MonsterPerfect Good idea lost in the noise

Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

jshreckhise the idea for the movie was not bad, it was just not presented as well as it should have been. in the beginning, the lead up to the "invasion" was a bit rushed, there was no suspense. it was sort of a "here we go again" approach. i think a little more mystery involved in the lead up would have made it a far better movie. for instance if the scientist would have been given a platform to air his concerns, the discovery of the encrypted message, and the building of the ship they found the design of in the ice crystal, prior to, to give a little background. then him pleading with the government to prepare, them shrugging him off and scenes of normal hustle and bustle.after that there is not much they could have done to make the invasion or the aftermath go any different, until they get to the ice planet.it would have been more interesting if the child just happened to be Inuit and could speak enough of the language of the natives to figure out what was going on.where it gets weird is when a crew member decides to go onto the alien ship and is somehow just instantly endowed with godlike powers to defeat the enemy. the lead up to that was missing as well and leaves the viewer wondering who wrote the plot. it comes off corny. it would have been better done if the crew member would have come in contact with something physically maybe to heal his wounds, and his reaction to it started to cause some changes before he decided to board the alien ship.his powers come off more like an episode of power rangers than a movie that wants to be taken seriously.i don't think the budget had anything to do with this being a bad movie, just the delivery of the story.

siderite This is obviously an attempt for a scifi series pilot. While the acting leaves a lot to be desired and the script is full of ideas that are neither explained or appealing, the movie does have its good parts. One of it is the way the aliens are perceived, as weird light and matter beings which was rather original, the fighter were also pretty cool. The second would be that it opens nice possibilities for the series. Wait, there is no third good thing :)OK, let's take this deeper: 1. Plot Really confusing. A rule in script creation states that all the things that you put in the script must be references for future scenes, else it's just a waste of time. There are a lot of things that have no explanation, they are just put there and I am sure as hell that they will not be used ever again, even in the series. Characters are not developed. At all! They are just there, doing silly things, completely disconnected from reality (theirs or ours). 2. Acting You may recognize actors playing secondary villains in Hollywood movies, and that says it all. But there's more: lots of European actors that nobody heard about, with terrible accents are found all over the place. Some of them die, but that doesn't help, there's lots more. While I can respect the lead's actor attempt for better casting, you can see that it failed especially when you notice that the series has veteran Michael Ironside planned for the part. 3. Sound and music First I thought it was from my head set, but no, from other users comments I understand that this is how the movie sounded for everybody. The only right word to describe it is "Whooshy". There are lots of things whooshing. From weapons and engines to doors and even voices (yes, there are alien controlled people in the film and yes they talk funny).All in all it felt like an anime film that somehow got drawn with real actors in it. "It's not me acting bad, I was drawn that way". Lol! Considering the load of crap that came my way lately disguised as scifi series, this is average and I do have hopes that it can get nice.

stefthe1andonly If you don't have anything to do and you really love to see bad movies without a red line. Well I still wouldn't recommend this. Some movies are so bad that you can laugh at them. But this is so bad you'd probably be more likely to become a serial killer before likening this movie. this is a movie that has OK effects which is sad on such a bad movie. I think it's a waste of space in the video-stores..Sh*t-planet is a more soothing name for this so called movie.. I would probably recommend it to my wurst enemy...What ever you do don't watch this movie.. it's not only the wurst Science fiction ever seen it's also the wurst movie ever...

zpook I viewed this last night and it was simply a horrific script, direction, budget and acting. There was almost nothing original in the script, it seemed to take old ideas from about 3 generations of Star Trek and was utterly confusing. It appears by the ending that it was supposed to be a pilot for a continuing series but I don't think any networks would take this up. It could have been promising since the only thing really going for it were the CGI action sequences but the acting was sooo bad that it destroyed the film. The worst actor was the commander. His entire crew were close behind. I'd like to say something positive but I can't. The plot? Basically the earth, and all it's outstations/colonies are under attack by an alien race. They can destroy worlds and earth has nothing that can stop it (kind of like the planet eater in the original star trek or star trek the movie (i think #2 or 3, the one with the dolphins!!). The script had potential right there but tanked from that point forward.