What a totally irredeemable pile of sh!t
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shareLots of people don't like it. I have no idea why. It was a pretty good sci-fi flick.
shareIt was the ending, or lack thereof. It was going fine until it just stopped, just when it was beginning to build up to something. It makes me wonder if Damon Lindelof was involved in the ending.
shareIt ended like that because they planned a trilogy. It was meant to build you up for the next movie.
shareOK but i still think that a story should have a beginning a middle and an end. You can then start a new story that carry on from the first one. There have been many successful book/film/game trilogies. They don't just stop with no warning leaving you thinking "is that it".
shareDefinitely a valid point. They just didn't go that direction for this movie. They did it exactly like the first Lord of the Rings movie. They left us hanging, knowing there would be more story in the sequel. But of course, the movie bombed and there was no sequel. This isn't the first time this sort of thing has happened, unfortunately.
shareI agree, there is far too much "sequel baiting" nowadays, there is nothing wrong with a good solid film on its own with no prequel/sequel nonsense. A good script, good cinematography and solid acting is all thats needed, most of my film collection is not series of films but individual ones.
I saw this film at the cinema as I love scifi, the aliens were interesting, i wanted to know if they had a clever reason for harvesting brains, the total loss of military effectiveness was interesting (no more independence days please). It had a lot going for it but I felt really cheated when it went slow mo at the end and credits started showing without any of my questions being answered. It was a real wtf moment.
This film, Battle Los Angeles, and Battleship are why you should let the geeks make scifi not the studio producers and their money men :-(
Very little info is available yet, but the info is listed right here on IMDb for Skyline 2 - in development. No, it did not come out in 2012 as someone had originally thought/announced, but I'm guessing that it will be out in 2014 (but that is only my guess - nothing official).
I liked the first movie and I will watch the sequel - not to complete the first movie; I personally was satisfied with it, but I will watch it in the hope that it's at least as good as the first. Personally, I enjoyed the work of Eric Balfour and Donald Faison and I won't put down the work of the women, I just wasn't overly impressed.
Shauna Russ
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The movie didn't bomb, it was a huge success. Made for $10-20 million, it made over $70 million.
shareThe movie didn't bomb, it was a huge success. Made for $10-20 million, it made over $70 million.
Interesting... I had thought it was a bomb, but your words seem to come from Wikipedia, which said the exact same thing. I'm surprised. However, another search reveals some more info from giantfreakingrobot.com:
"Produced on a small budget, Skyline did in fact make money, but not a ton. It barely doubled its $10 million budget at home, racking up $21 million domestically (it did earn $66 million in total, which is why were getting this sequel). Though it covered expenses, it wasn’t exactly a hit, and it was one of the worst reviewed movies of the year"
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Yeah, it ended up making most of its money ($50 million) overseas.
shareIt did have an ending. The aliens win and we lose.
People that think this movie sucks is the fact it didn't use the stereotypically cheap crap Hollywood "humans beat the aliens by destroying either the mothership or some device," that controls every attacking alien. What kind of alien force would have a military that is just controlled through one central hub and forces that can't think for themselves? Battleground: Los Angeles, Battleship, and The Avengers used this cheap cop out ending.
I have to permanently disagree with you, Dr. B~
When I go to see a sci-fi flick, it's for pure escapism...up to and including a stereotypical happy ending. If I want to see an _unhappy_ ending, all I have to do is stay home and watch the first five minutes of the 6PM news! And, if the writers want to _depict_ real-world gloom and doom, let them do a documentary!!
Alien Movie / "real-world gloom and doom"
I think that you're forgetting that this is a fictional alien movie, not the news.
It was the ending, or lack thereof. It was going fine until it just stopped, just when it was beginning to build up to something. It makes me wonder if Damon Lindelof was involved in the ending.
shareyeah , I agree with ya
And all will turn
To silver glass
A light on the water
Grey ships pass
Into the west