Review of Battle: Los Angeles (2011) by Powderpoika — 12 Mar 2011

I've seen, and am highly, critical of alien invasion/apocalyptic movies, and this movie by far stands among the best. Don't judge this mo vie by the critics, they simply reflect a hollywood/liberal bias towards the military.

Judge this movie, instead, by how close you feel to the chaos of an alien invasion and to these people undergoing a rapid sudden shift in their reality. I think one reason people are critical of this movie is they expected some sort of intricate plot or dramatic artistic symbolism.

Instead of delving into that realm, the directors/producers made a very simple movie that is entertaining and realistic which is a breath of fresh air to me. Sometimes you want to simply go watch a movie that tells a story and is entertaining.

This movie is all that on a very realistically portrayed background with amazing CGI and score.