Battle: Los Angeles Video Review

IGN gives its video review of the new sci-fi war movie Battle: Los Angeles. Can this invasion film stack up to other alien blockbusters or is it another B movie?

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[hectichorse]

I want to kill the spammers...

[superhuman295]

I'd rather watch District 9 again, it's better than the goarmy.com commercial

[BRm2008]

Boring movie. i just didnt care about these boring people

[nagual1992]

@hj7397

Characters could have been better, bu I still found the acting itself to be rather good. At least the kids surprised me. I do admit the script wasn't the best, but I don't think it was as bad as people rag on it as either. IMO it was just that the effects, concept, action, and realism of it all sorta made the sub par script a let down.

The actors themselves did well with what they had though, IMO.

[DJBuckCallYo]

@nagual1992 I'm seriously not going to dig up what I said a long time ago.

[hj7397]

@nagual1992 I did enjoy the realism of the action, but other than Aaron Eckhart. There wasn't any character in the movie that had any ounce of substance worth my time at all. The action was spectacular, but I gradually became desensitized by the gratuitous explosions, gunfire, and yelling. It reminded me a bit of a combination of Black Hawk Down, which I love, and Transformers 2, which was terrible. The badassery of the action just B A R E L Y lifts this movie from being a complete bore.

[nagual1992]

@DJBuckCallYo

Who's to say they actually saw combat before. Could take decades to move solar systems. Besides. They're clearly aquatic lifeforms. They did well for fish out of water.

[nagual1992]

-Cont)

3) Barely noticeable make up discrepancies.

and

4) A pragmatical and resourceful choice in transportation?

Are you a troll or a moron?

[nagual1992]

@conanobrianvomit

So essentially it sucked because:

1) Characters are similar to others made in the last thousand years of entertainment.

2) Soldier jargon in a War movie.

(Continued

[nagual1992]

@hj7397

Nothing inventive? The aliens have an alien anatomy instead of a human plus-minus parts one. They come from the sea and fight on the ground with air support instead of swoop down with death rays. The filming style and setting is gritty and realistic. The alien tech isn't farfetched and people/aliens use viable tactics.

How much more inventive can you get without taking away the aliens and invasion all together? Perhaps you'd like your next zombie movie to NOT feature zombies?

[Sllimy]

@jerrykukoda Wow! You must have excellent typing skills for a newborn!