SilverGrimmSnow Reviews

Cloverfield (2008)

Escape from New York: Motion Sickness

[9/10 · 6 July 2012]

Basically, the movie "The Blair Witch Project" has made found footage the best genre in horror.

So J.J. Abrams came up with the idea of making a monster movie about a monster attacking New York with a shaky camera.

So, let's begin.

Robert Hawkins (Michael Stahl-David) is a guy who is hosting a Good-Bye Party on a trip to Japan. His brother (Mike Vogel) Jason and best friend Hud (T.J. Miller) decide to record the party, taping testimonials from people, and so on.

However, all goes bad when the power goes out in the city, with people watching the news about an oil explosion. They all go out to see what is happening until they see a fireball destroying buildings, forcing them to flee.

They soon discover that a creature is attacking the city and must find a way out of New York, dealing with dangerous risks on the way.

I liked how J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves came up with the idea of having their own monster attack New York with the shaky camera, even though there were some flaws in the movie.

The performances were great, displaying fear and showing other types of behavior, such as trying to be heroic and even depression after some of the characters are killed off.

The script was great, not only with the dialogue and just action, but also with the suspense they put in the movie.

The only flaw in the film was the running time. Though 84 minutes or less are enough to watch the movie, I wanted it to be longer to see more of the attacks, monsters, and the ending.

Basically, one of the best monster films I've ever seen and I really hope they make a sequel.

Rating = 9/10, 3.5/5

Babel (I) (2006)

Really Confusing...

[9/10 · 22 February 2012]

Babel is a film about a woman who is shot in 4 different perspectives - Japan, Morocco, Mexico, and United States.

Well, basically, it got interesting at first until you start watching the boring perspectives from the other characters, except for the American couple (Pitt and Blanchett).

This was OK, but had some dramatic moments in the film. Really exciting until it gets boring in the 2nd half of this film.

The only thing wasn't just the story and concept that was good, but some of the performances (including Pitt and Blanchett's) were amazing and inspiring.

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Best Remake Ever.

[6/10 · 31 December 2011]

To all the people who said this film sucked, it didn't suck in my opinion.

The Directing, Script, Visual Effects, and performances were spectacular.

I think that Mark Wahlberg did a better performance than Charlton Heston, and that it didn't have anything bad in this film.

This was better than the 1968, with a cliffhanger ending, and had many other better actors and actresses in the film.

Better story (Although the same), and I thought that the villain was epic and amazing.

I think this film needs a sequel to continue after what happened to Leo when he crash landed in the alternate Earth.

Sanctum (2011)

Can you believe it?

[1/10 · 8 December 2011]

This is one of the worst films I've ever watched.

The only thing that made me want to watch this in the past was the preview and the 3D visual effects in this.

The cast wasn't solid, had a good story, but I'd hate to say this is one of the absolutely dreadful films I've ever watched.

And how James Cameron produced the film, well... I don't know...

but the cast had below average acting in my opinion.

I would say that this film needed to be a little more better if they were to make a sequel...

that's all I have to say.

I only liked this film because of the visual effects and 3D technology, but to this - I'd say this was awful.

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)

Probably the worst, but best in my opinion

[12 October 2011]

Alien vs Predator 2: Requiem wasn't the best, but one of my other alien films I've seen. I've seen some under-rated actors and especially the bad acting.

The CGI in the film wasn't extremely prefect, but it was great when the people who did the CGI made the aliens, predators, and other visual effects amazing. I would say that the directors, scriptwriters, (etc.) did a very awful job in this film when trying to make this sequel more better than the last film, Alien V.S. Predator.

I thought this film was a little bit better than the first AVP, but I'd say this film would defiantly be best enough for it to be one of the epic sci-fi horror creature features.

Like I said, the special effects were great, but the actors were under-rated. I mean, I know they continue the series showing what happens after the first AVP, but I wanted to see the same protagonist at first.

The directors who made this film should have thought twice about trying to make this nearly earn a "Worst Film" award. I wish they had more thinking in the film.

There were a few errors I realized in the film:

• The deaths by the aliens and PredAlien were up too close (Meaning that the camera came up to close to the Alien's and Pred Alien's kills.)

• Acting is in between middle and below by the under rated actors.

This wasn't the awesome, but the worst and best film in my opinion.

Rating: between 6.5 and 7.5

Skyline (2010)

Not one of the best, but one of my favorite sci-fi thriller films

[6/10 · 10 October 2011]

Some people say that this film was one of the worst, but I found some interest in this film for many reasons:

• The mood (How they re-act) - The Aliens Dominating - Action in this film - Visual Effects

Despite what I liked about the film, there were a few things I hated in this film:

• Actors - The Acting - Time Length - A very bad ending - Screenplay

I really liked this film a lot since I watched it, but there were many difficulties in the film. The directors and the others who made this film would've made it way more better than the other alien invasion films, but hopefully they'll do better in the next sequel. ^^

You can't judge a alien invasion film by the length, the fancy effects, the acting, or even the length, you have to judge it by how good it is. There are many other reasons to their preferences of why other critics and alien film fans might like or dislike. I think this film deserves to be one of the best sci-fi films with aliens.

If the sequel is good and way better than Skyline, then I would agree to see how good it is. This film, well, I'd give this a positive review for making this the best and worst alien film ever.