![]() ![]() Even if they are different actors, they should have cast someone who looked much different. So much so that when we first see the latter, I was sure it was the former. *I don't know if it was the same actor but I wasn't going to rewatch to find out but the theft/murderer in the grocery store looks very much like the curator in the museum. This really was the single dumbest thing in the movie. He lifts one piece of junk and there is the ship. *We are to believe the drone ship has sat in what is clearly a well used space and hidden under the smallest amount of debris. ![]() Very pretty but the wrong visual to use esp as they show us another roadway jammed with cars. *The panic in the city and the fear to get out of the city before the crowds but we see the car driving to the farm along an empty road that goes on forever. I often like to point out some things that really should never have made it into the movie or was missed in editing. But considering there is no reason for the city to be abandoned and that there would likely be major military presence including fire control then the city should have been in better shape. If they wanted to portray a city abandoned then a few more shots like that would have helped. We only had one scene of the desolation in the city with a lone pigeon on the street and the occasional view of burning buildings. We have to remember this whole thing was made for a fraction of just one episode of any popular TV series. Overall, for the budget, the CGI wasn't that bad. I was looking forward to seeing more of him. Initially didn't like the military guy who was with Nicole after the explosion at the grocery store but he wasn't there long but I did like him at the end. We really never see her again after she cuts her hair but she looks so different, not a young girl anymore, then that it would have been interesting to see her character grow. The actress who played Katie also gave me a sense of a real person. I don't think he'll every be a leading man but I can see him as one of those regulars you'd see in war, gangster or invasion types of movie including those with much higher budgets. Simon Pengelly played the bad military guy that we've seen in far too many movies but he did it well. I don't know his name by liked the male actor on the roof in the first part with Katie and others. ![]() I hate to compare actors but she felt in part like a young Diana Rigg. I especially liked Kate Speak and would follow her in other roles. So the fact most of these actors could hold their own was good. It is easy for non-actors to criticize actors without realizing that it is not something that comes naturally to everyone. Some acting wasn't very good but I think it was poorer script writing than the acting. We didn't see enough to make me long to visit as I do when I watch some television shows set in certain towns and through the duration of the series - you want to visit. I don't know Bristol but enjoyed seeing parts of the city and the countryside. But there were many foolish elements to the plot as well. The plot device with Edward Coleridge was very weak. Or what happened to the military person who was with Nicole after the grocery store explosion? There is a throw away line about him leaving but we are left with the sense that he imparted wisdom in his 24 hours with them. And I can only assume that the editing process eliminated some connections such as how did Cole come to be with the unconscious sister and why he brought her to the church. There are some major disconnects that are inexcusable such as the government agents trying to kill two of the characters in a warehouse but without any real explanation, they then want to help them. There really is nothing especially unique about this. We've seen elements of the plot before in other movies and tv shows. It also explains why we get certain plot elements repeated so as to remind the viewer of something they saw in the last episode as opposed to 5 minutes ago in a movie. It changes your mindset and pulls you out from thinking of this as a movie and as a series of episodes. Once you realize that then you get a sense of why it is often disjointed. It doesn't take long before you realize this was once something episodic condensed into a movie. ![]()
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