It was better than Skyline. It has that going for it. They actually tried to have some kind of production values and attempt at a story and attempt to get the viewer to actually care about the characters. That's something, right? That has to be worth something. Aaron Eckhart does his damnedest with the quality of script and work he's given. And that's admirable. He does his best and it shows. He's working his ass off to make this movie something that it's not, and it hearkens back to someone like Kurt Russell trying to make you give a damn about a piece of shit movie like Soldier. Eckhart is slowly becoming more and more similar to a guy like Kurt Russell. Let's just hope he stays out of shitty romantic comedies starring Jennifer Aniston.

When I heard that Eckhart openly campaigned for the director of this film to take over Superman, before I had seen it, it gave me hope. The previews gave me great hope for this movie. The fact that WB didn't seem to care that they had at one point planned to beat Skyline out in theaters but then seeing that movie, took their time to finish theirs, I had hope.

It's not an actor's movie. It's an action movie about an alien invasion that at some points tries to explain things and make them plausible but then just jumps the shark just as quickly. I mean, the aliens invaded to get our water because it's some kind of fuel for them. Okay. So how did they get to Earth? They obviously found water in space SOMEWHERE in order to get here, why haven't we found it yet? And also, why didn't they just invade the bottom of the ocean and hang out there for a few months instead of attacking civilization? They would have had greater success with that plan in the long run.

Not to mention shaky cam. Oh my god shaky cam. If there were a few things I would get rid of in Hollywood, it would be 3D, shaky cams, and shitty action directing. No 3D in this movie, but shitty action directing and shaky cam go hand in hand. It makes you want to throw up and it's not a good feeling to try and watch Eckhart run down the beach and have the camera hopping and bopping with him as he runs. It's idiotic, it's crap, and when I meet the person who incorporated shaky cam (I'm looking at you Tony Scott and your continuously shittier movies), I'm going to punch that person in the face. Repeatedly. It worked in Saving Private Ryan because that wasn't the ONLY camera angle they used. This seemed to only use shaky cam, and it gets annoying fast.

Save your money and watch Independence Day and Aliens one after another and you'll get the gist of this movie and a hell of a lot more enjoyment out of your night. Good for a laugh for the terrible acting here and there, the shaky cam doesn't help in alleviating what could be a life-threatening headache. From explosion to explosion to alien shootouts, this movie could have tried a little harder to be both original and thought-provoking. But this isn't a summer blockbuster flick like Independence Day. It's another epic fail along the lines of Terminator Salvation where the only thing people will remember years down the road is the awesome trailer.