Battle: Los Angeles Review – Callin’ out the Haters!

Halo: The Movie will never be made. And even if it is, you can guarantee it will be about as far off the mark as a sniper with parkinsons. 

But if a director ever musters up the testicular fortitude to try, I strongly recommend that they watch Battle: Los Angeles first, and take some serious notes. Why? Because here we have an example of a near perfect action/invasion/sci-fi movie for our generation of virtual gun-maniacs.

 

And I mean this in the nicest possible way; Johnathan Liebesman has merged Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Halo 1-3 in the most seamless and gritty way possible. For the first time this year, I have watched a movie that I sincerely hope gets the sequel treatment. But more on that later.

Inception Rejection: It Should have Been a Better Movie

Inception (c) 2010

When it comes to hype, Christopher Nolan’s Summer Blockbuster “Inception” had a more than ample supply. In the weeks and months before the movie was released, quotes were being banded around like “will literally blow your mind”, and “The next Matrix”.  That was back in May and June of 2010. Now, in December, the movie is receiving practically 90% positive critical ratings, with review quotes like “A wildly ingenious chess game”. I disagree.

I have watched the movie twice now, both at the cinema and at home. I have given it ample chance, but in my opinion the movie fails to deliver on its promise. But rather than give the typical internet-user ‘trolling rant’, I’d like to take the time to acknowledge what this movie does well, but what I feel it fails to do.