Reviews

Good start to the movie, the intense violence and gore (which I normally don't prefer) set the correct tone for the movie. Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler was a great pairing for the part. Nice to also see Colm Meany acting outside of the usually viewed StarTrek TNG (transporter chief O'Brina) episodes too. Would have given it 10 stars if it weren't for the lackluster ending.

Better than most thrillers lately, but the movie just kinda died on the vine toward the end... did they run out of ideas? Without giving away any spoilers I seemed that the District Attorney (Foxx) seemed to show that self-serving godlike plea bargaining without any morals is the way the legal system is played. Also, the DA repeatedly breaks laws to suit his mantra of -it does not matter what is right but what can be proved in court-. Kind of a bummer to see the good guy (Foxx) sink to the same level as the antihero (Butler)... I'm sure law enforcement fans walk away with a slight tinge of embarrassment knowing that the law (usually) is not faithfully represented in the movie... even in Philly!!

The plot holes, continuity goofs and otherwise incorrect parts of the movie were at a tolerable minimum... given that movie directors (and film staff) don't seriously -proof- their work. I can even forgive the minor fact that the coordinates given for the kidnapped lawyers location North 39° 57' 4' ' West 75° 10' 22' ' was not accurate at all... but somewhere in -downdown- Philly.

Regardless if the events were wholly factual, partially factual or just fiction... The Fourth Kind (as a movie) is very badly put together.

The term "based on true events" only means (usually) that at a minimum only one piece of an event has to be true to utilize it for a whole movie. Don't get me wrong – the scenery, acting, camera-work, audio and music/FX is good.

The screenplay/director (Olatunde Osunsanmi) really makes the the movie on the whole suffer. Continuity of scenes flew in the contrary of earlier everyday facts represented earlier. How can one enjoy the thriller aspect of this movie while we had to unnecessarily suspend disbelief on the everyday and otherwise "normal" events that took place in this movie.. This was obviously directed by a writer that doesn't proof his own work in post-production. I'd give it a 3 out of 10... only the screenplay continuity and directing blows... but that's too much for me!

Again, I'm not critiquing on if the story is based on truth or not. This screenwriter/director is more suited to writing D-list soap operas or third world telenovelas. Hint: A telenovela is a soap opera about a couple who wants to kiss and a scriptwriter who stands in their way for 150 episodes. IF you are an aspiring director or screenwriter (I'm not either)... this will give you an education on WHAT NOT TO DO.

At least Netflix verified that I saved my money when the movie first came out. Ironically, I DO LIKE bad sci-fi movies... just to see how badly they were made. Watched it to the end so I could review it for you. Could have been a better thriller of s movie if it weren't for the shoddy directing.

*** SPOILER ALERT for those needing examples*SPOILER ALERT for those needing examples ***

Why does everyone sleep with their curtains open, if it's a bad thing? How come Dr. Abbly (as she was piloting an aircraft to Nome, AK) states that you could not get to Nome by car, yet there were numerous roads, bridges and new vehicles that were traveling on perfectly manicures roads and highways in the movie? Oh, and Dr. Abby drove to everyone's house including her daughters school in her late model SUV? Why is the actress that represents the Dr. Abby Tyler in the documentary roles (played by Charlotte Milchard) the only actor in the movie with enough makeup and bad lighting to put a bug-eyed Halloween haunted house volunteer to shame. How come every psychiatrist/phycologist in the movie can easily perform hypno-regression therapy as easy as normal people can use a doorknob? Why try to arrest someone (Dr. Abby) for supposedly "physically" doing something to someone (during the last regression therapy) when there was a video present and there were 2 other witnesses present (one was victims wife while another was a visiting psychiatrist/phycologist) to vindicate her? Why can a police officer (that is posted outside Dr. Abby's house with dash cam video confirmation) of an alien abduction of a family, yet his Sheriff ignores this in the movie. Why was Dr. Abby, a practicing psychiatrist/phycologist, allowed to practice when everyone else (but the oblivious Dr. Abby) know her own husband committed suicide in their own bed weeks before? And why would ANY Sheriff traumatize a person (Dr. Abby) in a hospital with (aforementioned) suicide pictures as Dr. Abby is regaining consciousness... without an attending hospital doctor or nurse in the room at the time? And why would the (supposed) individual original patient videos seem to have been shot from several camera angles? Busted!!!

Warehouse 13 review: Season: 2, Episode: 11 "Buried" is 43:30 of my life that I will never get back!!! Let's call this the "WTF" episode... yet they should have "Buried" the episode.

I used to like Warehouse 13 initially, yet it's evident that both current bad acting (by the direction of the director or actors themselves) and soap-opera-style writing is killing the series.

I know it's sci-fi, but don't repeatedly insult the audience by adding twists that only happen because the writers can't write a complete episode cohesively. As an example on a similar theme - although rated as an OK musical piece, I'd rather see "Mama Mia" on the big screen if I want to watch shows that suspend reality and insult the audience.

Case(s) in point, just to name a few during this episode: - The news report stated the 3 young archeologists (more like college spring break geeky goof-balls than their noble titles denote) died of "dehydration", yet any 5th grader or any on the scene witness could attest to their gruesome (if not atypically mummified) bodies were simultaneously afflicted by something more spooky. I guess the assumed news public portrayed on the show are just as gullible as a Jersey Shore audience in real life – even more so.

• How come the undisturbed campsite of the 3 (so-called) archeologists had that 1920 Indiana Jones-esquire flair... those guys were geeks that could text a picture half way across the word previously.

• I used to put up with Myka's "signature wide-eyed scared-to-death" expression. But she used it about 95% of the time on this episode. That coupled with her "pouty yet still thin" lip surgery – still freaks me out now more that ever. Joanne Kelly (aka: Myka) is a better (talented and good looking) actress. Check out her work in IMDb.com. Working in a series must be difficult when they pay you to act and look dumb all the time.

• The ongoing Myka and Pete one-dimensional and clichéd childlike bickering gets old when it's used as "filler" more that six times in one episode. Somebody kill me now before they do it again!

• Any of Pete's lines during this episode. Originally he was a bit of a mature goof that had physic "vibes" that may have been the reason to include him as "Warehouse 13" material... but at this point Pee Wee Herman or any of the Tele Tubbies have more social skills. Pete is relageted to being the "token dummy" with a kindergarten vocabulary and demeaner. Did they write a lobotomy for Pete in the previous episode? Pete (aka: Eddie Mclintock) has better acting chops than the writers allow him to use lately... so ARE THE WRITERS purposely running the show into the ground?

• Traversing a corridor with a simple belt over a wire that visibly meant to simulate traveling 30+ mph on a zip line? Du-UH!

• How did HG know to light up the entire chamber by touching her torch like that. Oh yeah, she saw them do in on "National Treasure". I counted 2 other "NT" rip-offs, the HG Tomb Raider-like outfit and the Indiana Jones campsite theme.

• The part where everyone was in their happy place in the dream scene? Pete and HG's scenario make sense but I didn't know Myka loved the way Artie makes her favorite drink concoctions... My bad, I guess Myka is partial to Rohipnol* (* A benzodiazepine which has acquired notoriety by its slang name, the date rape drug)'

• How come Pete, HG's (& even Myka's usually frumpy) hair where immaculately clean and UN-discheveled while they were otherwise profusely sweating for the last 20 minutes of the show? I'm sure the person in charge of continuity was never on set... or at least drunk on the job.

• Claudia can transpose a (thousands-years-old dead) language in real-time... and phonetically? I have a Motorola Droid phone with Google speech enabled, but PUH-LEEZZ!!

• Mrs. Fredric wasn't tortured by Warehouse Two calling her... it was the lame writing. And she didn't need to act traumatized... she was during that shoot!!

• I guess even adding HG Wells for the past few episodes already verified that the Warehouse 13 has "Jumped THE Shark"! Gotta thank the writers for the HG hot pants snippet... although out of (her normal conservative Victorian) character. Proves my Jump The Shark statement is simply a fact once again.

Boy am I glad I am watching this on Hulu.com for free... otherwise I'd demand my money back from my cable provider that I dumped last month! Can I sue for mental anguish for time wasted (43:30, not counting commercial breaks and my personal review)?