Makes 'Plan Nine From Outa Space' look brilliant

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2002)

SPOILERS Man... I thought 'Plan Nine From Outa Space' was slow moving. This movie has reached a new level of boredom. The characters seemed to take atleast 5 to 10 seconds to react to anything like they were stoned or drunk. Don't get me wrong... Slow moving movies work and some are great (the Others, The Sixth Sense etc) but this was draining rubbish.
The idea of an alien invasion is cool but not new. The problem with this movie was that it was supposed to be an invasion on a world wide scale but I didn't feel that it was. All they had were a few CNN style TV news casts on the family TV and bang , you're supposed to believe its a world wide invasion.
I mean the aliens had about 2 and a half minutes screen time max. The spaceships had about 25 seconds and they were just lights in the sky on a TV screen.
The rest of the movie is composed of pointless conversations, odd camera angles, and a lot of sappy family crap with a heavy dosage of Christian faith.
It wasn't as bad as 'Independence day' (thank GOD) but it was a let down. It seems to me that the movie wasn't about an invasion at all. It was about a man who'd lost his wife and had his two children left to bring up (with an alien invasion in the backround). But because this family has a script, their reactions are planned so it's all pointless.
Waste of time 1 out of 10