Movie Review
Thursday, March 31, 2011
World Invasion: Battle Los Angles
The story is simple- A Marine Staff Sergeant who has just had his retirement approved goes back into the line of duty in order to assist a 2nd Lieutenant and his platoon as they fight to reclaim the city of Los Angeles from alien invaders.
With a title like this a few things come to mind. Let me break it down for you.
World invasion- this has to be something I have seen before... Does ‘War of the Worlds’ ring any bells? Not any girl can appreciate story lines about world invasion or battles. The LA scene is another story.
I wouldn’t go as far to say that this is the typical ‘dudes movie’. Gals can dig this kind of genre if they want to. Basically this movie has the usual- guns, bombs and fighter planes. Not to mention the epic scene where a helicopter blows up with your dear friends in it.
With the help from wiki, I found out that this movie has three genres, talk about diverse. It is a military science fiction war film.
It is similar to War of the Worlds from a Marine’s point of view. Minus Tom Cruise and cutesy Dakota.
There are no romantic notions about the world ending. However with a movie like this you would have to make sure that humanity is still in tact. The viewers need and require that happy fairy tale ending or no one would pay a cent to watch the world being invaded by aliens.
Yeah, have I mentioned it yet? This is no spoiler. Watch the trailer and one can see that this is not the Germans or Russians back for round two. These are alien life forms that have descended upon Earth to kill you. And drink our water, seeing as water is such a precious resource.
The themes in the show centre on death and war and loss and fear. The list goes on and on. Personally if you are feeling tired and just wanna chill on a lazy Saturday this will be your perk me up.
You leave the theatre feeling ‘inceptionized’.
Paranoia seems to seep into my soul and I think that the person next to me may be an alien waiting for the perfect opportunity to blow my brains up with his laser gun.
The selling point for me in this action packed show was the cast. Specifically, Aaron Eckhart. He is such a heartthrob. His chiseled good looks fill up the screen in each frame. Ladies you have to admit that he is hawwwt!
Of course there is always that cliché in the form of a hot girl that works along side the guys like she’s such a macho and unfeeling gal. Michelle Rodriguez plays that role effortlessly. Known famously in movies like The Fast and Furious and the most recent, Avatar.
Guns, machine or not, bazookas, grenades… Just because I know how to spell bazooka does not make me a dude. I do have to say that this show brought out my inner guy. I thoroughly enjoyed watching things being blown up- even people being blown up. I’m not known to be this sadistic.
One of my favorite scenes was when they hacked up this alien enemy. It was rather fascinating to see how they envisioned what an alien’s anatomy would look like.
As much as the show kept me on the edge of my seat, I have to applaud the director for doing such a great job with the camera. There were really impressive camera angles and techniques used in the film that made it visually interesting. It appealed to the different senses apart from the smell of the theatre- popcorn and sweat with a hint of the fries that I ‘da-pao’ in. What to do? Such is the smell of a movie theater in humid Singapore.
The story line was far fetched, how in the universe could this happen? Even though I still give it 3 out of 5 stars. Go and see it with your mates. You have my approval.
Writer: Suyintha Supramaniam
