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[sarcastor]

this movie looks so genericly bad. I wouldn't watch it if Chloe Moretz was in a bikini the entire time.

Wait.....let me check...

yeah she's 18.....

okay, maybeeee if she was in a bikini the whole time but I definitely wouldn't pay for it.

 

[Mindlog]

Sony is really branching out now that they're free from that Adam Sandler black cloud.

 

[3N16MA]

Trailers usually show snippets of the best scenes to generate hype. Is this the best they could find?

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

I dunno. Some of the stuff there seems kinda interesting, but I doubt it'll be enough for me to go and see it.

 

[-MD-]

Chloe Moretz is not a good actor.

She was good in Kick-Ass and then bad in everything that followed.

 

[copelandmaster]

Lol, funny you say that.

From the book character breakdowns.

Ben Parish – a popular football player and honors student at Cassie's high school. While in high school, Cassie had a crush on Ben, but he never noticed her. He is described as being tall and buff with dark hair.

gotta put yo' life on the line for the sweet senpai lovin'

eeeeeuuuuuughhhh

Spoiler

fuck, spoiler tagging images is hard (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

 

[Seductivpancakes]

No kidding, pretty generic and bland.

It looks like all the adults died and the kids have to do the fighting.

 

[Burai]

I'm amazed nobody has made a gif of the bit where she's flapping the gun about.

 

[Chichikov]

Lol holy shit I looked it up on Wikipedia, right in the intro.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5th_Wave_(novel)

Critics have compared the book favorably to The Hunger Games and The Road,[1] and noted that it "should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires."

Good god.

It really sounds like a rip off of another crappy alien book, The Host.

I'm amazed nobody has made a gif of the bit where she's flapping the gun about.

 

[berval]

How to save money on your alien movie;

"They uh... inhabit our bodies. They look just like us. What do they really look like? Beats us k seeya."

Spoiler

Also steal the mothership design from District 9.

Also, she sounds incredibly bored for someone who is fighting aliens.

I really hate it when movies and tv shows do this. It's just straight up lazy and uncreative.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

You mean The First Wave

Yip yip. This was the thing I expected to see in this thread.

As for the ending of it: I believe they concluded the first wave, and prepped for the second (that never happened, I think).


as for that trailer: "HEY, I DUNNO, MAYBE SHOOT DOWN THEIR GODDAMN SPACESHIP?" what, the world ran out of fucking RPG's? Those motherfuckers are 2 fast 2 furious if you're just hanging out near the surface like that ship. Seriously, a target conveniently presented like that would the shortest invasion ever. At least ID4 knew it and actually had a scene to explain why that wouldn't just work.

 

[Carcetti]

So incredibly dull I had to fast forward a goddamn trailer.

 

[Poetic.Injustice]

Damn good show, can't remember how it ended though.

Spoiler

The main character turns out to be part of the alien force all along.

:lol

 

[FoneBone]

It's coming out in January. That means even the studio knows it sucks.

The movie looks like crap, but January's not really a dumping ground anymore (see: American Sniper). This was scheduled for that date before it even started filming.

 

[Apt101]

I just keep thinking of the First Wave instead.


Oh is it based on a book? This explains literally everything about the movie.

Yea, I purchased it hardcover because it was on sale at Barnes and Noble. I didn't know it was a YA novel, I was just grabbing a bunch of discount books at once because I had some crazy discount coupon from my membership. I thought the jacket summary sounded intriguing. It's pretty bad.

 

[DarkFlow]

The movie looks like crap, but January's not really a dumping ground anymore (see: American Sniper). This was scheduled for that date before it even started filming.

It's still a dumping ground. One outlier doesn't change that.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Everybody was too busy being impressed with her pre-pubescent self being able to vocalize swear words like grown ups to realize this.

She is absolutely godawful in Hugo.

She was okay in Equalizer.

 

[Resident4t.]

She was okay in Equalizer.

That's like her worst performance. So bad it's distracting.

 

[Busty]

Urgh. This looks like a fan made trailer using nondescript clips from other films all jumbled up together.

And given that this is based on a YA I\m going to assume that Chole Moretz falls in love with one of these human looking aliens?

Double urgh.

Even the presence of one Mr Liev Schreiber doesn't do much to elevate the piece.

 

[cacildo]

Will watch, no fucks given...

Alien invasion is my weak spot

 

[Deft Beck]

I wish that the aliens won in these kinds of movies.

 

[The Lamonster]

Wow, you weren't kidding. I love Moretz and sci-fi, but this does look generic as hell.

 

[lazygecko]

So glad I'm not the only one who fondly remembers trashy 90's Canadian sci-fi shows.

 

[redlegs87]

At least they didn't show the aliens themselves in the trailer.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

So at what point does she fall in love with the hot male lead only to discover he's one of them?

But luckily he's has fallen in love with her and turns traitor to help save her (and humanity).

 

[Loxley]

Poor Ron Livingston

 

[zeemumu]

This looks like Falling Skies. Is this Falling Skies?

 

[darkwing]

Sony Pictures has been dropping bombs lately, like Pixel, now this

 

[Busty]

Sony Pictures has been dropping bombs lately, like Pixel, now this

I think this might surprise you. While knowing Sony they probably spent far too much on it (without it showing) but there might be a fanbase for this novel that aren't 'visible' outside of Snapchat or wherever 12 year olds hang out.

YA fanbases are weird things to try and quantify, especially if they aren't in their demographic.

At least they didn't show the aliens themselves in the trailer.

Expect the aliens to look like us.

And when I say 'us' I do of course mean the typical lead actor you'd find on a CW show.

 

[karmaforgotme]

The only thing I can find redeeming about this movie is Maika Monroe in it per IMDB.

 

[vio]

SONY what are you doing? Stahp, think about what are you doing. This looks so bad, it looks like straight to VHS.... i mean betamax.

 

[jett]

I foresee Moretz starring in a TV show soon enough.

And what's the deal with Sony? Seems they're intent on producing trash. I don't think flashing their logo in all of their (shitty) movie trailers is doing their brand any favors.

 

[Busty]

SONY what are you doing? Stahp, think about what are you doing.

Sony thinks that making a Barbie film and then remaking Jumanji is a great idea.

I'm afraid that they have all gone quite mad.

 

[spookyfish]

Sony thinks that making a Barbie film and then remaking Jumanji is a great idea.

I'm afraid that they have all gone quite mad.

Is it the Rothman effect?

 

[The Technomancer]

Ahaha that sideways airplane. Yes when you cut power to an airplane it drops straight down from where its sitting. But you might survive if it runs out of gas before it hits the ground!

 

[Busty]

Is it the Rothman effect?

Both of these projects were well into development when Rothman got to the studio. If anything he's just carrying on where Amy Pascal left but doing so in his own 'style'.

Say what you will about Rothman but he'd the man that decided to date not one but two Bad Boys sequels despite no one apparently knowing if Will Smith would come back to star in them or not.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Everybody was too busy being impressed with her pre-pubescent self being able to vocalize swear words like grown ups to realize this.

She is absolutely godawful in Hugo.

I always assumed it wasn't the swear words and more of just CreepyGAF.

 

[Van Owen]

I almost read the book.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

That's like her worst performance. So bad it's distracting.

She served a purpose and that one outfit.

Goddamn.

 

[vinnygambini]

I was looking forward to more information on the film due to Nick Robinson's involvement.

From the trailer, it didn't instill any confidence whatsoever (seems like a movie of the same caliber as The Host). I will wait until the film is released on Netflix.

 

[Poimandres]

Can someone please make a legit terrifying alien abduction film? Please? THAT'S ALL I'VE WANTED FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS.

 

[old manatee]

I read the book. It is like a parody of young adult fiction.

So at what point does she fall in love with the hot male lead only to discover he's one of them?

But luckily he's has fallen in love with her and turns traitor to help save her (and humanity).

Spoilers, yo.

 

[triplestation]

peter??????????

 

[andythinkpad]

It's like a fanfic version of ID4.

And Chloe Moretz can't carry an action movie on her own. Not that this movie has an action movie budget.

 

[Rest]

I love how everyone is looking right into the camera. What did this person do? Just yell like an idiot?

 

[tycoonheart]

What a cast.

Peter from Office Space
That girl from Kick-Ass
Wolverine from X-Men movies

 

[Busty]

BUMPED..., because no one cares enough about this film to read a new thread let alone make one.

I was watching TV when a brief advert for this film, which I had totally forgotten all about, came on and I noticed that, in the UK, this has a 15 certificate. Given that this is from a popular (???) YA novel doesn't that seem utterly crazy? None of the Hunger Game films has a 15 rating here in the UK so why does this?

I just noticed that this film is out in the US next weekend and there is absolutely no noise let alone buzz for it at all. So much for that supposed fan base from the novel showing up.

It feels like Sony are just dumping this film and hoping it gets swallowed up by the left over Xmas films rolling into awards season and guff like Ride Along 2. Whether this is because it's totally mistimed in a post Star Wars market or whether it's because it's terrible we will soon find out.

 

[The Silver]

They need 5 waves? These aliens suck.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

"The Fifth Wave" sounds like a Jheri curl R&B group

 

[Donos]

Trailer is so terrible. Saw trailer about 5 times in the movie theater. I watch all kinds of stuff and also can enjoy things like World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles but that looks really like trash . Sad that Kickass 1/2 didn't gave her a better boost for good roles.