Battle: Los Angeles. Warning...spoilers. [Archive]

BMF Effects

06-26-2011, 07:08 PM

I was kind of excited to see this and rented it the other day. Well, it was pretty good up until they laid movie cliché number 75 on us, the hardened exterior Marine with the softer side that no one knows about. For me, as soon as the story took that turn I was done. Some cool things though...

1) I thought the aliens were pretty cool, not overly CGI'd which was a nice for a change.

2) The walking mechanical dog-like thing that shot lightning bolts... :aok

3) The way the alien ships/drones manuvered, I don't recall seeing that done before.

4) It was definitely better than Skyline.

Polynitro

06-26-2011, 07:10 PM

i was supposed to watch this the other night...my girlfriends 10 yo daughter said it was awesome.

sahhas

06-26-2011, 07:58 PM

i thought it was a decent movie. thought skyline was good too. both sort of depressing, mostly not good outcome for the humans, entertaining, interesting.
didn't feel the need to analyze it and rip apart....it's entertainment....
i enjoyed it.

wstsidela

06-26-2011, 08:05 PM

I just found out my friend, Adam Beach, is in the movie. I guess I gotta watch it now.

JamesT

06-26-2011, 08:05 PM

:aok:aokI thought it was good. like a pop cd entertainment. cast weorked hard and earned their pay. the sgt- protaganitist was good. effects good. definately worth renting. YAY! Ebert panned it, but I saw lots of movies I liked that he did not. I recommend renting it. I say 2 thimbs up!:aok:aok

wilkenm

06-26-2011, 10:27 PM

Seemed like an hour and a half commercial for the Marines to me. It was fine to have on as a mindless distraction, but there's no way I could have made it through the whole thing in a theater.

dead of night

07-19-2011, 03:29 PM

Seemed like an hour and a half commercial for the Marines to me. It was fine to have on as a mindless distraction, but there's no way I could have made it through the whole thing in a theater.
I ask this question honestly and earnestly: Is it possible the Marines paid for an advertisement in this movie, just like any other product placement?

"The Marines" are mentioned many, many times in this movie, always in glorious terms.

Axe

07-19-2011, 05:12 PM

Skyline sucked soooo much ass it wasn't funny:facepalm

Easily the worst movie of the yr:barf

Battle LA was at least watchable..

stratzrus

07-19-2011, 05:15 PM

Too much BS chit chat.

No character development.

Not enough cutting edge action scenes.

I'd give it a 3 out of 10.

If I'd paid money to go out and see it in a theater I'd be pissed, and I'm a big Action/Sci-fi fan.

Fred Farkus

07-19-2011, 05:43 PM

Pretty much a formulaic action/suspense/sci-fi flick. Good action sequences and the "clawing their way out against all odds" plot added some good tension. Not Picture of the Year but a fun ride nonetheless. I enjoyed it. Worth it for PPV or on-demand.

Cottage

07-19-2011, 06:05 PM

I love that kind of crap. But, then, I loved Starship Troopers too!

VanR

07-19-2011, 06:10 PM

I thought it was so-so. Wish they would have told more about the aliens. We needed more info about them to make it believable.

dhodgeh

07-19-2011, 06:57 PM

I love that kind of crap. But, then, I loved Starship Troopers too!

Finally, someone else that liked Starship Troopers. Talk about your advertising; this was a recruiting film for Federal Service...

Yea, I enjoyed Battle: Los Angeles.

Predictable, but still entertaining. Wifey dissed it but it did keep her awake on a Saturday night (we need a life.....)

I did like the touch about running out of ammo and having to scavenge back at the destroyed base.

D

FenderBigot

07-19-2011, 07:00 PM

I love that kind of crap. But, then, I loved Starship Troopers too!
So did I... I guess that's why I thought this one was enjoyable too.

redgold

07-19-2011, 07:24 PM

Glenn D.

07-19-2011, 07:41 PM

I thought it was so-so. Wish they would have told more about the aliens. We needed more info about them to make it believable.

Well, they needed water, so they land in the ocean, then proceed to leave the copious amounts of water to go to LA, the place that imports its water from a thousand miles away.

No additional information is going to make it more believable.

Fred Farkus

07-20-2011, 06:21 AM

Agree with the comments that it was like an ad for the marines... video game style like their TV commercials.

I don't mind some shoot em up fun, but they lost me from the initial premise of the plot line... we're getting ready to blow up some aliens, but since we have a few hours to kill let's send in a squad of marines to rescue a handful of civilians... uh, hello? It should have been a 5 minute movie titled Nuke: Los Angeles.

Yeah, it was definitely a commercial for the Marines. I thought about the "Nuke: Los Angeles" aspect too. But then it would have been a 5 minute movie instead of a 1-1/2 hour one. I try not to dissect the plots of these kinds of movies too closely, they will usually always fail in one way or another. It is what it is. But it was fun.

Go Cat Go!!

07-20-2011, 07:33 AM

Battle of LA - I enjoyed. It was just smash up, blow the daylights out of them, no plausible storyline type of a movie.

Skyline - Grrrr! I want my money back type of movie. A very painful movie to watch.

Starship Troppers - Of all the movies mentioned so far this was my favorite. It hink it's time to rewatch it again.

Rhomco

07-20-2011, 09:04 AM

The movie shows the world how highly the USMC values three migrant workers. It is the recruiters dream plot. It also reveals to the Chinese military how to take out all the future combat drones the US will spend billions of dollars to make to defend L.A.
That is all I have

jazzandmetal?

07-20-2011, 09:07 AM

johntoste

07-20-2011, 09:14 AM

It was just like the John Wayne, et alia, war movies I watched on TV as a child. Excepting that this time the spacemen were the nazis.

Prerequisite

07-20-2011, 09:29 AM

I liked Battle: Los Angeles (saw it in theaters), minus the cheezy parts.. ie. When all of the other soldiers drop one by one to help him. Just seemed really cliche.
The aliens were great looking, pretty realistic, like when they performed "surgery" on that one in the police station. The bit with the soldier that got separated from the group was good too, had me on the edge of my seat.

Now Skyline on the other hand... I refuse to watch that movie unless it's muted. The dialogue is mindblowingly retarded.

RSRD

07-20-2011, 10:34 AM

I thought it was disspointing. Liked the trailers but the movie was just kinda blah in the storyline. Effects were good and i liked the aliens too.

District 9 was much better.

Prerequisite

07-20-2011, 10:55 AM

District 9 was much better.

Agreed. District 9 was the best alien movie this decade, hands down.

Cottage

07-20-2011, 11:01 AM

Yeah, I agree "District 9" was great. Still trying to cop that weird South African accent! "Jist sign the Fookin form".

Flinto2002

07-20-2011, 11:34 AM

Skyline was the biggest piece of crap ever made.

lemme get this straight....

Aliens travel across the galaxy at enormous expense to invade Earth. For our resources? no For food? no but to capture humans, rip out their brains, and use the brains to build more aliens? Really? no one in the writers room found that premise a little thin?

BMF Effects

07-20-2011, 03:14 PM

District 9 was much better.

Agreed and waiting for the sequel.

Skyline was the biggest piece of crap ever made.

lemme get this straight....

Aliens travel across the galaxy at enormous expense to invade Earth. For our resources? no For food? no but to capture humans, rip out their brains, and use the brains to build more aliens? Really? no one in the writers room found that premise a little thin?

Research the controversy and lawsuit surrounding Skyline and Battle L.A.

Mr.Hanky

07-20-2011, 03:38 PM

One of the sh*ttiest movie I have ever seen

Mr.Hanky

07-20-2011, 03:39 PM

Sh*t sandwich.

dead of night

07-20-2011, 03:56 PM

I have done some research and found the Marines were heavily involved in funding this movie. The film is basically a product placement for the Marine Corps.

smallbutmighty

07-20-2011, 04:28 PM

Agreed and waiting for the sequel.

Please...no.

It was such a great movie. Why tarnish it with a sequel that will surely have a bigger budget and a smaller vision?

smallbutmighty

07-20-2011, 04:29 PM

I have done some research and found the Marines were heavily involved in funding this movie. The film is basically a product placement for the Marine Corps.

Sources?

Not doubting you...just curious.

jhale

07-20-2011, 05:01 PM

F'n suked total marines commercial wtf? The previews looked awesome but did not deliver

dead of night

07-21-2011, 05:17 AM

Sources?

Not doubting you...just curious.
I just googled "Battle Los Angeles Marines"

stratzrus

07-21-2011, 07:47 AM

I love that kind of crap. But, then, I loved Starship Troopers too!I liked Starship Troopers as well, but Battle: Los Angeles fell far short...at least to me.

Average Joe

07-21-2011, 08:10 AM

Finally, someone else that liked Starship Troopers. Talk about your advertising; this was a recruiting film for Federal Service...

Yea, I enjoyed Battle: Los Angeles.

Predictable, but still entertaining. Wifey dissed it but it did keep her awake on a Saturday night (we need a life.....)

I did like the touch about running out of ammo and having to scavenge back at the destroyed base.

D

I always assumed that the gung ho space marine aspect of Starship troopers was meant as parody and word of warning against the mindless military advertising of movies like Battlefield LA and Skyline. Am I wrong in that? That at least struck me as the big difference - that SS feels partially like a send up where Battlefield LA is deadly earnest in it's message (and weaker for it imho)