So go see it now.
It really wasn't what I hoped it was going to be. I was hoping it would be more about the assimilation of the alien race, and them trying to fit into human society. At least, that's what the viral made it look like.
The weapons were pretty awesome though.
the main character (forget his name)
That's basically what it was about. The events that occurred in the movie were 20 years after they came to earth. Up to that point and still after the movie we were all trying to still understand them. Nobody knew why the mothership left (except for like the main characters.) It of course wasn't focused upon the entire movie, but that's not to say that it wasn't a very core aspect to the main plot of the movie. I think.Oh, I totally forgot that it was 20 years later after they came. Good points. =o
It's Vicus.IT'S WIKUS IF HE'S A GERMAN ALIEN
Wikus.
Yeah, it wasn't at all what I expected, and yet it totally took me by surprise. Unlike a lot of sci-fi/thriller movies, most everything was actually resolved by the end, and I enjoy how they took the whole weird alien super-ness (Like those weapons I would expect to see in a future Gears game) and turned it into a surprisingly believable story.
The Cloverfield-like camera work during a lot of it was pretty cool, too.
Prawns
I LOVED this movie, but a friend of mine was absolutely FOCUSED on the little factor that there were nanomachines in the alien fuel that turns humans into bugs. And that prevented her from liking the movie because it's not realistic like the rest of it.
Or at least, I couldn't find a way to explain why it could be realistic. Anybody have a reason there might be nanomachines that turn humans into bugs, swimming around in alien fuel?Spoiler for: