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Seen on: 06/13/2012, 03/12/2011 (rewatch)

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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

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

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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