Irrelevant But Awesome

Jason:  As the first of two alien films on this list, Dark Skies follows the classic abduction story line and goes for a lurking terror plot. It’s pretty formulaic. And as Emily and I were watching it, we kept looking at each other with incredulity. This family, who is supposedly going through pretty bad financial struggles, lives in a huge, multi-level house, have at least one nice car, hold dinner parties in their backyard, and can afford a six camera, night vision, wireless security camera system. But they want to cut back on the cable. It’s like the writers don’t know what it means to be in a financial crisis. And the chemistry between the actors is not the best. Kerri Russel does a pretty good job playing a freaked out mom but she and the husband have a weird tension between them. I dunno. That isn’t to say that this movies doesn’t have some redeeming qualities, though. The alien design is spooky and they never get to the point where they are shown too much. They get t...