What's with the aliens?
Believe it or not, there are four alien invasion movies to feast your sci-fi chops on. FIrst on deck is the one with the best name, Monsters, an inexpensively produced cerebral giant-alien-creature flick cut from the same cloth as Cloverfield. It's quickly earned a lot of buzz. More recently, we've been inundated with trailers from the mega-budget Skyline which wants to take Independence Day to a whole new level. Sure to be short on plot, but easy on the eyes, it will still probably get my ten bucks. It's set in Los Angeles, by the way - remember that.
Next is a totally unexpected surprise, a foreign flick Seres which promises to be a stylized european alien head-trip and could be the dark horse that scoops the whole bunch. Didn't see it coming, but once again, I'd be willing to stand in line for this one. And the last of the bunch will give you a double-take and must have been a major headache for studio execs, because it is none other than Battle: Los Angeles, an epic big-screen tale of an alien invasion in which mankind digs their heels in and makes their last stand in ...wait for iiiiiiiiit.... Los Angeles.
It's a funny thing. But even though Battle: Los Angeles got their trailer out second, it looks to be grittier, more stylized, and perhaps a little riskier. This reminds me of something my former boss once said - it's not as important to be first, it's important to be right.