Battle Los Angeles
Hmm, lets see. I'll start by saying that I really enjoyed it. That said, it was not entirely what I expected. I thought the entire movie would be entirely character focused, though most of the really good characterization didn't come until the later half. But when it did come, it was really great, and made me really care about he characters. Still, it would have been nice to get to know the characters sooner. The opening was good, but then there were a lot of small missed opportunities to flesh out the characters a bit more. Again, the later half fixed most of that. I really liked the characters played by the roommate from Transformers 2. This movie proves that he actually can act.
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I loved the scene where he sacrificed himself, because it wasn't climatic at all. It felt very real.
Michelle Rodriguez's character was cool, and not too over the top like most people feared. I also really liked the main character.
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Also, the kid's father dieing really got to me. I liked that scene a lot
The action was intense, and great throughout. The shakey cam got a little too excessive at times, but it was still enjoyable.
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I also loved the scene where all the marines jumped out of the helicopter. Really good scene. A bit cliche, but it worked. Same goes for the ending.
I enjoyed the movie, but it did have some faults (the gap in characterization towards the beginning, after the opening scene), but the pros outweighed the cons. If I went in with slightly different expectations, I probably wouldn't have minded that.
8/10 Really enjoyable. Not perfect, but a good star to 2001's year of movies. Also, much better than Skyline
Oh, and the Super 8 trailer was a very welcomed surprise. I had no idea it was coming, but man was it great!