Star Trek - First Contact: #TakeMeToYourDealer

I’m not a huge trekkie by any means, but I did enjoy this movie. The dialog around why contact matters, how this can affect the world and the event itself is very well done. Not a fan of the bumbling borg people, but don’t let this distract you from the uplifting message that we can be a better civilization if things like food, shelter and clean water are provided to all. Meaning becomes an internal bettering of oneself, not the pursuit of money and possessions. Although idealistic and unpractical, it’s certainly a nice idea.

Alien Nation: #TakeMeToYourDealer

I’m not one for old movies, which I define as anything before 1995, and a sci-movie from the 80s that’s watchable is incredibly hard to come by. So, that said, I went into this movie with extremely low expectations.

Overall, Alien Nation is simply a cop movie with aliens added in, but without much creativity added around the aliens. The fact that they aliens look almost identical to us except for the lack of hair is pretty ridiculous. The acting was pretty terrible as well, but for some reason the story kept engaged. I wanted to turn it off a few times but held on, and then, when it was over was glad that I watched it.

It’s not a great movie, but it’s certainly one of the best alien movie from the 1980s. Watchable? Yes, if you #takemetoyourdealer. 

Attack the Block: #TakeMeToYourDealer

Being a huge arsenal fan, I have a soft spot for any media from Britain. Techno music, crappy TV and the fun movies about a group of British kids. So, that being said I went into this low-budget movie with decent expectations.

The alien aspect was a bit off for me with very little offered in terms of why they were there and where they came from. I would almost call this more of a monsters movie, than an alien movie. 

The other thing that really irked me was the acting. Any time you have a group of untested youth actors, you’ll have some impressive performances and others show their inexperience. On multiple occasions i wanted to fast forward the scene as I couldn’t stand the awkwardness. 

Besides that though the movie is pretty decent. The story progresses well and I was happy to sit through a few bad moments for some good entertainment. Have a few cocktails and enjoy. 

I wouldn’t be surprised if this gets picked up a few years from now by the major studios and given an american re-work, with more of a horror focus. 

Skyline: #TakeMeToYourDealer

Skyline was the first alien movie i’ve seen in years that was so horrible that i enjoyed it. The acticting was sub-par (that guy from Dexter got a movie role?!) and the directing wasn’t great either but take it for what it is: two high end special graphics engineers convinced a studio to give them $10,000,000 to create an effects based movie. The fact that the main character you’re relating to the most is killed in the first 30 minutes says something.

Overall, yes it was horrible, and yes it was a bad script with unexperienced actors and unknown directors, but for someone who loves alien movies, i enjoyed it! The ending was so off from the rest of the movie that i must assume this sequel is actually going to happen. 

NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY