tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post123773908761888547..comments2023-12-24T19:38:00.242-08:00Comments on Mendelson's Memos: Review: Battle: Los Angeles (2011)Scott Mendelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131426080984100749noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-41951009371000719122011-07-26T07:38:53.035-07:002011-07-26T07:38:53.035-07:00I DID review the movie that it was, which is why I...I DID review the movie that it was, which is why I bent over-backwards to be fair about its strengths rather than write it off as garbage like most critics did. AS a grim claustrophobic war picture that happens to involve aliens, it is a merely okay movie that just barely earns its B-.Scott Mendelsonhttp://scottalanmendelson.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-79424576228024182022011-07-26T02:27:23.729-07:002011-07-26T02:27:23.729-07:00YYou judge the movie based off an assumption made ...YYou judge the movie based off an assumption made while watching its trailer, then say it's no good because it's neither epic nor melodramatic. You are right it isn't epic, but war rarely is, melodrama has no place in it either. Please do not review a movie based off what you want it to be, but instead what it is. This movie was realistic in its depiction of war, I've seen enough independence days, or close encounters, this was not them.James Shawhttp://www.facebook.com/Mebedirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-26912649836266277272011-03-24T11:28:44.721-07:002011-03-24T11:28:44.721-07:00No,no,no,no,no. Ridiculous, overwrought, zero susp...No,no,no,no,no. Ridiculous, overwrought, zero suspense from the first frame AND horribly shot with nauseating shaky camera. Didn't think there could be a worse alien movie than Skyline, but I was wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com