Gets people guessing

Rating: 8/10 (28 October 2009)

I watched this on a PSP whilst on a train journey and thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes...the ending is cheesy, but it seems to be generating quite a few theories...enjoyed the Scientology propaganda comment. For myself, and speaking as a baptized Catholic, turned atheist at 16 (now 48),I got the impression it was about the Rapture, so beloved of the craziest of Christians (no offence to the standard everyday Christians!). I decided this as it seemed to involve a cleansing of the earth to start afresh. I assumed the kids were taken as they would be presumably pretty much free of sin (and I doubt any of them would know how to knock a nuclear missile together in second chance land!). Maybe it was because I was watching it on a 4" screen, but I could have sworn that as the 'Aliens' ascended they briefly developed wings...see where I'm going with this...Angels ? I enjoyed the film and will watch it again (on a 42" plasma on blu ray!)and for anyone who likes a relatively miserable, although at the same time, uplifting ending, give it a go. Atheists like me will enjoy it 'cos either way we're right, either there's no God and the aliens are going to do for us...or there is a God and he's a miserable sod who throws his toys out of the pram when things don't go his way...not a God I fancy worshiping!!