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Rating: 6.5 stars

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Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Action | Science Fiction

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Overview

When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat attacking Earth, a Marine staff sergeant and his team take it upon themselves to face the enemy and protect what remains of the planet.

Rated PG-13 | Length 116 minutes

Actors

Aaron Eckhart | Ramon Rodriguez | Will Rothhaar | Michael Peña | Bridget Moynahan | Noel Fisher | Joey King | Beth Keener | Jessica Heap | Cory Hardrict | Jim Parrack | Gino Anthony Pesi | Ne-Yo | James Hiroyuki Liao | Adetokumboh M'Cormack | Bryce Cass | Michelle Rodriguez | Neil Brown Jr. | Taylor Handley | Lucas Till | Kenneth Brown Jr. | Jadin Gould | Joe Chrest | E. Roger Mitchell | Rus Blackwell | Susie Abromeit | Brandi Coleman | David Jensen | Stacey Turner | Tom Hillmann | Lena Clark | Jamie Norwood | Todd Cochran | Nzinga Blake | Taryn Southern | James D. Dever | Alex Aristidis | Charlotte Biggs | Ava Bogle | Grant Case | Kurt Deville | Nick Jones Jr. | Phillip Lawrence | Keith Middlebrook | Courtney Munch | Jim Palmer | Michelle Pierce | Michael Wozniak | Marlon Young | Sam Arnold

Viewing History (seen 6 times)

Viewing Notes

I didn’t hate it when I saw it in the theater; thought it was an enjoyable enough movie. This revisit in DVD reinforced both the positives and negatives.

I still hate all the closeup, shaky, handheld camera work in the beginning of the movie. Those character building scenes suffer from the frenetic camera work. They really needed the foundation of good, steady cinematography.

As the action moves along, the camera work is a nice blend of that handheld style combined with more traditional cinematography. You become a lot less aware of the camera itself and can really begin to get into the movie.

The DVD was lackluster though. The audio was unspectacular for a movie that really could’ve used an immersive sound experience. Most of the sound comes from the front center channel, with only a few sound effects, mostly the sound from fighter jets or missiles whizzing by, seeming to be truly surround. So much of the battle sound effects are lost in that dull center channel mix though. It left me wondering if the Blu-Ray has better audio.

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