seriously?

Rating: Null/10 (30 August 2011)

Well i don't even know where to begin. What you must know is that i created an IMDb account only to be able to review this movie. i will do my best not to offend anyone who actually enjoyed this... It is by far one of the worst movies i have seen compared to their rating. i appreciate a bad movie with a accordingly bad rating more (like this i can at least watch it to see if it is really that bad and look for positive aspects), than a bad movie with a good rating.
PLOT the usual "small talk" before the monster appears. some kids making a movie (which was actually a lot better than the actual one). after the train crash (which i have to admit was the only impressive 3 minutes in the movie), one would expect (for an 7.5-rated movie)a mysterious conspiracy or at least something more than a bad transformers-copied homesick monster that wants to go home. having seen transformers, one has seen enough technology-constructions and for our times this here wasn't even that good. (it was mostly dark and moreover there was only one scene where you could actually see it). having seen E.T. one has seen an alien that wants to go home. having seen avatar, you have seen enough high tech film effects. there's really nothing worth watching.
CAST well, despite hating to be forced to complain about kids-acting, but after all, they get paid for this. Joe lamb too fake, too childish, too unprofessional. tears appear in his eyes from one shot to the other. Elle fanning was bad too, but in a different way. she reminded me of the RING-girl. she was creepy, she talked like a robot, without face expressions and there were several scenes that displayed her creepiness. (the zombie-scenes) which distracts the viewer from the actual plot and makes him think she has something to do with the train-story. at some point i prayed to god, at least she has something to do with it, or maybe she or her father killed Joe's mother. but no, she was only chosen because of her appearance, which i am in no position to judge.
THE HIGHLIGHT the highlight of the movie is the scene where Joe walks right in front of the monster, which grabs him and stares at him.(King Kong-copy). of course the kid couldn't say something like: "we will help you go home", as this way, the e.t. copy would be too obvious. so the kid says: "we are not all bad. you can still live. you can still live".
The monster does the cute doggy-stare and lets the boy back down, happy end... seriously? the sentence that cooled the monster down, that destroyed whole west Virginia, killed numerous innocent people and started immense wildfires, was "you can still live, you can still live"?? it doesn't even make sense. it's stupid and makes me wanna punch this stupid kids face.
GENERAL MISTAKES/PROOFS THAT THE MOVIE SUCKS AS HELL 1) everything's too easy. which means: A. each time a kid looked for his father in this crazy mess of a town, where everything burns, he/she found him within a minute, they always stood coincidentally behind them.
B. the kids want to break into the school to look for information. the directors could at least make this more complicated, with key-searching or something like that. but no, the kids are within a minute in Dr. Woodward's office.
C. in the office (which of course was the first thought of the children, where the hidden information could be!)they find everything in front of their faces, as if waiting for them. and of course (!!!) a movie which explains the monster's whole story! the story is a secret, why the hell should a movie like this even exist?? ITS THE DAMN AIR FORSE!! wouldn't they in such a case destroy such a movie or not even allow its existence?? how stupid can a director believe us viewers to be?
D. how credible is the fact that such a monster, of such strength, which takes out car engines, without anyone even noticing it, can be kept in prisoned by humans? the monster destroyed the bus with only a footstep, how could it be kept in the train so easily?
E. the ending. the cubes (which break free from Air Force transport trucks) as well as loose metal from everywhere are attracted to the town's water tower. The cubes begin to align and a ship begins to take form around the tower, which the alien then enters. its so god dams stupid, i don't know how i can even criticize it properly. first of all, if the cubes are able to brake free from wherever they are and rebuild the ship, how come it broke in the first place?? how come it has not happened years before? and why all the other town-metals?? if there is a technology of this ship the viewer has to know in order to understand the plot the director has to provide us with at least some information.
MEANING/MESSAGES OR SOME KIND OF MORAL LESSONS WHATSOEVER nonexistent
OTHER no memorable conversation, no acting o scene worth remembering. no aspect worth recommending a movie means to me no good movie.
conclusion:
the plot is too ordinary, too easy, too little effort in details, too superficial and shallow, average cast,too much copied stuff (king Kong, e.t.,...)
I strongly believe that the only possible fans of this movie are people who watch movies just for fun, for some funny quotes like "drugs are so bad" and some average technology, without scrutinizing or questioning the plot in a deeper level. and what i hate most is this shallow system of seeing a name such as "spielberg" and immediately lose all sense objectivity, which i strongly believe is the main factor for such a rating.