Battle: Los Angeles

Last night, my mom and I went to the movies to see Battle: Los Angeles. Very similar in storyline to Skyline that we watched the night before (What can I say, we like Sci-Fi), but Battle: LA was leaps and bounds better than Skyline. While Skyline was better than expected, but still not very good, Battle: LA was fantastic and totally blew me away. What I wasn't expecting, is that it was a full-scale militarized alien movie. The first of its kind I'm pretty sure. My mom argued that Aliens was the Marines and aliens, but I don't think that counts because they were in space. Yes ALL alien invasion movies have the military involved, as they are our only defense, but there are never any movies about the military and what they're doing. Needless to say, I thought that part was very interesting. This movie was gritty and action-packed like a war movie but it had aliens which always gives humans a sense of helplessness. This movie you never really know if they're going to prevail or not; in typical war movies, I feel like the outcome is already known or extremely predictable; not with this movie. It was suspensful and realistic. They didn't go too crazy with the aliens or the effects, which was good. I just really liked this movie. From the moment it started, I was totally engrossed, and I cared about all the characters. That's hard to do in a movie like this. This movie makes you feel like you are right there with them trying to make it through this city. I suggest that you see this movie. I know that aliens are a hard sell for some people, but it really is great. And if you don't like aliens, think of it as a war movie, which it most certainly is.