Why does everyone hate
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TheFilmLuvR — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 07:39 PM)
Yes, I liked everything but that sceneI was reminded of Independence Day where Jeff Goldblum diverts the alien spaceship attack from his laptopthis scene has the same cheesy feel to it and may have been better off leaving it out.
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JustinJackFlash — 9 years ago(September 07, 2016 04:57 PM)
Why does everyone hate the ending?
Because it felt like two completely different films. If they had been well interwoven with each other that's a different story. But they weren't. The one film ended, all the plot strands of this tense, well acted, grounded thriller had come to a close, all the characters bar the protagonist killed off. Then another sci-fi OTT film began for the last 5 minutes. It was just stupid. I'd have preferred everything to have turned out ok than this 'Oh, by the way Here's some aliens' crap.
Fair play, the ending was bold, brave and gutsy. But just because something is bold doesn't mean it can't be stupid. From the trailer and all the good reviews I got the impression that the film had something really clever and unexpected hidden up it's sleeve, so I probably got my hopes up a bit too much.
After it finished I got the feeling that they took a decent, unremarkable little thriller, filmed an alien battle to wack on the end, inserted a couple of alien references throughout, chucked in the odd Cloverfield reference and changed the title, all to make the film marketable to the public. Which worked for them I guess, the film was a big hit.
But here's one more thing to chew on- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was absolutely lynched for exactly the same reason. Why should we give this film a free pass. -
JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies — 9 years ago(September 24, 2016 12:36 PM)
Because it felt like two completely different films.
That's part of what I thought was cool about it, though. It reminded me of
From Dusk 'Til Dawn
in this aspect.
And I think that in this film, it's important that it feels like two different films.
SPOILERS FOLLOW
The dilemma throughout the first approximately two-thirds of the film is whether John Goodman is a sociopath or whether he's telling the truth (well, or if he's a sociopath who's telling the truth). If he's telling the truth, then it's important for the world to seem completely different once Michelle emerges from the shelter. And it did. It was as if she were Alice falling
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SWLinPHX — 9 years ago(December 02, 2016 01:13 AM)
Because it felt like two completely different films. If they had been well interwoven with each other that's a different story. But they weren't. The one film ended, all the plot strands of this tense, well acted, grounded thriller had come to a close, all the characters bar the protagonist killed off. Then another sci-fi OTT film began for the last 5 minutes. It was just stupid. I'd have preferred everything to have turned out ok than this 'Oh, by the way Here's some aliens' crap.
Exactly
how I felt. It was a bit of a plausible (or possible) psychological thriller that turned into a "monster movie" of sorts. The two just don't go together, especially not tacked on to the very end. I thought a better ending would be that he and that woman who was banging to be let in from outside were actually abductors who "collected" victims and this whole thing was a ruse or something. Or maybe if she escaped in the end, only to find that everyone was happy with bright sunny skies and kids playing outside, to show the irony of all she had been subjected to for nothing. -
smoko — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 05:56 AM)
@SWLinPHX-2
Or maybe if she escaped in the end, only to find that everyone was happy with bright sunny skies and kids playing outside
Now that would've been a great ending. Too bad the studio didn't have the guts to do it. -
Stovepipe99 — 9 years ago(September 09, 2016 03:46 PM)
The only thing that I dislike about the ending is that people use it to justify saying that Howard was a good guy and Michelle was evil.
Setting aside the strong implications that Howard has abducted and killed at least one other woman, the idea that a woman who wakes up
chained to a wall
should believe a man's story about an alien attack is just ridiculous. "Oh, you're clearly mentally/emotionally unstable, and you say I have to live with you here alone for at least two years because aliens have descended on the planet? Sounds legit!".
Yes, Howard did save her life, but suppose person A violently mugged person B, sending person B to the hospital. Later that night, person B's house explodes in a freak gas explosion. Technically, person A saved person B's life . . . but that does not make person A a good person. Michelle was lucky that Howard saved her, but I doubt she would have stayed lucky in that bunker.
Because of the movie's title I knew that it was going to turn out that the alien attack was real. But I also felt like it was pretty clear that unless Michelle neutered herself into a good little compliant puppet, she was going to get on Howard's bad, violent side before the two years were up. I mean, he came
prepared
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— 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 04:51 PM)I liked it too,halfway through the film I said to my husband that I had no idea how it was going to pan out.I'm usually trying to guess what's happening but with this one I really didn't know so it was a complete surprise and I liked it.
Although there's been rain and it's coming again
Change has to be here obviously -
TheGhostlyShadow — 9 years ago(September 10, 2016 11:50 PM)
It was always going to be Aliens. It is a sequel to Cloverfield(2008) afterall.. as far as storytelling goes, the Cloverfield series has done it with a giant puzzle. There are some who don't like it, but it is different. What was most interesting to me with this movie, is how they were able to tie in an entirely different, yet intriguing story about 3 survivors caught in the middle of it all.
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RoadSideAssistance — 9 years ago(September 24, 2016 08:16 AM)
Because it ruined all the amazing tension and acting in the first 4/5 of the movie. John Goodman's character and interaction was brilliant. And it kept you wondering the ENTIRE time, "Is he just making this up!?" you had zero clue what to believe.
Then the ending was some giant transformer like alien attacking her. BLEH. Not to mention she makes a molotov cocktail out of LIQUOR!? Ummm, they don't work like that usually they are filled with gasoline or a napalm like substance (in World Wars). The whole idea that took down a ship was just stupid
The movie should've had her escape, drive away thinking nothing was wrong and Howard was a nut. The radio should've been turned on, but static she'd shrug it off like it was nothing (reception, busted radio) the final shot would then be a lightning strike showing several alien ships a ways off in the distance. Close movie. Not some stupid girl power fight. -
thunderztorm — 9 years ago(December 17, 2016 12:19 PM)
So you didn't notice in the bunker that the alien substance/gas was INSANELY flammable? It didn't actually NEED an explosion, it just needed some fire to light all of it up.
The big alien ships are basically Hindenburgs. -
lindamoriarty-93863 — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 01:33 AM)
totally agree! Late to the party but I hadn't seen it or heard how it ended, and it was excellent, kept me on the edge of my seat guessing the whole time wondering if it's true or not, really enjoyed it.
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Luke_was_a_terrorist — 9 years ago(December 28, 2016 09:41 AM)
When you look at it as a movie about domestic abuse and standing up and fighting instead of running, it was perfect.
I think you're the opposite of paranoid, I think you walk around with the delusion people like you.
