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[ManaByte]

Been hearing this title for over a year. I'll watch this when it hits.

 

[Kenpachii]

Looks interesting, kinda get edge of tommorow fibes.

 

[AJUMP23]

Looks fun. Time travel alien war....I will watch it.

 

[Alebrije]

Fun .

Hope Amazon keeps improving because its still very week compared to Netflix or Disney+

 

[Romulus]

That looks absolutely ridiculous to me, but I'll give it a shot.

 

[Gp1]

It looks fun to me.

ps. "70% of draftees do not return"

Of course, you guys drop then from the sky without a parachute...

 

[Rathalos]

Looks cool.

 

[longdi]

chris patt looks kinda fat here?

 

[AJUMP23]

chris patt looks kinda fat here?

Maybe he is prepping for a Parks and Rec reboot.


Don't body shame.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Plot is idiotic. And you're telling me they just teleport them back to the future from the sky on a random skyscraper with a convenient water filled pool in a dry post apocalyptic world? I love dumb action movies but they keep getting dumber..

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

If it comes under the free to me section on Prime, I’ll watch it.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I'm starting to understand why the international market makes movies suck.

This is a Will Smith summer blockbuster from 1996 with overly simplistic dialogue that allows 6.8 billion people on the planet to understand the plot.

 

[CRM_925]

On prime i'll give it a go..... cant be as bad as crystal skulls and paid to watch that!

 

[IDKFA]

Meh. Looks okay. As it's releasing on Prime then I'll give it a go.

 

[CAB_Life]

Well at least it's actually aliens, given the last few seconds of the trailer. I hate it when there's all this buildup and it just ends up being evil "future-humans" or cyborgs or some shit.

Seems entertaining enough, will watch.

 

[dorkimoe]

Halfway thru watching. It’s actually really good so far. Gonna have to finish tomorrow though.

 

[Rockondevil]

Just finished it. I enjoyed it, though it's definitely within my tastes.
If you're into a sci-fi action/war/alien movie this should satisfy you.

 

[Revolutionary]

I watched half of it last night and fell asleep.

The alien design is pretty cool, though.

Edit: watched the rest of it. It's not bad - a solid 6/10. The action sequences are rather exciting and some of the visuals are actually really great. But the science fiction parts are mostly dumb and felt like they were straight out of a Roland Emmerich film. The volcano fanatic kid is the one that finds out where the aliens came from, stuff like that.

I also felt like the first minute of the movie was completely unnecessary and spoiled one of the most visually shocking scenes in the film for literally no reason. It was like a modern trailer that shows 10 seconds of the trailer before the actual trailer plays. Just... why? I guess for folks with short attention spans? "If you stay with us for the next 30 minutes you'll get to this sweet scene!" -_-

 

[INC]

Looks bad

 

[GymWolf]

I watched half of it last night and fell asleep.

The alien design is pretty cool, though.

Literally the only thing i needed to know.

 

[dorkimoe]

Finished. The aliens look great, really enjoyed this movie. really surprised cuz everything recently has been trash

 

[Spukc]

Holy shit the writing in this is.. terrible

i enjoyed every second of this movie.
Go watch it..
Hands down my fave shitty movie in 2021

this movie i swear.. started as an alien 4 (aliens arrive on earth)

fuck even the promeuteus story is in this
movie.. Anyway.. they told the writers to go fuck off.

then they went to amazon and netflix to sell the idea.. amazon paid more
Then they changed the aliens with the monsters.. and BAM you got this movie..

This is the best alien film we got
I can not believe i am saying this.
But if you like alien go watch this

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

That was quite the ride

 

[Chiggs]

So this movie had a sequence shot in downtown Buckhead where you can see the residential building I live in. I'm so famous!

Anyway, this was a lot better than I thought it would be.

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

15 mins in. The characters are talking like their in the hands of a hack. Tell me it gets better.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

Apparently it's stupid but it's fire.

Looking forward to watching it tomorrow. A Youtuber I watch was shocked it's the same production studio as the newer Terminator movies. Nice to see them get some positivity around them.

 

[The Cockatrice]

6/10

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

They should have called it A not so Quite Place.

 

[Aggelos]

Guys the story/plot/narrative left much to be desired, but the alien creatures were kinda good. The film, overall, was decent. It was a nice enough sci-fi flick.

 

[Insane Metal]

Story and dialogues as usual suck ass but if you enjoy a sci fi movie give this a try, I really enjoyed it. I was pleased that they didn't just show everyting in the trailers, the aliens are pretty nasty.

 

[Cockles & Whelks]

Wow that's two hours I'll never get back.

When you have to lift ideas from the terrible The Thing prequel you know you have problems. Chris Pratt going toe to toe at end was laughable. Poor JK Simmons. I can only assume he had a tax bill to pay.

 

[Represent.]

Some fun set pieces and wicked enemy design.

Could have used more gore, and less comedic relief.

Turn your brain off and enjoy

 

[TV&Drugs]

That last act is pretty rough. Enjoyed the first 2/3 a lot more than the last part. Overall, quite a dumb movie but mostly enjoyable.

 

[j0hnnix]

Finished it moments ago, enjoyed it, finally a summer movie that was entertaining and didn't have fast and furious In it.

 

[Mossybrew]

Has some great individual scenes, the stairwell scene where they first meet the aliens is a standout, but the overall pacing is just off, like Army of the Dead it takes too long in the beginning setup, and it just drops momentum for these midmovie father/ daughter scenes that c'mon, I dont care about this, its not why Im watching this movie. Plus Chris Pratt just seems to be kinda sleepwalking through this whole thing.

 

[AJUMP23]

Watching it now.

 

[AJUMP23]

On a positive note movie has a strong female enemy. Critics should love that.

 

[Azzurri]

I enjoyed it for what it was a solid 6/10.

Of course Resetera hates it cause Chris Pratt, lmao.

 

[AJUMP23]

The cause in climate change.

 

[AJUMP23]

I like this movie, but poison the one that can procreate first.

 

[Mossybrew]

I enjoyed it for what it was a solid 6/10.

Of course Resetera hates it cause Chris Pratt, lmao.

Dude you don't have to be an era goon to realize he has a very limited range and straight serious stuff does him no favors.

 

[Virt McPolygon]

I enjoyed it for what it was a solid 6/10.

Of course Resetera hates it cause Chris Pratt, lmao.

Sorry, but a 6/10 is a hard pass for any sane person lol

Unless it's The Greasy Strangler.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Watched it, super campy and dumb fun.

 

[bitbydeath]

Holy shit the writing in this is.. terrible

Watching now, still trying to work out the line:

‘he gave up his right to be a grandpa when he abandoned her husband.’

 

[Spukc]

Watching now, still trying to work out the line:

‘he gave up his right to be a grandpa when he abandoned her husband.’

your husband i think ? talking about himself

 

[GymWolf]

Holy shit the writing in this is.. terrible

i enjoyed every second of this movie.
Go watch it..
Hands down my fave shitty movie in 2021

this movie i swear.. started as an alien 4 (aliens arrive on earth)

fuck even the promeuteus story is in this
movie.. Anyway.. they told the writers to go fuck off.

then they went to amazon and netflix to sell the idea.. amazon paid more
Then they changed the aliens with the monsters.. and BAM you got this movie..

This is the best alien film we got
I can not believe i am saying this.
But if you like alien go watch this

 

[bitbydeath]

your husband i think ? talking about himself

That’s probably it, just sounded like ‘her’, still a weird phrase. Finished it now, the writing was pretty crap but the action was good.

 

[Kenpachii]

Solid movie enjoyed it a lot, enough content in it.

Story wise, full of holes lots of things don't really make sense. They really went out of there way to just deliver a action type of movie, u basically got to turn your brain off and just enjoy the spectacle.
However actors in general where good, main actor was decent. Not really his movie i would say he lacks drama acting. U can really see this clearly as its a tom cruise kind of movie how much tom cruise really adds towards these type of movies through his acting.

CGI was absolute fantastic and the aliens where also really really well made which carried the movie big time.

Would watch next one.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

"THERE'S YOUR ICECUBE!!"

Well, dispite the issues regarding it's script, writing, overly noticeable soundtrack and the very over the top yet straight played emotional scenes I ended up liking my time with this movie. I liked the actors which seemingly put in effort and had fun. Creature design was better than average which was a pleasant surprise, especially their reveal in the staircase scene

Lots of cliches and predictable dialogue as well as ... well.. I can keep going but who cares. Suspending disbelief at Max lvl and enjoy the ride I would say

Oh that one establishing (?) shot when you know who falls was pretty epic lol. Reminded me of the DOOM boxart

 

[Revolutionary]

Sorry, but a 6/10 is a hard pass for any sane person lol

Um, no. The film review scale isn't completely fucked like the videogame review scale. A 5/10 ACTUALLY means "average" for films, which makes a 6 above average. As opposed to a videogame where a 5 means it's complete shit and 6 means it's slightly less shitty but still shit.