Battle: Los Angeles

This movie was pretty damn bad. For a movie with so much yelling and explosions I found it to be really really boring.

They also got into the combat too quickly. Personally I wanted more set up to the invasion, in the movie it's basically "so there's some meteors coming, they're going to hit in a min....OH ALIENS ARE ON THE METEORS GO FIGHT THEM".

Also the somewhat dark and somber and maybe even thoughtful tone of the trailer - yeah, all bullshit. This movie came across as a recruitment video for the military. It's about as hollow a movie as can be.

Movie gets a 6.5 out of 10. It was entertaining, but really lacked in some areas.

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Firstly, just like Skyline, this movie failed horribly to capture the modern Military ability. Instead, they "gimped" the crap out of the military for the sake of a plot. The camera work at times was SUPER crappy and they did it to make it "stylized" and "gritty" but just ended up making it frustrating and stupid.

It was UTTERLY retarded that a small company of Marines figured out what the command centers were and how to "take them out." The fact that "ground" troops were doing that is stupid. Why wouldn't they take them out with a missile that...you know...travels at well over 500 mph? Or even the "supersonic" missiles that travel at 2000mph? Or the NEW X-51 that's supposed to go something like 13,000 mph? What about Javelin- like approach where they come from above? There's just so much wrong with what they did.

The missiles were traveling at what looked like a hundred miles an hour. Really? 😬

They also had very low yield explosions. Really? 😬

They couldn't figure out where the "weak" spot was on a biological life-form that was breathing and needed water. Really?

They couldn't detect he massive amounts of RF communication from the approaching crafts and then later could not figure out where they were once they landed and did not take them out immediately on the first sign of attack and ...bla bla bla, you get the point.

Holy crap, we disagree on quite a bit, Blaxican: that's fairly uncommon. I'll break it down and, please, don't think this is personal.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Overall it was... entertaining. Imo,

I agree, there. Better than sitting at home watching re-runs of Family Guy.

Pros:

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
- The fights scenes and I guess just the movie in general, was all choreographed very, very well. The firefights were intense and felt chaotic, and they did a good job of balancing it so that while it was fun to watch, it did not look at all fun for the people actually fighting.

I disagree, heavily. The camera-work was crap. Even "Cops" has better camera work. The fire-fight scenes came off trying too hard to be stylized and in your face gritty but came off as annoying. They tried to make it seem more 'action' by doing those quick shaky in their face shots but it came off as stifling and irritating. The fighting also seemed "weak" except for a few fire-fight scenes.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
- The CGI was pretty good, especially for only 100 million.

I agree, there. I also liked the "set" designs: it looked fairly real.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
- Michelle Rodriguez was neither irritating, nor did she give off a lesbian vibe. Always a +.

I was irritated with her "goo in the face" scene. It was so bad I face-palmed.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican

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-Cons: Everything else. 😐

Cardinal Sin: [spoiler]The alien force is quite possibly the most pathetic alien invasion force I have ever seen in a movie. They use machine guns? Really?

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They are NOT using machine guns...well...they are...but their rounds are not specifically ballistic rounds: they are molten rounds. I guess the best description would be "Ballistic molten rounds."

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican

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-Unmanned drones that can be taken out by a single RPG?

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Yeah, force-fields" and things like it are rather...magic. You've been spoiled by unrealistic alien technologies. Plasma force-fields are pretty much "it" for force-fields and they are very unrealistic on, say, the bio-armor that they had on.

And taking out an unmanned drone that is made from materials in this universe is not unrealistic at all.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican

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The command and control center no match for a single artillery round?

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It wasn't an artillery round. It was a missile. And, yes, it would have been no match. Not only would the FIRST shot have taken it out, it would have killed everyone in the vacinity, too. The unrealistic element, here, is how "weak" the explosion was. But, hey, they wouldn't have opposition for the movie if they took out the target from 50+ miles, now would they? 😄

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican

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Once I saw that scene where the rookie was cut off from squad and scared shitless, spilling soap detergent all over himself, and he still managed to kill the alien that had gotten the drop on him, I thought to myself: "There's no way in hell these guys can defeat the US military. Maybe Canada, or some pussy country like Sweden. Not the US though."

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Lulz. I agreed. I was wondering why the US military did not take them out sooner for the reasons I already outlined.

I thought it was really entertaining and fun. Only thing that made me sit there and facepalm was the over(kill?) wanking of Marines and all that bullshit. Puh-Leaze. I was surprised that Sam 2 from Transformers 2 was in it and didn't scream like a girl that much.

Originally posted by Kazenji
And this is the director that they've picked to do the sequel to Clash Of The Titans (2010).

I can't say I'm exactly sure why people even expected it to be notably good in the first place. From the premise to the people working on it to the trailer (not sure what people really saw in this; it painted a picture of a very generic alien invasion/modern war film), everything hinted at it being an unspectacular film.

And this is the director that they've picked to do the sequel to Clash Of The Titans (2010).

The script was mostly to blame for Battle, he is a perfectly fine director when not chaotic, just need to see The Killing Room.

And seriously, Clash of the Titans was nothing special... Mindset said it best.

Originally posted by Mindset

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The rookie didn't kill it though, he put it down long enough for 3 other Marines to come and help him fill it full of lead, then drop a grenade on it. Anyway, the aliens were kicking the armies ass, they managed to take down one central ship compared to how many casualties worldwide?

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Why did the alien get shot in the first place?

I disagree, heavily. The camera-work was crap. Even "Cops" has better camera work. The fire-fight scenes came off trying too hard to be stylized and in your face gritty but came off as annoying. They tried to make it seem more 'action' by doing those quick shaky in their face shots but it came off as stifling and irritating. The fighting also seemed "weak" except for a few fire-fight scenes.

Your feelings on that are the majority, I think, while I'm in the minority. I was the only one of my family who enjoyed the camera work. However, I am known to have a hard on for shaky-cam, so. -shrug-

I was irritated with her "goo in the face" scene. It was so bad I face-palmed.

I face palmed too. Thing is that I was facepalming at the dialogue throughout that entire movie, so I could deal with her having only one annoying line. Ugh, the dialogue in that movie was so bad. And I have a high tolerance for cliche soldier lingo, too. It was still bad, lol.

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They are NOT using machine guns...well...they are...but their rounds are not specifically ballistic rounds: they are molten rounds. I guess the best description would be "Ballistic molten rounds."

[SPOILER - highlight to read]: Yeah, force-fields" and things like it are rather...magic. You've been spoiled by unrealistic alien technologies. Plasma force-fields are pretty much "it" for force-fields and they are very unrealistic on, say, the bio-armor that they had on.

And taking out an unmanned drone that is made from materials in this universe is not unrealistic at all.

It wasn't an artillery round. It was a missile. And, yes, it would have been no match. Not only would the FIRST shot have taken it out, it would have killed everyone in the vacinity, too. The unrealistic element, here, is how "weak" the explosion was. But, hey, they wouldn't have opposition for the movie if they took out the target from 50+ miles, now would they?

That's all well and good, but, my feeling on the matter is, well, you already said it:

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But, hey, they wouldn't have opposition for the movie if they took out the target from 50+ miles, now would they?

If I'm going to spend 13 dollars on a movie ticket, I don't want to spend an hour and 56 minutes shaking my head and wondering how in God's name the United States military, the most powerful military in the history of mankind, can be sent running with its tail between its legs by a force that has inferior tactics and technology that is barely equal with ours. I would rather the had force fields and heat rays, at the very least so that there could be some tension.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican

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Why did the alien get shot in the first place?

Because it's tangible and slower than bullets?

Originally posted by Mindset
What do you mean?

Because it's tangible and slower than bullets?

Him

Bumbling, frightened incompetent. Bumping off of walls, spilling soap detergent on himself and crying like a *****. Has no idea where you are, and is armed with inferior technology.

You

Badass mutha****a from another Galaxy. You can jump like 40 feet into the air, have superior technology, a ranged weapon, and you are directly behind your target, who has absolutely no idea that you're there.

Why is it that you end up bleeding to death in a pool while he's suffering from a torn backpack?

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I can't remember if the alien shot him b4 or after it jumped down, either way it got the first shot from what I remember, so it did have the drop on him and would have killed him with a better shot, but it didn't get one. Had the other Marines not come it probably would have killed him.

I think what you have a problem with is you expect alien tech/armies to be so much more advanced than ours that we basically have no real chance in a fight, which is the case in most alien movies, Battle LA took another direction.

Originally posted by Kazenji
And this is the director that they've picked to do the sequel to Clash Of The Titans (2010).

Originally posted by Mindset
Omg, he's going to ruin the sequel to that masterpiece!

I know i enjoyed the 2010 one but it was'nt no masterpiece.

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Alright, check it out.

Him

Bumbling, frightened incompetent. Bumping off of walls, spilling soap detergent on himself and crying like a *****. Has no idea where you are, and is armed with inferior technology.

You

Badass mutha****a from another Galaxy. You can jump like 40 feet into the air, have superior technology, a ranged weapon, and you are directly behind your target, who has absolutely no idea that you're there.

Why is it that you end up bleeding to death in a pool while he's suffering from a torn backpack?

The Alien shot first. He actually did hit him, but most of his shots were off and to the alien's right while the solider fell to the alien's left.

What I think is stupid his how many times he shot the alien and it still "didn't put it down." The shots were going right through the alien.

Came back from seeing and enjoyed it

8.5/10

Originally posted by dadudemon
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What I think is stupid his how many times he shot the alien and it still "didn't put it down." The shots were going right through the alien.

Did'nt you pay attention to them having a weakspot for a one hit kill

Originally posted by dadudemon
The Alien shot first.

Uh oh...I've seen this argument about a film before and it's still going on some 34 years later.

It was Han Solo.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Did'nt you pay attention to them having a weakspot for a one hit kill

Didn't you pay attention to where his shots were going CLEAN through the alien the first time the scared solider shot him?

So....

you can do some of that shit in some games fire so many bullets and the enemy can be still limping around

So yeah do realise that the aliens were flesh fused with metal so of course its gonna take a bit longer depending on where you shoot them.

Originally posted by Kazenji
So....

you can do some of that shit in some games fire so many bullets and the enemy can be still limping around

So yeah do realise that the aliens were flesh fused with metal so of course its gonna take a bit longer depending on where you shoot them.

Originally posted by dadudemon
his shots were going CLEAN through the
[QUOTE=13276464]Originally posted by Kazenji
[B]weakspot

yeah but they cleary did'nt know about that weakspot at the start of the battle....... 🙄