Skyline...

...as it was mentioned in this thread...

Watched Unstoppable.

The first 20-30 minutes is setup, and nicely done at that.

The rest of it is really well done, keep you on the edge of your seat suspense.

Now seeing as how it was inspired by true events, I went in, not knowing the true events, but only knowing one thing...some how they stop the train from causing real serious, town destroying destruction.

Not knowing the fate of any of the characters kept you wondering however.

Very well done movie imo. Worth the watch.

Ugghhh, unfortunately my attempts to back out of this movie ended in failure. Kind of hard turn down the pleas of a 7yr old nephew, who for some odd reason wanted to really see this movie. I really wished that I resorted bribery. Paying $10 to $60 would have been a whole lot better than enduring the feelings of rage I felt and wasting the time to endure this horrible movie. So anyways as anyone can guess this movie truly is one of many masterful works of epic fail out there.

First off, the penthouse apartment that they start the movie in. Either get used to it or learn to love real quick because I would say 90% of the movie takes place there. There a few scenes in the parking garage and on the roof, but most of this god-awful movie takes place there.

Also Donald Faison will be playing the role Turk... err, I mean Terry in the film. Yep instead asking him to play a different role or make any attempt to use his acting skills, the Strause Brothers essentially told Faison to just be Turk in the movie. So if you like Faison playing a character that plays out as Turk then this movie is for you.

Also character development goes straight out the window, for example when the apartment manager is introduced there is automatically an animosity between him and Jarrod. No reason explained other than the fact that the manager for reasons unknown has an ax to grind with him.

Nothing is explained in the movie, if you have questions don't bother looking for answers. I guess someone can say that Skyline is supposed to be from the perspective of the average citizen but even then things have to explained to move the plot along, but nothing is in this movie. Stuff just happens in the movie just for the sake of happening. There's a very stretched to the point of breaking string holding this movie together.

The ending is pretty much what really pushed me over the edge. It essentially sets it up for a sequel, and I really wish that one does not get made. Pretty much this film ends when Jarrod's brain takes over the alien body it's placed in, he frees his pregnant girlfriend, and turns and leaps to take on the aliens surrounding them, freeze frame, and that's it. As the credits role you get more screenshots that just rehash what happened in the alien ship and Alien Jarrod punching the alien invaders. It feels like an abrupt end to the whole film. I felt like there was more to it, but there wasn't. Honestly it feels like the end is more like the middle of the film and someone hit the pause button.

Any ways the movie sucks, avoid it, see something else, just please don't see this movie. I'm begging the people on the forums here to avoid this thing. It doesn't deserve your money, it really doesn't deserve anyones money. I was guilt tripped into seeing this horrible movie. However if you do go, don't say that you weren't warned.

One question... did your nephew regret seeing the movie?

I'm just curious.

Ok, this demands posting Howard Tayler's review of the movie.

saw it.. mixed about if I truly dug it, or tolerated it. The ending is what gave me the the ..uh...er... seriously?!? the movie felt to compact when it should have been more widescreen. Seriously there's a war between humanity, and we only get to see the POV of a guy, his girlfriend, the tough as nails door man.


Also... uh.. why does speaking line black guy have to die just before doorman dude... D-bag SUV guy should have ended before him. sucks is they spoiled that in the trailers. (forgot about it till I saw the particular items that show his end, or rather the prelude to it)

Side note -these special effects in this movie.. if someone ever got the budget to take another stab at a live action Guvyer movie, the effects team here could probably pull it off.

Sounds like a 3rd person version of Cloverfield. You just have a camera follow a group of bystanders while stuff happens all around them, and you root for them to die.

These are the guys who made the ultra-horrible Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, whose sole redeeming quality is that it made the stupid Alien vs. Predator look halfway decent by comparison. So, yeah.

Here's another review of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcYzzvoTDII

Oh for the love of pete... it's not a horrible movie as some might want you to believe. It is not an epic on the scale of Avatar or even Independence Day, but I still found it enjoyable. You get about 15 minutes of backstory to set the stage, and then the aliens show up and begin vacuuming up people. It isn't too long before you find out WHY they're grabbing people (taking their brains to run biomechanical constructs).

I found it to be realistic in how the humans portrayed would react in a situation like that (like panicked idiots). The battle scenes were fun to watch too. Personally I give the movie 2 1/2 stars out of 4.

I had to make a delivery out by the $1 theater, which actually costs $3 these days. They have Skyline listed on their coming soon board.

Well, it made $11.6mil by the weekend which sadly enough might have actualy beat Scott Pilgrim.

When I saw the trailer for this movie months and months ago, everybody in my group sort of looked at each other quizzically, not believing that what we'd just seen was serious. Apparently, that was an accurate representation.