The Invasion
Movies August 18th. 2007, 9:52pm
This is one of those rare instances where I really enjoy the movie, although it received mostly bad reviews. Despite this - and so I can also change your mind - I’m going to bite anyway and rave about this film.
I went and saw The Invasion on short notice, therefore having no idea what it was going to be about (well, except that it was probably related to an invasion of some sort). After watching this movie, I decided it had multiple elements - including science fiction and suspense - so it was fairly difficult to classify. Then I realized one word that describes this movie perfectly:
Intense.
Intense, as in, holy crap everyone is turning evil real fast and will that one lady be able to resist? If you haven’t seen this film yet, then that sentence probably didn’t make much sense (and at the same time, I hope it wasn’t too much of a spoiler).
The plot was very refreshing for me… and at the same time, there were parts that seemed cliché. I suppose this is understandable, because The Invasion is actually the second remake of an original film titled The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which is also based off of a novel.
Hopefully that’s enough encouragement. Go check it out if it seems interesting to any extent.
August 19th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Hey, we need to hang out before school starts, u open next week?
August 19th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
As far as I know, yeah.
August 20th, 2007 at 11:53 am
cool call me or email me i get home at 1200 from vball
August 21st, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Man, that movie looks completely amazing.
Were you not expecting the occasional cliche, Dan? I mean, you let me know when you find an action movie without the semi-predictable plot twists or cringe-worthy one-liners.
I took a class on film study once in Arizona and my teacher was big on picking out cliches…he thought they were an artform. We studied a lot of Alfred Hitchcock stuff.
By the way, this should probably be on the other post, but Kristen and Idina do not sound identical! Kristen is famous for that girlish, almost squeaky tremor, while Idina has a strong, bold (but still beautifully feminine) voice. Duh. Haha, you should check out the movie RENT. Idina Menzel plays one of the characters, named Maureen, and she’s amazing.
Keep postin’, dude.
August 21st, 2007 at 7:09 pm
I didn’t say cliches were bad.
I also wasn’t the one who said that Kristen and Idina sound identical. That was another writer from a different blog.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Haha, yeeeeahh…I figured that out after posted that…slow moment! Still. Get RENT. It’s awesome.