Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

Actually yes I did

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

I liked it bc it was classic Spielberg and a throwback to his earlier alien stuff, but that being said it’s treading ground that’s already been treaded before. He uses aliens to explore humans more than the actual aliens

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

Ppl were expecting war of the worlds or some shit and no it’s a spiritual look at who we are as humans and also a super optimistic one. I doubt we’d all give a shit about aliens literally showing up for more than a week irl

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Anonymous OP 14w

Yeah a throwback for sure but I was sorta bummed at how formulaic it felt. It was cool how he was encouraging us to lean on empathy at a time like rn but I was certainly hoping for more world building w respect to the actual aliens. Also thought it was funny that he mentioned ai in the scene abt tracking the protagonists but then didn’t mention it when all of the world is taking default alien found footage as fact 💀 if you sent that to a news station today they’d just ignore it

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

Bro had literally the entire movie to upload the data to the internet but they decided it had to be a tv station in Kansas City lmao

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

Also Spielberg has done basically no world-building on the aliens themselves in any of his movies. The focus is always on our relationship with them and what it means for our relationship with each other

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Anonymous OP 14w

Dude ong! That was driving me crazy! Most of the movie I was just suspending my disbelief as the protagonists just ran around doing the dumbest shit possible. Nerd guy escapes super secret agents by crouching behind a fence and pretending to drive off a cliff? Then they escape from those agents again bc they didn’t think to check the back of the motel? And these crazy smart aliens apparently never figured out how to stop crashing their ships or just talk to the people directly?

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

Like not to be a Christopher Nolan or Stanley Kubrick glazer but compared to their alien movies this just felt like a looney tunes cartoon

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

The problem is it’s dated. It uses action tropes from like the 80s and tried to pass it off as filler for the movie. The dudes from the company chasing them were so incompetent it was hilarious. They’re all unable to look in different directions as a group like wtf lmao

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

Dumb shit aside I see what he was trying to do with the movie and I get it, but it’s been done before better, literally by himself

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Anonymous OP 14w

Yeah I completely agree, sorta felt like watching Tyson get beat up by Logan Paul. Dude should’ve maybe hung it up in his prime. Idk that could be a bit harsh but I just got a B action movie / feel good flick when I sorta wanted a thought provoking alien movie with some new ideas for the genre.

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

Also the extent to which the entire thing was a car commercial for Stellantis group drove me nuts

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

Holy shit you’re right every car was like a Jeep or an Alfa or Dodge 😭

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

Holy shit there’s ppl who actually go to movies to WATCH them on this app

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Anonymous #2 14w

Wait wym?

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Anonymous fuuuckyikyak 14w

I mean nobody actually watches movies to watch them anymore. You and OP are analyzing it like lit class and I’m all for it

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Anonymous #2 14w

I see lmao, appreciate it 🙏🙂‍↕️I love alien movies and am always happy to complain abt the disappointing ones

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