Disclaimer.... I should say i watched it with some kids or so ,.. but okok i admit i didn't, i watched it alone. :)
Yea you know some new version kinda of ET, why not, OK its for kids by kids which is often very very awful and stupid but hey i gave it a shot. ----- Technical: So first, this Movie is a found Footage Movie which isn't clear in the Trailer. I usually hate em, but this one is for me between bearable and OK. They made it mostly stable enough to watch it, not to super shaky and often Filmed quiet well so it makes it believable that this is actually the hobby of one of the Kids.
It also has good special effects. Very Good BUT sadly to clean, to you know Disney. But it aplys some really nice ideas you will know what i mean when you see them. ---- Cast: So it was given the main cast are exclusively kids relatively mature. The Acting is between OK and very good by the Kids, but as so often in this kind of Movies awful by the Adults.
but its not their fault alone as you will see below --- Story: ***little spoilers but i try to write around them*** The Story itself, well its kinda ET, actually it is ET, adapted to a new kind of youth society and new kind of expectation of the audience.
However, the Adults - specially the Evil ones - acting stupid. Specially after the Diner Scene (you will know :) Many things didn't add up at all, not even remotely, they simply didn't make any sense.
I don't understand why someone would write such stupidity, its an Insult not only for adults but for every 9-10 year old and above, maybe even below.
The Storyline really hurts the Movie, even there are some nice ideas, they often lack on explanation in any form with a mix of many things and specially behavior by the evil guys which - i cant say this often enough - doesn't make any kind of sense.
However overall its still OK because of the main cast and that alien and this innocent but still not boring action. ----
The Alien: Many Reviews criticize thats more about the kids and not about the alien. Well i wouldn't agree with that. The Alien has a lot of screen Time and interaction - i don't know if more or less like ET but i think enough. Yes the story is mainly from the viewpoint of those kids and a lot about them, but that doesn't really hurt here. Could it be more ? Yes but not a lot more. All together it was quiet OK. --- Verdict: Its very hard to make kind of Action Scifi Movie thats not boring without real violence without getting into much stupidity. I mean how can you make it believable to have on one hand well trained evil adults vs some kids and they still win without making the adults real idiots or moving from scifi to Fantasy. Its not easy.
ET was one of those who really could achieve that.
Sadly this film could not entirely, partly we find this stupidity here to avoid more serious confrontation and keep the story going.
However in other parts this movie does not avoid this and still excellently keeps its peacefully and innocent. Its really sad that they kept this the hole movie, it could have been a real buster. You will know what i mean in the truck-scene :)
So its it a worthy kinda Remake of ET... well no.. almost.. but not there yet. It had some potential but it was wasted on to many story-holes and to bad writing on some parts.
Still worth watching,.. yes.. maybe because of the massively declining quality of films nowadays but it is better then most of the trash we are forced to watch.
Yea you know some new version kinda of ET, why not, OK its for kids by kids which is often very very awful and stupid but hey i gave it a shot. ----- Technical: So first, this Movie is a found Footage Movie which isn't clear in the Trailer. I usually hate em, but this one is for me between bearable and OK. They made it mostly stable enough to watch it, not to super shaky and often Filmed quiet well so it makes it believable that this is actually the hobby of one of the Kids.
It also has good special effects. Very Good BUT sadly to clean, to you know Disney. But it aplys some really nice ideas you will know what i mean when you see them. ---- Cast: So it was given the main cast are exclusively kids relatively mature. The Acting is between OK and very good by the Kids, but as so often in this kind of Movies awful by the Adults.
but its not their fault alone as you will see below --- Story: ***little spoilers but i try to write around them*** The Story itself, well its kinda ET, actually it is ET, adapted to a new kind of youth society and new kind of expectation of the audience.
However, the Adults - specially the Evil ones - acting stupid. Specially after the Diner Scene (you will know :) Many things didn't add up at all, not even remotely, they simply didn't make any sense.
I don't understand why someone would write such stupidity, its an Insult not only for adults but for every 9-10 year old and above, maybe even below.
The Storyline really hurts the Movie, even there are some nice ideas, they often lack on explanation in any form with a mix of many things and specially behavior by the evil guys which - i cant say this often enough - doesn't make any kind of sense.
However overall its still OK because of the main cast and that alien and this innocent but still not boring action. ----
The Alien: Many Reviews criticize thats more about the kids and not about the alien. Well i wouldn't agree with that. The Alien has a lot of screen Time and interaction - i don't know if more or less like ET but i think enough. Yes the story is mainly from the viewpoint of those kids and a lot about them, but that doesn't really hurt here. Could it be more ? Yes but not a lot more. All together it was quiet OK. --- Verdict: Its very hard to make kind of Action Scifi Movie thats not boring without real violence without getting into much stupidity. I mean how can you make it believable to have on one hand well trained evil adults vs some kids and they still win without making the adults real idiots or moving from scifi to Fantasy. Its not easy.
ET was one of those who really could achieve that.
Sadly this film could not entirely, partly we find this stupidity here to avoid more serious confrontation and keep the story going.
However in other parts this movie does not avoid this and still excellently keeps its peacefully and innocent. Its really sad that they kept this the hole movie, it could have been a real buster. You will know what i mean in the truck-scene :)
So its it a worthy kinda Remake of ET... well no.. almost.. but not there yet. It had some potential but it was wasted on to many story-holes and to bad writing on some parts.
Still worth watching,.. yes.. maybe because of the massively declining quality of films nowadays but it is better then most of the trash we are forced to watch.