i broke my promise! okay, now i'm gonna do a brief review on Battle: Los Angeles. i love the movie! and i totally don't get why critics were so harsh on it! most reviews i read were negative.. man, they're really cruel comments that even i as an audience is criticized.. everyone else too that seems to like the movie. Aaron Eckhart was awesome and his acting skills were downright amazing. unfortunately certain people said that acting skills are not required in this movie due to its stupidity and lameness. wth... acting skills are required in any kinds of movies. your skills are the only thing that distinguishes you from others. yes i know the movie lacks one thing which is character development. from what i've learnt in creative writing class, character and plot developments are the two most important thing when writing a story. but come on, it's a war movie, it's supposed to fast-paced and loud with people screaming all over the places. there are just too many characters in the movie for everyone one of them to get a proper development. i think staff sergeant Nantz's character was well-developed. but for others, i don't think they would have enough time to properly develop them. if you want it, tell them to turn it into Generation Kill which happens to be a mini-series. Generation Kill was great. there you can see each and everyone of the characters getting their chances to show who they really are (it's one hell of an honest story btw).
i admit, the movie's quite a cliche. it looks like parts were taken from BHD, parts were taken from Independence Day (my favorite alien invasion movie of all time), parts were taken from War of The Worlds. even SS Nantz character whom was pulled back into the military duty upon retirement is a cliche. the storyline is a cliche. a small group of marines trying to get a few civilians out of the blast area in a few hours. even the characters are all predictable. even though the entire movie screams the word CLICHE and UNORIGINAL, it still is a good movie. the battle scenes are believable, the battlefield speech was great because aaron eckhart did such a good job in delivering the emotions of a war-torn soldier. yes, its got people screaming all over the places but i expect it happens in other combat situations. there is no way everybody manage to stay silent and calm in situations like that. at first yeah the movie was quite noisy then it leveled down a little where they all get to think straight and come up with a strategy. hell, even i would scream. overall it's not the best war movie ever made.. i'd say independence day is better but it's a watchable movie and it's good. it keeps you action-movie junkies awake throughout the movie~ i like it.. ^___^ that said~
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