What was missing...

Rating: 10/10 (1 July 2005)

There were a few things missing from this movie that we have come to expect in every Hollywood blockbuster: .
1) The quirky scientist that no one will listen to but really knows what's going on.
2) The evil multinational corporation that is really responsible for the travesty.
3) The idiotic / incompetent leaders making all the wrong decisions because they listen to the evil powerful corporate shill scientist instead of the quirky good scientist.
4) The dorky tech-no geek who breaks into NSA's computer system at the last minute to help the quirky scientist.
5) The rag tag group of misfits who save the day in the end. Usually led by Bruce Willis.
6) The aliens that didn't really want to hurt us, they just needed a group hug. And if it wasn't for our idiot military firing the first shot, they would have never attacked us.
Instead of all that stereotypical crap, we got realistic, scary, intelligent aliens who wanted to take our planet by force and realistic humans unable to come to grips with the horror of their situation but dead set on survival by any means necessary.
This is the best science fiction horror of all time. Even better than Alien. Its not some POS like The Day After Tomorrow, The Core, Deep Impact, Independence Day, {fill in any of hundreds of Hollywood summer blockbusters here}.
Instead its a masterpiece of horror and suspense.
For those who just don't get it, don't worry, The Core II is in the works and will be showing at a theater near you soon.