The Invasion
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Movie Reviews of The Invasion
Movie Review: To slooooow
Summary: 2 Stars
You've got that botox!
Hahah na this movie was okay I guess...."aliens" and kidman oh and don't forget Bond.
Movie Review: "I'll get you and your little dog too"
Summary: 3 Stars
The Space Shuttle returns with a vinous that take over people when they sleep.
Sound familiar? Yep it is the second "popular" remake of the 1950's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." And based on the book "The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney. With the exception that it is more up-to-date with technology they have brought back the old time suspense build up as apposed to just gore. It is almost flawless with the exception of the exception of the cell phones. First thing aliens would take over unless we are already subjects of automation invasion. Oh no that is a different movie.
The production is a vehicle for lots of old popular actors as cameos in this film. However the main actors, including Nicole Kidman are still good at their craft.
Music by John Ottman so permeated the movie that we do not get any down time to think.
Visual effects supervisor Boyd Shermis show the only bad CGI scene of a helicopter; other than that they do not let the graphics overwhelm the story as is the tendency today.
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For those interested in Blu-ray, it nether adds or subtracts from the film. There is an advantage that you can fast forward with sound. Oh yes and lots of DVD extras including an advertisement for the latest Warner Blu-ray.
The Golden Compass (New Line Platinum Series Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Invasion becomes just another zombie film
Summary: 1 Stars
With Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, The Invasion should be good. But it isn't. The people responsible for this film managed to make it just another zombie movie. In fact, it's worse than most zombie movies. Give me even a new Romero film over this one. At least the new zombie movies--even the bad ones--usually feature some critique of our culture. But The Invasion has nothing. Nothing.
Well, there is that one thing. The movie's main premise is that the world would be better if we were all zombies. No more wars, no more pain. The people who become zombies are actually happier once they turn. But this doesn't really make sense. Let's draw out the conclusion, shall we? The zombies still need to eat, which means that they still need to have resources like food and, therefore, money. Hence, there will still be a power struggle. Will there still be homeless people? Will there be presidents?
So is the movie suggesting that the kind of communism or even socialism so desired by liberals won't work? Is that the main point? It's not brought up in the film at all, but I think it's lying dormant underneath. The problem is that the movie isn't good enough to make it a primary concern. If it were a primary concern, it would probably be a better movie.
Movie Review: Not what I expected
Summary: 3 Stars
I see the multiple negative reviews, and yes "Invasion" is just another Hollywood remake, and it has been done better. Nothing can really top the 1950's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" anyway. But I have to say that this isn't a bad movie. I remember hearing about the pushed back release date, the re-shot scenes, and I remember this movie only lasting in the theaters about two weeks, so when I popped it into the DVD player I had a copy of "The Mist" on hand just in case it was so bad it would be turned off after only a few minutes. I have to say I enjoyed "Invasion". Nicole Kidman is always great to watch, and throw James Bond into the mix, with some really good special effects, and a clawing sense of paranoia..."Invasion" provides a nice evening of entertainment. I liked the idea of a "virus" predator this time around, and I really liked who the "virus" arrived on Earth. (Sorry no spoilers here...but I see plenty listed in other reviews..so feel free to let them ruin the film for you..not me) There are some pretty tense scenes, and Nicole Kidman does a great job. Sometimes it becomes hip to bash a flick for little or no reason: "Blair Witch Project" and "Waterworld" come to mind, and I think "Invasion" is suffering for that reason now. Compared to "The Fog", "Black Christmas", "The Ring Two" and a myriad of other truly lousy remakes, "Invasion" at least brought something to the table. I'll re-watch it so it was worth a purchase for me, but if your undecided, throw it on your Netflix list, and give it a chance.Movie Review: Terrible editing!
Summary: 2 Stars
I did not see the original `Body Snatchers' nor read the book. After seeing this movie, I don't think I would want to. I expected this movie to be scary, suspenseful, and gripping. It wasn't.
I did not like the editing at all. The scenes were cut too fast, moving from one shot to another at a dizzying speed.
I didn't like the beginning of the movie when the Space Shuttle burns on entry and is destroyed. This scene should have been much longer. We should have seen how the alien parasite clung itself to the shuttle. Was it the reason why the shuttle crashed? We should also have seen the crew struggling to fly the Space Shuttle.
Once the Shuttle crashed, the scenes rushed way too fast from identifying the parasite to it infecting people. I just felt the whole movie was rushed.
Seeing Nicole Kidman run away from something at the beginning of the movie just didn't make since. The editor was trying to show us an event in the future to keep us guessing, but this didn't work. The movie should have flowed in a linear manner, not jump from a future event to a present one. This was repeated in several other scenes, and I found this to be very annoying.
The disease is passed by people throwing up. I found this pretty repulsive, especially in the subway scene. Kidman's husband also throws up on her face, yet we see her in the following scene with a clean face and no stains on her shirt--very unbelievable. And what about the stench of the vomit? Kidman then meets up with researchers and eventually with her son--without having taken a bath. Didn't her husband just puke on her? Did no one smell her?
The helicopter scene at the end of the movie was not well done. You could tell it was animation.
Daniel Craig did not do a good job at all. He was more of a supporting actor than a principal one.
At no point throughout this movie did I find myself glued to my seat. There was no suspense; nothing really exciting happening.
The fact that they found a cure so quickly was also unbelievable. We are also not shown the steps taken to find the cure--was way too rushed.
I didn't like the cover design of the DVD either.
The only thing I liked about this movie are the following questions, "what would life be like without humans? If a disease turned us into non-violent people, but unproductive, would that be good or bad? Is life better the way it is, with free-will, or one without free-will and without wars? The philosophy behind the movie is great. The movie itself is mediocre.