Day 21: "I hate L.A....."

While The Mother Strause should be proud that her sons were actually able to make a movie, she should hang her head in shame that they made this one.  The Brothers Strause (seriously.) Skyline held such promise for me.  I am a science fiction fan, I love a good alien invasion, and I am always attracted to well done explosions.  Unfortunately, this had only one of three, and a good explosion only goes so far.  I just don't understand why it is so hard to make a quality alien invasion movie.  This made Independence Day look like the Citizen Kane of hostile earth takeovers.  The story takes place over a two and a half day period, and the main characters spend, literally, one full day going in a complete circle.  You know a movie is not going to be a good time when you actually notice how nice the kitchen appliances in a certain character's apartment are (I did this a couple of times to be honest).  The multi-tentacled, LED powered vagina monsters were more confusing than scary, and the most common phrase I uttered was, "well [insert character's name here] is screwed."  I was more heart-broken when a brand new Ferrari got trashed than when people died.

The acting......where to start.....  AWFUL.  I can understand getting talented unknowns to play parts for their big break, but there were a couple of established actors (I won't embarrass them further by naming them here) who didn't even dial in a performance.  It's like they knew they didn't have a chance in this. 

I really want to give fans of this kind of movie some ray of hope, so here goes nothing.  I am far from a lover of New York City, but it was refreshing to see another city suffer the ravages of disaster.  Lady Liberty caught a break in this.  I guess the irony of this movie is that I should have been sitting there saying "well, I'm screwed."  Avoid this one unless you're desperate for a new alien movie (lower case alien).  4/10.

I let my wife pick this one (Lord knows, she's sat through enough of my picks), but I won't hold it against her.  She still has pretty good taste in movies.  Better luck next time, baby!  Tomorrow's movie: Gordon Gekko returns in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.  I really hope Oliver Stone doesn't screw up one of my all-time favorite bad guys.  See you then, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!