Confusing and boring
Don’t believe what you see in the trailer, it was very slow paced and all the “ghosts” in this movie were just all confusing. Nothing made sense and all the scary scenes were all over the place.
This movie could have had potential if it focused on the refugees doing good for the country they are staying in.
But combining this with horror just didn’t work out
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@usagiwhitenight "This movie could have had potential if it focused on the refugees doing good for the country they are staying in." You've missed the point so completely it's honestly embarrassing.
Well, to be fair it was well acted, the music was great and I very much liked the comedy aspect in it. It was also nice to see people actually fighting back, for once, and NOT behaving like a dumb bunch of helpless chicken.
Other than that, the plot had many, many holes and the final twist actually ruined the whole story for me. It was also very inconsistent about which "laws" these shadows had to follow - sometimes they were doing the same things as the people on the upside, but other times not... however it fit the plot in that moment, it seems. 'Us' tries very hard to be deep and stuff, but it really is not.
However, while it is not as great as I had wished it to be, it also not the worst horror movie I have ever seen. So, for a horror movie night it's OK to watch but don't expect too much, I guess.
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@schokominza "'Us' tries very hard to be deep and stuff, but it really is not."
exactly. that's the thing with all that type kinda shows and movies.
That Warren style well-worn story, those kids actors very well stories of others meaningless for what they do. It is clear that you do not have to play with the Ouija but you know what you do and even if you know it too
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@juliosoft What?? I have no idea what you meant by anything you said?!
Review by Blakblu
Smartest creature ever. Super adaptable, evolutionary. This is by far the bad assiest being ever imagined. The science in the movie was up to my extremely lofty standards. For the first time, ever in a horror movie, this thing could theoretically actually exist makes the movie extremely interesting. The main reason I gave it a 9, is due to the fact, they should have sacrificed the first guy, immediately. I had one other issue, but that would tip spoilers. Other than that, this is a great, thrilling, mind bender of a horror sci-fi movie.
And for those who ridiculously state this was "like Alien". This movie had a super intelligent, highly evolved bacteria. This was never done before. Actual physics and biology was implemented. It wasn't just some creature out of the mind of a teenager. The crew were attempting to contain and survive. Never before have I saw a movie, that was about containing an entity while above the planet. This used an actual space station, that is real and does exist. This was not a fairy tale of a movie, as was Alien. No one was hunting this thing down with guns and such. This movie is about what can actually happen as we go frolicking around our solar system. This is something that we should actually be worried about. That is completely ground breaking in every way possible. The Europa Report was closer related to this film, but even that was not as real of a threat as this movie, since it was on a Saturn moon, using theoretical science and fictional equipment. Life used all actual equipment, actual science, and actual crew reactions, although, I would have sacrificed the first guy, immediately and launched the immature state of Calvin at the first sign of an issue. And one last thing, Calvin didn't even kill anyone, except the first guy, who was attempting to incinerate it. I bet in part two, we will find out he is actually peaceful.
This movie was nothing like Alien. Besides the fact that the setting was in space and there was a creature hunting them down (or was he?). The Alien was killing, Calvin was surviving.
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@blakblu Well, I'm too lazy to go through everything, but a couple:
Right from the start physics is thrown out the window with the catching of the probe. You can't catch something like that in space. It's not like on Earth with gravity and friction and catching a baseball. There is this thing called inertia. That probe was moving way faster than the station and the Canada arm is not at all made for that kind of operation. At the very least it would have ripped the arm off and caused massive damage, likely causing hull damage to the station and knocking it out of it's orbit. And kiss the probe goodbye. Spacecraft are not made for that kind of impact. Try watching some videos of how rendezvous operations are conducted in space. Very, very slowly and precise. The slightest mishap could be catastrophic. Here is a video explaining how Soyuz lines up and docks with ISS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25hliOqpOB8
When SpaceX's Dragon capsule docks, they actually use the Canada arm to reach out and grab it to bring it in. Here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_BRFa6s9fs Arm action starts at about 1hr 25min in. See how slow everything is moving? 1hr 33min is a good spot for how fast the arm actually moves.
Catching the probe like in the movie? Beyond impossible.
Also, research the EVA suits. They are incredibly bulky and do not provide for dexterity. She would not have been able to close that valve with her fingers. They pretty much have to use special tools for everything.
Then there is the organism itself. Carbon based and needs water but is able to survive and thrive prolonged periods in the vacuum of space, and is apparently immune to fire. Yeah, no.
