Infraction for going off-topic even after multiple cautions against it.
battlefield los angels who's gona go see it ?
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Infraction for going off-topic even after multiple cautions against it.
I understand SyFy put on Battle Of Los Angeles opening weekend, a week after they put on the Robin fighting the werewolves movies to catch Red Robin Hood watchers. I almost fell for it when I looked for a novelization of Battle: Los Angeles on Amazon and the Battlefield showed up as a DVD.
To be fair, the whole reason the second topic was created was because the original had all this BSing over the title. If that's changed, all this moaning will go away.
What does it say about the movie that nearly as much attention and energy has been spent NOT talking about it but something else?
Does anyone else have anything to say about the movie? Focus here.
Team on 3 BBS'ers
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Does anyone else have anything to say about the movie? Focus here.
Team on 3 BBS'ers
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3 - Talk movie!!!
Re: BATTLE: LOS ANGELES(Film 2011) Grade/Discuss
The Asylum can't exactly afford extras on effects-driven films.
If anyone hasn't seen this yet, I present to you... Battle OF Los Angeles:
...are there only three people in that whole trailer?
The Asylum can't exactly afford extras on effects-driven films.
Re: BATTLE: LOS ANGELES(Film 2011) Grade/Discuss
Still, I'm curious about these things. It's one of those things they could have tried to get right, since the city is in the title.
Still, I'm curious about these things. It's one of those things they could have tried to get right, since the city is in the title.
Re: BATTLE: LOS ANGELES(Film 2011) Grade/Discuss
Movies and TV shows do this all of the time, screw with real-world geography and city-layouts to fit the needs of the plot.
Movies and TV shows do this all of the time, screw with real-world geography and city-layouts to fit the needs of the plot.
I just got back from this and I'm still jazzed. This flick had me on the edge of my seat almost throughout the whole thing. I understand the intent was to make you feel like you were right in the middle of the action, and it felt that way, like you were another soldier right alongside the Marines. I don't understand the critics who don't care about the characters. I thought the actors did a splendid job of showing bravado, strength, sadness, weakness and heroism all in one flick. Even the child actors weren't hyper annoying (which always shocks me).
The FX were really cool, and despite liberal use of shaky cam, I was actually able to follow a lot of the action. The alien tech looked great. Not all super clean and sleek, but more like older tech that had been slapped together in a haste.
Overall I'm very impressed. I did not expect to like this movie as much as I did!
The FX were really cool, and despite liberal use of shaky cam, I was actually able to follow a lot of the action. The alien tech looked great. Not all super clean and sleek, but more like older tech that had been slapped together in a haste.
Overall I'm very impressed. I did not expect to like this movie as much as I did!
I actually agree.
guess what people, it's a good movie, giving you what you expect.
Re: BATTLE: LOS ANGELES(Film 2011) Grade/Discuss
Well, they could have used different street names. It didn't really have to be that way to fit the plot.
Well, they could have used different street names. It didn't really have to be that way to fit the plot.
I don't think it's a good movie just because it gives you what you expect. I mean, I know what to expect when I go see an Uwe Boll film, but that doesn't make them any good. I expected a lot more, apparently.
That's a case of varying expectations though. A Uwe Boll film is expected to be a complete pile of shit, whereas I was expecting Battle:LA to show me marines fighting aliens.
Both deliver what they promised.
Ah, that's what my 24 hour ban was for, haha. Sorry, to be fair I didn't really read the above posts properly and see Neroon's message.
Anyway, the movie... well I'm glad to see it's gotten fairly positive reviews and comments on here. People seem to understand its just a bit of fun and know how to enjoy it. A shame that Roger Ebert guy can't do that
(As a Brit I don't overly know much about him, from the sounds of it he seems a bit of an arse)
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When Ebert doesn't like a movie he can tend to go off in bizzare tagents in his rants and end up in an odd place, the most notable example I can think of this is most of his Star Trek: Nemesis review was made-up on his opinions on how electricty should work on fictional futuristic spaceships. It was downright fan-boy levels of nitpickiness. It was one of the cases where I agreed the movie wasn't good but I'm sure he could have expressed that and articulated it in a better way than ranting about how an imaginary spaceship should work.
