11-21-2009, 12:16 AM
Just got back from a matinee showing.
I enjoyed it immensely, because I knew to check my brain at the door.
It's a "Kid's movie," so of course some of the science is iffy.
Though this could have been just as likely a "Modern-day Astronaut gets thrown back into 195x a la Back to the
Future."
Especially as the center of the Alien town is a shout out to the Hill Valley downtown from said movie.
I recommend it as a "fun" movie, not necessarily a "great" movie, if you know what I mean.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
I enjoyed it immensely, because I knew to check my brain at the door.
It's a "Kid's movie," so of course some of the science is iffy.Though this could have been just as likely a "Modern-day Astronaut gets thrown back into 195x a la Back to the
Future."
Especially as the center of the Alien town is a shout out to the Hill Valley downtown from said movie.
I recommend it as a "fun" movie, not necessarily a "great" movie, if you know what I mean.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll