FILM: Battle: Los Angeles

[smackcraft]

i was so disappointed by this film , i was hoping they would of done a better job after skyline being so god damn awful you would of thought they would try and do better

it was like watching a sci-fi version of wind talkers which was another " hey look at me im awesome " crap kind of film

i dont know why they add shit like that to movies because it really doesnt impress anyone

 

[TheDeceased]

I got exactly what I expected. For a blockbuster, action, alien-invasion film, it is highly entertaining. It is also the only film I've ever seen that has combined the genres war and science fiction successfully - aside from satirical flicks like Starship Troopers or fantasy flicks like Star Wars. It is not Shakespeare. It is not deep and meaningful, nor does it try to be. I'm not sure what you guys were expecting.

3 stars

it's pretty much just war propaganda

What an absolute load of shit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvLEMu06On8

^This guy is an idiot. He admits himself that the reason the NSA and the US Army are associated with the film is due to practical and legal reasons, like most Alien films that us military equipment as props. Consultants from the Army (in many countries) are often hired by producers to directly work on films. There is no conspiracy.

(see 1:23 to 1:36)^ ... At 2:20 he explains that, in reality, there are no alien invasions and that war is between humans. What a revelation! ... At 2:40 he compares it to Nazi propaganda.

8)

Is every film that portrays hostile aliens propaganda? Or is just because the protagonist is a US marine? Why can't someone just make a fun, mindless film about an alien invasion without it being turned into some bullshit racist commentary, which it clearly isn't?

It was directed by a South African film-maker whose body of work consists of violent and supernatural films and was written by a man whose films include The General's Daughter - a film about corruption within the US Army.

Please explain to me how this is propaganda. (It might be a good idea to look up the definition of propaganda beforehand.)

 

[Rated E]

It is not Shakespeare. It is not deep and meaningful, nor does it try to be. I'm not sure what you guys were expecting.

I wasn't expecting Shakespeare. I was expecting an entertaining action movie with aliens. What I got was clunky, uninvolving action scenes; interrupted by awkward interactions between cardboard characters. Some chemistry or charisma injected into the script or the characters may have actually saved the movie for me, because perhaps I would have cared about the action then.

Is every film that portrays hostile aliens propaganda? Or is just because the protagonist is a US marine? Why can't someone just make a fun, mindless film about an alien invasion without it being turned into some bullshit racist commentary, which it clearly isn't?

I don't think there was a conspiracy. No attempt is made to present the aliens as anything other than soulless beasts though. However, since the film is portraying the soldiers' perspective from the ground, that makes sense.

 

[TheDeceased]

Some chemistry or charisma injected into the script or the characters may have actually saved the movie for me, because perhaps I would have cared about the action then.

I thought the complete lack of flimsy/convoluted characters was a refreshing change for an action film.

I don't think there was a conspiracy. No attempt is made to present the aliens as anything other than soulless beasts though. However, since the film is portraying the soldiers' perspective from the ground, that makes sense.

Even if it wasn't from the soldier's perspective it would make sense. If we were in the position in which we had to colonize another planet
(we probably will be within three centuries), and the indigenous inhabitants were likely to react in a hostile way, we would wipe them out too. Some people might object to that on moral grounds but if it is us or them I chose us. Also that is the way the cookie crumbles, that is how survival works. Animals do it to other animals. Humans do it to other humans. We will probably do it at some point to an extra-terrestrial species (assuming we find one).

The film was going for realism, not likable characters or moral statements. And for that, for what it aimed to achieve, it was successful IMO.

 

[Rated E]

Fair enough. I'm glad you liked it.

 

[His Name Is Frank]

The whole time, I thought the main dude

was this dude from "Hung"

There can be only one. May he be Christopher Lambert.......

The Highlander!!!

I found another one of these duplicates. This actor's name is Mark Valley:

Someone's building a massive army for clone wars, but the clones are defective and would rather act than fight.