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This movie is so bad... also a question for those that LOVE this movie.

posted 14 years ago by jmspk
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Um.. where to start?
Typical high school, 'Twilight' type of movie (I think the Twilight series is horrible too). It is really predictable and cheesy. A good looking guy (John Smith or Number 4) enters school, gets bullied by the football team, then falls in love with the girl that dated the star/leader of the team. The ex-boyfriend gets jealous and tries to win back the girl. Of course he fails, the new guy and the girl hit it off and have a relationship BUT something happens and can't be together for some reason in the end. Haven't we seen this type of scenario one too many times before?? Yet I guess it still works for all these idiots. Furthermore, the aliens look like a complete joke and the special effects are poor.

One part of the movie was just mind-boggling to me.. when the aliens were drawing near John (while knowing this) and is also being chased by the cops, John and Sarah go off to school to develop pictures!!! WTF, seriously?!? You're running away from these 2 groups and you're going to make a pit stop at school to develop pictures?? Can someone give me an explanation to this?

Overall, terrible movie. I wouldn't even rent this with a free rental coupon.
Rating: 2/10

**Update**
New rating: 1/10
Reason: No one can give me a reasonable explanation to the above question.

[–] luciditywanted 12 years ago

You want an answer as to why she drug him to the school to develop pictures?

Everything is going to hell. She's just found out the nicest guy she's ever known/fallen for is some kind of superhero/freak/alien. There are fugly aliens trying to kill him, cops all over the place because of her ex. She's a photographer. She wanted something to bring back some normalcy to her life, even if it was just for like, five minutes. That's human nature. It doesn't make any kind of sense, but it's there. When the *beep* hits the fan, people instinctively want to run to what comforts them and what comforts her is pictures. He's obviously going to go along with her because he genuinely does love her, that's how his people are programmed - he can't escape that anymore than she can escape the basic human programming of "oh CRAP! COMFORT ZONE! COMFORT ZONE!"

And yes, the Twilight films are crap.

.and down they come.*.feathers, stars and dreams.*.down they come.*.little wishful things.

[–] sanderparforce 12 years ago

Did you see super 8 ?

You probeble woudn't like that ether.
But you are right about the sucking of twighlight.
It is à record braking movie but the ratings are zo bad.
I still don't get that.
But this movie is just fun to watch and better than the other crap.

Happy movie watching

[–] jmspk 12 years ago

Boy, this movie did suck ass.

[–] shashank983 12 years ago

in this movie i just noticed that john was just chasing that Sarah,nothing else ..
really bad movie , my new rating for this movie 1/10 .

SHASHANK

[–] markelfering4 11 years ago

I know... that scene... developing photos in the school basement...? What the hell - utterly pointless. I mean... WHY?? Were they looking for something in the photos...? And why the high school basement...? Maybe this is just a disconnected piece of information lost in translation to film. Most films based on books make me want to read the book if I haven't already. This one just makes me want to see the next episode in the season on the CW. lol