"Skyline" - New Alien Invasion Film - Page 2

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Originally Posted by WillG 

 

Seems like there are a few movies out there that show the Golden Gate bridge getting trashed. Superman would be one, "The Core" another. San Fran was taken over in the Sutherland "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus: the shark takes a bite out of the GGB.
 

Skyline seems to be very low budget for this type of film (reportedly only $10 million, per IMDB, on par with the latest Saw films). And the cast from television (Eric Balfour, Donald Faison) make this seem like a glorified TV movie. I've been mildly interested by the trailers, but will wait for some actual reviews. The three reviews posted at IMDB seem to indicate what some here had already expected: decent FX, laughable script.

Honestly, think AvP Requiem and you have an idea what to expect. If you liked that, then and only then I think this will be for you.

Just got back from seeing it, and I was thoroughly unimpressed. Yeah, the effects were good, but the characters were bland, and the story was ho-hum. I suspect BATTLE: LOS ANGELES will be the better one here. If it doesn't get all CLOVERFIELD, that is.

Thoroughly mediocre.

I give it 1 star, or a grade of D.

Yeah, Patrick, that's pretty much how I feel. I suspect the Straus brothers think differently, 'cause that abrupt ending just screams sequel. INDEPENDANCE DAY was more entertaining. For some reason, now, I'm looking more forward to BATTLE: LOS ANGELES.

Generally, I can tell if a movie is gonna be any good or not, by which theater it ends up in. I was all the way down at the end, in number eight, the last theater, right next to the fire exit. I thought, hmmm, this might suck after all. When I had to go take a piss, I took my time, since it was a lllooonng walk. Generally, though, I walk fast, or jog lightly. That should have been another tip off for me. Why am I not in a hurry here? So many red flags I ignored. I blame that damn trailer for making me want to see so much. Job well done Universal. You got my money, no where's that awesome movie you promised me in that trailer?

Ok, I give up, I'm waiting for a rental.

This was an awful movie. Even if you're a big fan of visual effects, waiting for rental is a very wise choice. The one saving grace is that I met up with a group of old buddies that I only see a couple times a year to see this, so the price of a ticket was worth the good conversation before and after the film itself. I will try to put my thoughts of the quality of this film into SAT analogy form:

Skyline : Universal Soldier :: Universal Soldier : The Godfather 2

Skyline reminded me of too many other movies: Spielberg's War of the Worlds, The Matrix, even The Mist. Shawn - you have your way of smelling a rat and I think I've found a way to do the same: never trust or expect a good movie out of people who aren't veteran helmers. People who come from commercials or music videos, wannabe-Spielbergs, hacks-for-hire and those just looking to get a foot in the door won't get my money that easily from here on in. I should've known better when my local paper lacked a review for this - usually there's a good reason why.

I had no problem with the effects, they were pretty much what I expected, it was just that damn story and the characters, neither of which I could relate to. Too bad, what a waste. Well, those brothers who directed it gave us two crap movies. I expected this to be the apology for AVP, but now they owe us two. Again, with AVP, I had no problem with the effects, it was the story and the characters that were utterly in he crapper.

Oh, well . . .

I'll be off this Firday, or Saturday afternoon to see HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS, hopefully, that should get that bad SKYLINE taste out of my mouth.

I liked AvP, maybe there's hope for me actually liking Skyline.

I'm glad I read this thread.  The trailer looked interesting, but I've been saved time and money.

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Originally Posted by Ron-P 

Ok, I give up, I'm waiting for a rental.

I'm going to respond to my own comment here with regret. I should not have given up. I watched this on Blu last night and absolutely loved it. Fantastic film from start to finish. The acting was what I expected, decent. The effects were mainly excellent and the non-stop action was awesome. Such a cool Sci-fi film. 

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Originally Posted by Ron-P 

 

I'm going to respond to my own comment here with regret. I should not have given up. I watched this on Blu last night and absolutely loved it. Fantastic film from start to finish. The acting was what I expected, decent. The effects were mainly excellent and the non-stop action was awesome. Such a cool Sci-fi film. 

Im glad im not the only one.

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Originally Posted by SWFF 

I had no problem with the effects, they were pretty much what I expected, it was just that damn story and the characters, neither of which I could relate to. Too bad, what a waste. Well, those brothers who directed it gave us two crap movies. I expected this to be the apology for AVP, but now they owe us two. Again, with AVP, I had no problem with the effects, it was the story and the characters that were utterly in he crapper.

 

Oh, well . . .

 

I'll be off this Firday, or Saturday afternoon to see HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS, hopefully, that should get that bad SKYLINE taste out of my mouth.

It reminded me more of Cloverfield.  It would have been a better film if it had ended about 5 minutes sooner.  It was pretty amazing considering it cost only $10 million, but decent effects can't make up for a lack of a really good story.  Having said that I can see how some people might like it--if you just want to see a SFX movie and not have to put a lot of thought into it or make an emotional investment you might like it (there's nothing wrong with that).

I'd like to do a little backtracking here myself as well - after watching the movie again on Blu I actually enjoyed it quite a bit more. I think my disappointment with Battle: L.A. has something to do with it. Skyline was more a more suspenseful, what's-going-to-happen-next type of movie whereas B:LA was a war movie.

I actually liked Skyline but thought the ending of their ships conveniently repairing themselves with a no win situation for Humans has kinda been done to death.

Battle LA was just one  big battle scene and was very predictable.

Sounds like it would have made an okay tv movie. Was it really released theatrically?

Do you really have to ask that question?