An average movie

Since I kept hearing some good things about this flick, I was quite intrigued and rather eager to check it out. Indeed, even the great Roger Ebert loved this movie but, honestly, I’m not sure I really shared his enthusiasm. I don’t know, maybe I have seen too many similar flicks like ‘District 9’ or ‘Cloverfield’ and even though I enjoyed most of it, I can’t say I was really impressed. First of all, I do have a weak spot for those movies which have a realistic approach towards Science-Fiction, it is a very nice trend, and Gareth Edwards has indeed created a very nice mood but I didn’t care much for the rest, I’m afraid. I also liked the fact that we don’t learn much about the two characters, once again, a nice approach, but what we did learn about their private life was really tedious and the way they slowly get attracted to one another seriously didn’t add anything to the story. Furthermore, some people really loved the ending but it was nothing really new or ground-breaking and ever since ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’, we have had already many other SF features showing aliens who might not be so bad after all. Anywayt, o conclude, even though I had some rather mixed feelings about this one, it definitely had some potential and it is not bad at all so I still think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10