Why I hate Skyline and a lot of mainstream films....

This past Sunday I was invited to the movies. The person I was with, Michael, wished to go see Skyline, the new sci-fi, alien flick that had just opened that weekend. Though I didn't voice my opinion because I didn't want to be a party pooper, I had no desire at to see the film.

I had a hunch that the movie wouldn't have been that astounding, but nothing prepared Michael and I for what I considered to be a new all time low for Hollywood films.

I'm not going to bore you with a summary of the movie because it's not needed. Skyline's plot was shit. In fact I'm not even sure what the point of the movie was to be honest. My confusion stems from the fact that the whole time the group of protagonists are trying to survive by hiding in this big fancy hotel away from the aliens, but they end up either getting killed or being abducted. Now, I can be a fan of endings where the good guys lose (Seven anyone?) but Skyline did it in a way that was PATHETIC. Reason why?

Character development in these movies are key because that's the point of even having tension. The thrill comes from the fact that you can sense the dread surrounding the characters and are on the edge of your seat in anticipation for their survival. There was no such thing here and the only thing I could do was loathe the characters not only from their stupidity but also the fact that they seemed to have been born into the world rich. One of them is blatantly rich and shows it off like Kanye West voices his opinions; in your face and you don't give two shits at all. One thing I would've recommended doing was having an average-Joe group of people trying to survive this conflict as a means to sort of connect with the audience, because I'm pretty sure 85% of the moviegoers who saw this film (including myself) are not wealthy.

Another problem stemmed from the aliens themselves which are an enigma in the movie. These bio-mechanical aliens have no name and you have no idea where they came from. The only thing you know? They need our brains in order to survive.

I had so much rage when I realized this. SO. MUCH. RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE.

You mean to tell me that an advanced, probably smarter race of life that is technologically advanced, seemingly invincible, even master intergalactic space travel seem to have been made for the sole purpose of harvesting human brains as battery power? THAT MAKES NO DAMN SENSE!!!!!!!! I could get better answers from a deaf person with a language barrier than make sense out of this garbage of a movie.

If there was one thing, ONE THING I thought was good about this movie, it was the special effects, and even then I didn't think it came close to Avatar perfection. The light effects were cool and were convincing enough, but that's it. Nothing else could've redeemed this movie of it's shit award.

As I was doing some research on this blog, I found out that the directors (the Brothers Strauss) are going to be doing another one despite the poor reception it's been receiving. WHHYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!

Do they have a vendetta against the film industry? Do they want to promote shit like this to come out? DO THEY EVEN CARE?! Just when I think the bar for movies couldn't go any lower, Skyline has to come around and go, "HAI GAIZ I'M A NEW BIG MAJOR MOSHION PICTURR, I CAN BE COOL TOO?" If anything, Skyline is how NOT to do a movie and has set the bar lower for film.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go to bed, go to school and contemplate how to make the best fucking movie ever.