrino 5 months ago
Bravo matthew! This film is a glorified computer game. Just give me a controler ;)
1701EarlGrey 5 months ago
I agree with all points, especially with the introduction to the numerous characters in the beginning, as if we are actually going to remember all the names and they will have in-depth characterization.
joel1975 5 months ago
I bought this on Blu-Ray. Yes I'm very much regretting that.
ForgottenLight15 5 months ago
Killzone had Visari, so it wins automatically.
xxSleemoxx 5 months ago 3
@xxSleemoxx AMEN!
confusedmatthew 5 months ago
@xxSleemoxx
If only the devs weren't stupid enough to kill him off.
civilwarfare101 5 months ago
@civilwarfare101 Fuck you Rico! FUCK YOU!
xxSleemoxx 5 months ago
@xxSleemoxx
Fuck the devs for actually doing something sooooooooo stupid. Did anyone want Visari to be killed off? Did anyone want to play as the ISA?
civilwarfare101 5 months ago
@civilwarfare101 I didn't I loved that bit where you're disguised as Helghast for a few minutes.
xxSleemoxx 5 months ago
@xxSleemoxx
That was kind of cool. The ISA aren't even the good guys. They nuked a goddamn planet and GG supposed to make us believe they're the good guys? They should never write stories again.
civilwarfare101 5 months ago
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i enjoyed this film allot
primwho2008 5 months ago
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i think that this movie was nothing.
shedininja001 5 months ago
i liked skyline.could anyone have come up with the ending ?
lestube001 5 months ago
I would have to admit this movie sucked balls.
LesiureBoy 5 months ago
Man, i favour your reviews. Have been following you since 2008.
I often share your point of view as well, which is why i have been listening to you for such a long time. Keep it going! ;D
andreasgutten 5 months ago
Battle LA is awesome.
mrstcloud 5 months ago
sadly, I just got this one in from in from net flix
sgf129 5 months ago
I loved Michelle Rodriguez in Resident Evil, and her character's a solid part in the Fast and Furious Movies, but in Avatar, I just don't follow the macho attitude of her. I didn't see this movie, but I hope she did great in it.
AirCanMaster 5 months ago
You can play Battle of Los Angeles .THERE IS a VIDEO GAME!!! :)
k1ller1988 5 months ago
I kind of like WotW now, although, the biggest problem for me with that movie is that the aliens came here to harvest our blood and organs as a resource, even though the first hour just showed them freeze drying everybody to death and turning them into dust. It's like if guys who wanted help a sick dying friend pay for his surgery, they start robbing banks to come up with the money, but first, they destroy all the money from most of the robberies. One motivation or the other, not both, Steven.
Killermike2178 5 months ago
excellent review, i hope u continue 2 post ur reviews on youtube
shwadybaby 5 months ago
It was a terrible movie. Half way through I was cringing and couldn't keep my eyes on the screen at around the halfway mark. Terrible dialogue.
DimmedDiamond 5 months ago
*Gasp* Does this mean NCFOM has gone up a notch/blip/iota/centilla, or is it in the same place?
Killermike2178 5 months ago
I would even say that War of the Worlds (2005) is a better alien invasion film than Battle: LA. At least in War of the Worlds, I got the sense they were trying to show something that hadn't been seen before, or at least show something with a different angle. With Battle: LA, you could have easily made it about a foreign nation invading and you wouldn't have to change much of the movie. I weep for the future of alien invasion movies.
danielinraleigh 5 months ago
@danielinraleigh My thoughts exactly. At least that film was approaching the subject from another angle. Battle: Los Angeles is exactly what I'm talking about with regard to repeating the formula rather than adding anything to it.
confusedmatthew 5 months ago
@confusedmatthew That is the reason i liked this movie. Yea it repeats a formula. its a war movie with aliens. its about the human condition. people just trying to survive and pulling together through all there petty bullshit in order to do something incredible. The aliens are a force that seem like they can not be stopped but through courage and the human spirit man could prevail. and sky line was a piece of shit. its like watching a movie in braille.
faction69 5 months ago
How'd you like Michelle Rodriguez being typecast as rough and tumble female officer for the millionth time? I get it, you're a female and tough. I can't stand her.
codak29 5 months ago
@codak29 How many Latino actors in Hollywood (outside of Robert Rodriguez' usual stable) get a steady gig playing something other than gangbangers? She's found a profitable niche for herself; it's producers and casting directors you should ask about typecasting.
falseprophecy 5 months ago
I hated the ending. Aliens want water? Water is the most abundant compound in the known universe.
codak29 5 months ago
@codak29 That was speculation by a couple talking heads on a TV news program. We never really learn the aliens' motivation. In a sense, I preferred it--I think I liked not knowing the aliens' motivation better than learning the stupid motivations of aliens in most recent invasion movies (Cowboys & Aliens was just stupid for this).
falseprophecy 5 months ago
man, i like your reviews but i thought this one was going to be good for you, well you're right in that it had not plot, but i found it really entertaining. Maybe it is cause i like war movies it reminded me of them.
xooXScaRFaceXoox 5 months ago
rview? I'll let you off as you have been feeling sick
lolblastumm 5 months ago