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Als feindliche Alieninvasoren den Planeten überfallen, wird Los Angeles zum Ort des letzten Gefechts für die Menschheit in einer Schlacht, wie sie niemand erwartet hatte. Jetzt sind ein Feldwebel der Marines (Aaron Eckhart) und sein Zug gefragt. Sie sollen einem Feind Einhalt gebieten, der ganz anders ist, als alles, was ihnen zuvor untergekommen ist. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
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Wow! A film where hostile aliens invade earth is a fan of those who want to defend it (the American army)? Who would have said? I understand that not everybody will like Battle Los Angeles, it’s far from a great film, but that several reviews will say that it’s an almost unwatchable epic fail... Really? It might be so for those whose ideology makes them prefer a film that relativises the evils committed by Islamic terrorists over one that celebrates the efforts of the American army. Battle Los Angeles is a very well made, but fairly stupidly written action film, which is the best possible result if you’ve come to terms with the fact this won’t be any new smart science fiction classic. The film is unbearably “American” in only three scenes, but that’s more than compensated by all the cool moments. To relax at the cinema? Ideal! 8/10 PS: Everyone (including Sony) is comparing Battle Los Angeles to other films, so: Independence Day: BLA is more realistic, dirty and, fortunately, without humour, and a little less pathetic. Cloverfield: Even though BLA isn’t shot with hand-held cameras, the action scenes give the impression that the cameraman is right there, and the monsters are shown as if by the way. Black Hawk Down: I related to the soldiers in both films in a similar way: very little. The action is just as realistic, but in BLA, unlike BHD, it didn’t bore me in the end thanks to – I admit – the more interesting enemies. 2012: BLA is a thousand times more compelling that Emmerich’s latest attempt at catastrophe. Skyline: The low-budget flick by the Straus brothers is worse in every aspect (and in some, like the direction, much worse), with the exception of the monster design. District 9: Blomkamp’s début is much smarter, but the craftsmanship is at the same level. Besides, whereas BLA is silly from the get go, District 9 becomes silly in the second half, which makes it inconsistent. Starship Troopers: The propaganda in BLA is about 5% of the “theoretically serious” Starship Troopers.
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Guilty pleasure. Schießen, Beton, Rauch, Schießen, Metall, Explosionen, wieder Schießen… und das gleiche immer wieder. Der effektvolle "Krieg der Maschinen“ in kaputten und verstaubten Straßen von L.A., nicht baymäßig elegant und poetisch, sondern realistisch schmutzig. Dämliche Dialoge und ein Hardcore-Pathos degradieren den Film nicht, sie verleihen ihm einen gewissen Abstand und eine Unterhaltsamkeit, die Starship Troopers ähnelt. Man fragt sich, ob es absichtlich ist. Auf jeden Fall wird aus Liebesmann ein solider Action-Regisseur. Und das ist ein Film, von dem ich als Sechzehnjähriger geträumt habe, nachdem ich Terminator 2 gesehen hatte :)
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Ein grandioser Beitrag zu den enorm rindsviehhohlen Bockmist über den kapitalistischen Realismus, bedeckt von dem sehr dürftigen Schleier einer "Doku-Kamera" sowie der dynamischen Kriegsaktion á-la Black Hawk Down. Abgesehen von den manchmal erfolgreichen Ausschlachtungen von Scott / Bigelow ist Liebesman vollkommen gescheitert. Der Film ist vollends dysfunktional, uninteressant, entbehrt jeglicher Emotionen und ist buchstäblich überfüllt mit höllischen Dialogen, die aus diesem pseudo-authentischen Erzählton nur so abstoßend herausragen (... Hat denn das US Marine Corps den Film nicht zufällig gesponsert?). Manchmal knartscht selbst das Visuelle arg (abstoßende digitale Figuren), jedoch in der Kakophonie all diese Bestandteile geht´s gerne mal unter. Ein Film ohne Mumm, kopflos, ohne Sohle und ohne Magie. Die perfekte Füllung für ein Gebäck der Marke Epic Fail. Hat denn überhaupt jemand das Drehbuch gelesen, bevor das Budget zugeteilt wurde? P.S. Für Nerds ... Der kapitalistische Realismus ist nicht meine Erfindung, sondern ein üblicher Terminus Technicus - er passt perfekt zu propagandistischen Filmen wie dem Independence day oder dem World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles (Bedrohung demokratischer Werte durch eine primitive zerstörerische Gewalt aus dem Unbekannten, Führungspersönlichkeiten aus Reihen der Armee oder der Politik, welche die gesamte Truppe zum Sieg führen ...) Ideologie lebt lange und glückselig ...
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Black Hawk Down trifft District 9 und Independence Day. Dabei lauert hinter jeder Ecke ein großes Klischee. Eine Gruppe von Soldaten (ein Kommandant "mit Vergangenheit", seine weißen, schwarzen und gelben Männer, zu denen – damit niemand was sagen kann – auch eine Frau, eine Pilotin, gehört, die "zufälligerweise" viel weiß, und natürlich auch ein paar Zivilisten – Erwachsene sowie Kinder) kämpft mit Aliens, die wie mechanische Predators mit der Intelligenz von Zöglingen aus einer Anstalt für Weltraumidioten aussehen. Es passiert sehr effektvoll, aber leider völlig undramatisch und leer. Wegen des dummen Drehbuchs habe ich den Figuren nämlich nichts geglaubt. Das war ein großer Fehler und gleichzeitig war es auch sehr schade. Manche Szenen sind richtig gut. Der Film hätte aber mehr Originalität gebraucht, die Filmemacher haben zu sehr andere Werke kopiert. So sind es durchschnittliche zweieinhalb Sterne geworden.
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Haters gonna hate, although in terms of this film, I find the amount of hateful flame quite misguided. Regarding the combination of a war film with an alien invasion, I can think of half a dozen directors who could distill this into the ultimate genre crossover, and yet I still find relative satisfaction with this film. Liebesman drains the budget in the right direction, i.e., with great special effects and the impressive set design of the "American Mogadishu." Unfortunately, he doesn't have enough talent to function in more than just the field of quality craft. In the deluge of pathos, I searched in vain for stronger characters to give it more personal moments, to lighten it up with the occasional catchphrase, and if they did shout, to do so in grandiose style. Liebesman is just skimming the surface of all this but no one is fully into it. Instead, he lets the unit proceed according to the laws of video games until the final fireworks display, preceded by resisting an onslaught for three minutes. Who cares that it’s not logical? I’m giving it a better 3 stars, but after it's pulled from the movie theaters, no one is going to remember it.
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The rate of use of the word civilian greatly exceeds the rate of fire. In fact, it is used to liberally that I started thinking that they were trying to make it the most universal expression in modern English - the mind boggles at all the places where creators wanted to slip in their darned civilian. So at least it made them happy, even if they couldn’t do the same for the audience. A movie with civilian (read spoiled) shaky shots where even civilians (read boars) are lost for words.
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I am not the target audience and I already knew what I was getting into with this film, so I was not disappointed in any way. However, I will not give it a higher rating just because of that. The Cold War ended, and so it was necessary to find a new target and a worthy opponent for the American marines who could resist them for at least a few hours. It is not so much because it is pathetic, pro-American, and who knows what else, it is simply because it is too dull, monotonous, and predictable for me. As a teenager, I would have definitely added a star, but I stand by my review. Overall impression: 25%.
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It's propaganda. Join the U.S. Marines because they're the best men on the planet and John Wayne is proud of them. World Invasion is a guilty pleasure. Despite the idiotic screenplay which is full of pathos, there are some damn spectacular action sequences, explosions, shootings and footage of a beautifully broken Los Angeles. A comparison with Crysis would be spot on. All it’s missing is a nanosuit. Aaron Eckhart as "Mr. Staff Sergeant" is the kind of military Jesus with a human face who makes the hardest of decisions and is seen as "heroic". The other soldiers are here to die (for him) or to follow him into one last battle. Yes, it’s that much of a cliché. But that doesn't matter (it's actually an incredible source of fun that keeps you smiling nearly all the way through), on top of that everything looks and sounds so good - Bryan Tyler creates a very nice soundtrack behind the heroic babbling and machine gun fire. "You'll be surfing soon, Simmons."
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It’s incredibly how Liebesman handled this project. With a relatively small budget, he created a monumental-looking (title, trailer, posters) and yet very modest sci-fi film, full of very impressive visual effects and absolutely thrilling action (shots and panoramic camera sweeps like Michael Bay). The protagonists may not be as cool as in other films, but that's not the main focus here. In essence, it's a mix of all possible films, and everyone takes exactly as much of their own portion as they want. It has pathos, emotions, action, excellent sound design, quotes, likeable actors, heroism – basically everything we expect from this kind of movie. It lacks a budget for an even bigger inferno, but the director knew exactly what he was doing. With a bigger budget, it wouldn't be this cute winking at the film world, but a proper mess. PS: The best aliens in terms of philosophy and execution still remain those from Independence Day.
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Another shining proof that only perfect visual effects and bombastic action can't provide enough for a whole film. Battle Los Angeles is nothing more than a cold parade of loud explosions, falling buildings and moronic dialogue lacking a coherent script or even a hint of human emotion to give the action on screen some authenticity. Liebesman may handle the action with bravado, but an elite director should at least be able make a juicy and medium-rare steak out of the premise, and not just throw a slab of raw and cold meat at the viewer (anyone who's seen Black Hawk Down knows what I'm talking about)... 50%
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If you enjoy movies where the characters and the story are not important to you, but you mainly indulge in military technology and authenticity, you might quite like the war sci-fi film "World Invasion". It's not as authentically captured as "Black Hawk Down", which is absolutely perfect in terms of depicting battles, but it still has a good dose of realism. It's not about who the attacker is, actually. It's not about the individual characters either. Their fates are simply not interesting, and I have to admit that I didn't care what happened to them, even though the film tried to convince us in the beginning that we would have a war drama in front of us, where soldiers are portrayed in depth as real people with real fates. It doesn't happen, and you actually don't care about the characters, so you watch an army dealing with something from space. The effects are quite good, but nothing exceptional; the best part is simply the combat action. The dialogues between the soldiers don't really work, but once it comes to weapons, the film is just excellent. The shooting is so believable that it can truly draw you into the story. Otherwise, the film doesn't deserve your attention, especially not in the cinema. I'm a bit surprised that this film was released in cinemas here as well because there are more interesting pieces that deserve more attention on the big screen in multiplexes. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/07/happy-feet-2-bobr-cislo-4-musketyri.html
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