Originally posted by Robtard
Full of nonsense and non-explained whys, clearly #2 (or more) is on the way.One epic lolz, when the main character went Will-Smith and started punching the alien, I lol'd.
I didn't cos I actually wasted money seeing it at the cinema.
I usually like films where everyone dies...Not this though.
I actually watched Cloverfield for the first time lastnight & seriously Skyline craps all over it.
What meagre plot Skyline had, Cloverfield stumbled around blindly & pathetically to its bitter & anti-climatic end.
What B grade actors Skyline had us follow....I really couldn't give a damn about the 4 wannabe Friends Rejects that we're supposed to care & view through their eyes the mayhem & carnage aound them.
I mean it was totally annoying & seriously unbelieveable to view the entire destruction & chaos of Manhatten via someone's handheld camera. At least in Skyline the characters' actions were more realistic when faced with a destructive alien invasion...whereas Cloverfield, I'm supposed to believe that someone will deliberately handicap themselves by losing the use of one arm by holding a camera throughout the chaos & panic & then give a bloody annoying narrative that's more to do with trying to chat up the chick with concussion than a creature destroying his hometown & killing his best friend.
The scene in the train tunnel where the group gets attacked by the creatures was ridiculous. The guy refuses to drop the camera when he gets knocked down, this results in the chick having to jump in to defend him & then she gets fatally bitten for her efforts.
Later on, she's in serious shock feebly trying to wipe her wounds with water & a tissue & all the idiot can do is film her & make a pathethic attempt at picking her up. I mean for christsakes, put the camera down on the table & help the person who just saved your life. As for the other chick, she gets impaled close to the heart by a steel rod, losing alot of blood & is still able to run & have a romantic moment after...?
Lastly, the battle itself was vastly under-rated, compared to Skyline. At least Skyline had the balls to film a day time invasion & nothing is left obscured by darkness or buildings or smoke. And it was pretty absurd how the military quickly mobilised themselves within hours of the creature appearing.
Where did the troops, tanks & vehicles with rocket launchers all of a sudden come from?
Missiles & explosive projectiles proved pointless against the creature from the very start & yet the army still carried on destroying Manhatten without even a scratch to the creature.
After watching Cloverfield for the first time, I have much more respect for what Skyline attempted to be.
Originally posted by D-Wag
Other then the poor acting and slow parts, I thought the movie was rather entertaining. Would I watch it again...probably not. Does anyone else think that they could possibly think about making a sequel? I know the ending made it seem like we were finished, but it really didn't show too much.
Sequel is already written; they're in pre-production. Probably will come out late 2011 or early 2012.
"A middling sci-fi entry, Skyline offers proof that solid special effects alone cannot overcome a flat storyline filled with uninspired dialogue." Rotten Tomatoes sums this up perfectly.
My partner and I don't often go to the cinema because it's a luxury we can't regularly justify, but on this occasion the trailer for Skyline had me so gripped that I was determined we'd make a night of it. Wish we hadn't. The trailer was so misleading that the only thing I can relate to the movie itself was the mysterious blue light. Beautiful special effects, a cast I was actually quite happy with, but ridiculous dialogue combined with a rehash of most of the sci-fi movies I've already seen and enjoyed far more makes me wonder how this movie didn't go straight to dvd. To add insult to injury, the ending was so far fetched and utterly silly that I'm surprised a bunch of aliens haven't invaded earth since its release to stop anyone else from experiencing the atrocity of it.
Originally posted by Robtard
Sequel is already written; they're in pre-production. Probably will come out late 2011 or early 2012.
Oh nice, I wouldn't mind a remake as long as its better than the first one...which really would not be hard to top at all. I'm guessing in the sequel its going to be more military bound and we might be seeing some of the humanbrain in alien some more rofl
Originally posted by D-Wag
Oh nice, I wouldn't mind a remake as long as its better than the first one...which really would not be hard to top at all. I'm guessing in the sequel its going to be more military bound and we might be seeing some of the humanbrain in alien some more rofl
I'm guessing it will focus on the pregnant girl (and why the aliens were so interested in the fetus) her boyfriend turned alien and should dwell deeper into the aliens methods/reasons. Will be as shitty as the first one, mind you.
If you search in a couple of months, I'm sure the synopsis will be online somewhere.