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This story follows two young men, Sean and Ben, as they travel to Mosco Russia to present a revolutionary new idea for finding women in bars. However, Skyler, steals the idea from them forcing the two young men to find the nearest club to drink and find a woman Ben met through his blog. They met, and do some casual flirting with Natalie and her friend, Anne, before all the electrical power suddenly stops. Every human, including, Sean, Ben, Natalie, and Anne, go outside to see a brilliant glowing golden light in the outside sky. Mysterious golden lights slowly float down towards the ground and disappear. It is quickly revealed that these golden lights aren't friendly, and Sean, Ben, Natalie, Anne, and Skyler must struggle to survive.
This is director Chris Gorak's second film to direct. It's got a great story, a very imaginative unique idea, but if your an electrician this film will probably drive you crazy. The effects involving the aliens were amazing. It's simple, and done very well. The design for the aliens was unique-they looked like evil babies, or evil pieces of charcoal with a large swishy tail. The effect of destroying the living was unique, and non-gory! The effect is still there, but there isn't any blood at all. This film also does not feature explicit sex, or narcotic drugs, but it does show alcohol consumption. This film focus's purely on survival for the five people involved, and for the human race. The reason this film is bad for electric professionals is because it plays off a theory of a lethal electrical armor, and that they see pure electricity. The problem is knowing what material is a conductor, and which material blocks electricity. Brass is the number blocker of electricity, but metal and copper is not. Which makes a metal suit non effective in this way-plus the idea that it'd probably burn your skin if your not wearing leather, or some other thick material underneath. The characters that propel the story are unique in a sense that someone is actually intelligent, and uses this intelligence to learn how to fight these aliens. There is of course that one person who gets someone else killed as is usual in these situations. If you see some magical ball of light fall from the sky and disappear what do you do? As a police officer showed, you use your long stick to poke it. Watching this film in 3D was great. As a film in hole it doesn't need to be in 3D-it just gives it additional effect. The opening credits were amazing to watch in 3D, and the ending sequence of the submarine floating away on the water was serenely beautiful. The dog dying was saddening, but the house cat covered in flexible copper wiring was funny adorable. Using Mosco as a backdrop was great for this film. It adds to the chaos surrounding the survivors-being in a strange land with strange people while aliens are destroying the world.
This film has a great cast of actors who create unique characters. Emile Hirsch plays the role of Sean. He has starred in several unique films and this is no different. He is the slacker nerd friend of Ben. He is the man who always looks to the bright side, and in the end uses a level head to find a way to be victorious. He is good in this role standing out especially during his humanity speeches. Max Minghelia plays the role of Ben. In this film he is a nerd who tries to help keep his friends alive. He is good in this role, but he doesn't achieve a character that stands out. He's the average nice guy hero. Olivia Thirlby plays the role of Natalie. She's good as the female sidekick who falls in love with the hero. Audience's will sympathize with her plight. Rachael Taylor plays the role of Anne. She is the friend who accompanies Natalie in the bar. She's good being the character who panics all the time. Joel Kinnaman plays the role of Skyler who is the odd man out from the beginning. He's good as the prick who begins to learn more about himself as the world is ending. Veronika Ozerova, Vika, is great to watch as the bad ass girl. Dato Bakhtadze, Sergei, is highly memorable in his craziness.
I give this film a 4 out of 5. It's a great idea, and often times visually beautiful. There idea is great, but it wasn't fully thought through. Most of the cast was great in this general alien invasion film. So, fear the power outages! :P
Answer to last blog: Mike players performed multiple roles in the film Austin Powers.
Que: What film did director Chris Gorak Art Direct in 1999?
Being John Malkovich
Fight Club
American Beauty
The Matrix
If you enjoy reading my blog, please become a fan of my facebook page! The Film Code Page!
This story follows two young men, Sean and Ben, as they travel to Mosco Russia to present a revolutionary new idea for finding women in bars. However, Skyler, steals the idea from them forcing the two young men to find the nearest club to drink and find a woman Ben met through his blog. They met, and do some casual flirting with Natalie and her friend, Anne, before all the electrical power suddenly stops. Every human, including, Sean, Ben, Natalie, and Anne, go outside to see a brilliant glowing golden light in the outside sky. Mysterious golden lights slowly float down towards the ground and disappear. It is quickly revealed that these golden lights aren't friendly, and Sean, Ben, Natalie, Anne, and Skyler must struggle to survive.
This is director Chris Gorak's second film to direct. It's got a great story, a very imaginative unique idea, but if your an electrician this film will probably drive you crazy. The effects involving the aliens were amazing. It's simple, and done very well. The design for the aliens was unique-they looked like evil babies, or evil pieces of charcoal with a large swishy tail. The effect of destroying the living was unique, and non-gory! The effect is still there, but there isn't any blood at all. This film also does not feature explicit sex, or narcotic drugs, but it does show alcohol consumption. This film focus's purely on survival for the five people involved, and for the human race. The reason this film is bad for electric professionals is because it plays off a theory of a lethal electrical armor, and that they see pure electricity. The problem is knowing what material is a conductor, and which material blocks electricity. Brass is the number blocker of electricity, but metal and copper is not. Which makes a metal suit non effective in this way-plus the idea that it'd probably burn your skin if your not wearing leather, or some other thick material underneath. The characters that propel the story are unique in a sense that someone is actually intelligent, and uses this intelligence to learn how to fight these aliens. There is of course that one person who gets someone else killed as is usual in these situations. If you see some magical ball of light fall from the sky and disappear what do you do? As a police officer showed, you use your long stick to poke it. Watching this film in 3D was great. As a film in hole it doesn't need to be in 3D-it just gives it additional effect. The opening credits were amazing to watch in 3D, and the ending sequence of the submarine floating away on the water was serenely beautiful. The dog dying was saddening, but the house cat covered in flexible copper wiring was funny adorable. Using Mosco as a backdrop was great for this film. It adds to the chaos surrounding the survivors-being in a strange land with strange people while aliens are destroying the world.This film has a great cast of actors who create unique characters. Emile Hirsch plays the role of Sean. He has starred in several unique films and this is no different. He is the slacker nerd friend of Ben. He is the man who always looks to the bright side, and in the end uses a level head to find a way to be victorious. He is good in this role standing out especially during his humanity speeches. Max Minghelia plays the role of Ben. In this film he is a nerd who tries to help keep his friends alive. He is good in this role, but he doesn't achieve a character that stands out. He's the average nice guy hero. Olivia Thirlby plays the role of Natalie. She's good as the female sidekick who falls in love with the hero. Audience's will sympathize with her plight. Rachael Taylor plays the role of Anne. She is the friend who accompanies Natalie in the bar. She's good being the character who panics all the time. Joel Kinnaman plays the role of Skyler who is the odd man out from the beginning. He's good as the prick who begins to learn more about himself as the world is ending. Veronika Ozerova, Vika, is great to watch as the bad ass girl. Dato Bakhtadze, Sergei, is highly memorable in his craziness.
I give this film a 4 out of 5. It's a great idea, and often times visually beautiful. There idea is great, but it wasn't fully thought through. Most of the cast was great in this general alien invasion film. So, fear the power outages! :P
Answer to last blog: Mike players performed multiple roles in the film Austin Powers.
Que: What film did director Chris Gorak Art Direct in 1999?
Being John Malkovich
Fight Club
American Beauty
The Matrix
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