Finally got a chance to see this for the first time and it was definitely fun to watch. It has some goofy moments and some great techo-babble that makes the science seem plausible. Everyone just seemed to have fun, sometimes you can really tell when people are just doing it "for the paycheck". Though, to say this was a great movie would be pushing it.
The main problem with the movie is the absolutely incoherent plot, you're always left wondering about a character or a particular scene and even when it seems to set up something, it never pays off. I've seen plenty of movies where things are not explained fully (The Fifth Element comes to mind, which is also one of my all time fav movies), but I felt like this movie was made three hours long and the studio forced a massive cut to shorten the time (Justice League, anyone?). You get just enough info to understand that "aliens good, aliens bad, car go through solid wall", but it leaves so much more open and unexplained.
The ending too (which I won't spoil) felt extremely rushed, like the writers worked everything out, but then couldn't come up with an epic ending to the entire story and decided to just cop-out with the ending we got. It was extremely anti-climatic.
Don't think too hard when watching this one, you won't get answers to most questions this movie will cause you to think of, but it's still entertaining!
The main problem with the movie is the absolutely incoherent plot, you're always left wondering about a character or a particular scene and even when it seems to set up something, it never pays off. I've seen plenty of movies where things are not explained fully (The Fifth Element comes to mind, which is also one of my all time fav movies), but I felt like this movie was made three hours long and the studio forced a massive cut to shorten the time (Justice League, anyone?). You get just enough info to understand that "aliens good, aliens bad, car go through solid wall", but it leaves so much more open and unexplained.
The ending too (which I won't spoil) felt extremely rushed, like the writers worked everything out, but then couldn't come up with an epic ending to the entire story and decided to just cop-out with the ending we got. It was extremely anti-climatic.
Don't think too hard when watching this one, you won't get answers to most questions this movie will cause you to think of, but it's still entertaining!