Has anyone seen this movie yet? I'm really excited to see it this weekend was curious what my fellow TT's thought if you've seen or plan to see it.
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Holy God...I just saw it tonight and it SUUUCCCKKEEDDD!!! Don't waste your time or money. It was awful...so pissed I wasted twenty bucks and two hours of my life on this piece of garbage.
posted by ShonuffisDead on Aug 15, 2009 at 10:39:46 pm #
Really? :( darnit it looked so promising. Was planning to take my girl to see it tomorrow.
posted by INeedCoffee on Aug 15, 2009 at 10:40:52 pm #
Shonuff: what did you not like about it? Trailer had all the good scenes? Bad acting, bad story?
posted by INeedCoffee on Aug 15, 2009 at 10:41:28 pm #
Don't know what you're talking about, Shonuff. I loved it. The setup was great, I loved the lead character, and the way things play out is good stuff.
One note that may change how you look at it: this is not a message movie wrapped up in a SciFi flick. This is a science fiction movie. There's a lot of action near the end. It's easy to see the plot and think it's a grand statement on racism. But really, it would be too easy to do that.
Still, 89% on Rotten Tomatoes should tell you something.
posted by TheTalentedMrC on Aug 16, 2009 at 10:03:02 am #
89% on Rotten Tomatoes should tell you something.
Uh, yeah - that they have their opinions and Shonuff has his.
The first hour at least is shot like it is being made on home video...it is a long BORING hour of building up the story of how the aliens arrived etc. The last hour has a few good action scenes and some good special effects..but it just dragged on and on. Overall...if you offered me my twenty dollars back to sit through it again..I would decline.
posted by ShonuffisDead on Aug 16, 2009 at 12:32:29 pm #
I saw it. I would give it three and a half stars out of five. Sarlto Copley does an excellent job as a very British bureaucrat. Rather reminds one of the difficulties in trying one's best to civilize the aborigines, right?
The writing is very good, and the special effects are excellent.
I thought it was great...too bad he never got to finish the Halo movie.
Funny one would think the bureaucrat was British, when he spoke with an Afrikner accent and was clearly a South African. I give it a 4.5 out of 5. BTW, there is NO movie I have ever seen that I wouldn't see again for 20 bucks. And I would see this one again for free. Excellent flick IMO.
Thought Alien Nation was a grand statement on racism.
I thought the TV series was even better than the movie.
From Wulf: Funny one would think the bureaucrat was British
What do you mean 'Funny'? Funny how?
Funny, as in strange, or unusual, that a Brit would speak with a pronounced Afrikaans accent, instead of a British accent. Does anyone else think the lead actor was British?
I think this pic is similar to "Alien Nation", but more fully addresses the issue of racisim.
I've been waiting for months for it to come out.
posted by Ahuvia on Aug 14, 2009 at 10:31:25 am #