An Essay Regarding the Plot Point Failures of Battle: Los Angeles and an Offering of a Plot Outline Suitable for the Genre
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An Essay Regarding The Plot Point Failures Of Battle:Los Angeles And An Offering Of A Plot Outline Suitable For The Genre
"But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited? . . .
Are we or they Lords of the World? . . .
And how are all things made for man?--
Kepler (quoted in The Anatomy of Melancholy)
What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason!
how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how
express and admirable! in action how like an angel!
in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the
world! the paragon of animals! ......and yet, to me,
what is this quintessence of dust?
...man delights not me..."
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
It goes without saying that a "spoiler alert" has been issued…although you don't need one. Battle:Los Angeles is every bit as predictable and unoriginal as you would expect it to be. If I wasn't always on the hunt for a breakout "sci-fi" or "end-of-the-world" movie, I never would have given seeing this a second thought…luckily, the financial toll was a mere $0.99 as Dish Network was running an Independence Day special…but, the biggest kick in the balls…it cost me two hours of my life…which at first I wanted back….but…actually…I'm grateful…as it inspired me to write this…shall we say…essay?
Rather than go back through a retelling of Battle:Los Angeles (which would be incredibly painful), I have decided instead to address plot point failures while at the same time provide a satisfactory and plausible plot for this genre of movie.
I need to point out that I am not necessarily isolating Battle:Los Angeles...Spielberg's remake of War Of The Worlds was equally horrendous…and there are countless multitudes of others, but for the purposes of this essay (let's just call it an essay), I will focus on Battle:Los Angeles which, from here on, will be referred to as B:LA.
Now in the famous words of Bilbo Baggins…
"Where to begin…ahh, yes…"
CONCERNING...
"But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited? . . .
Are we or they Lords of the World? . . .
And how are all things made for man?--
Kepler (quoted in The Anatomy of Melancholy)
What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason!
how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how
express and admirable! in action how like an angel!
in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the
world! the paragon of animals! ......and yet, to me,
what is this quintessence of dust?
...man delights not me..."
William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
It goes without saying that a "spoiler alert" has been issued…although you don't need one. Battle:Los Angeles is every bit as predictable and unoriginal as you would expect it to be. If I wasn't always on the hunt for a breakout "sci-fi" or "end-of-the-world" movie, I never would have given seeing this a second thought…luckily, the financial toll was a mere $0.99 as Dish Network was running an Independence Day special…but, the biggest kick in the balls…it cost me two hours of my life…which at first I wanted back….but…actually…I'm grateful…as it inspired me to write this…shall we say…essay?
Rather than go back through a retelling of Battle:Los Angeles (which would be incredibly painful), I have decided instead to address plot point failures while at the same time provide a satisfactory and plausible plot for this genre of movie.
I need to point out that I am not necessarily isolating Battle:Los Angeles...Spielberg's remake of War Of The Worlds was equally horrendous…and there are countless multitudes of others, but for the purposes of this essay (let's just call it an essay), I will focus on Battle:Los Angeles which, from here on, will be referred to as B:LA.
Now in the famous words of Bilbo Baggins…
"Where to begin…ahh, yes…"
CONCERNING...