Dear God...Embarrassing

Rating: 7/10 (27 June 2013)

It's hard for me to say this movie is anything but terrible. It has to be one of the most absurd and pointless plots I have ever seen for a movie. The first part you bare through just to see if it will connect with the climax but it doesn't! You have a group of friends making a movie together when a train is completely destroyed by a truck (Which I found a bit ridiculous that a small truck could completely destroy a train of that size). Then an alien gets involved that has been hidden from public eyes and minds and comes into the story out of no where. It just seems to break off into an even more ridiculous story as the movie goes on. I don't understand how it got from a kid and his friends making a movie, to a kid falling in love, to them witnessing a train explosion, to an alien taking over the city and kid-napping the boys first love. Don't get me wrong I understand the movie, I just don't understand how Abrams or Spielberg believed this movie could actually be good. I'm still going through an extreme case of shock wondering how this movie managed to get a 7.1 from viewers...and a 72/100 from critics? I'm utterly CONFUSED. 112 minutes i wish i could have back. That's 112 minutes i could have been punching myself repetitively in the face. And still have enjoyed it more then this film.