THE GOOD PARTS
1. The cast
I cannot miss this dreamy cast. Juno's friend is here. One of the two kick-ass girls from the original Transformers is also here. Winkelvosses' friend is also here. And also Christopher McCandless returns.
Okay let's hear the names: Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, Max Minghella and Emile Hirsch.
2. The premise
Invisible aliens invades our world for energy? Sounds poetic and promising. Plus it is produced by Timur Bekmambetov while shot in actual location in Moscow.
3. Watching it with your girlfriend
Need to say more?
THE SHIT PARTS
1. Max Minghella got cheated. Again.
I know his next film's gonna be: I Invented MySpace and Someone Stole it From Me or perhaps I Make Apple, Not Steve. Because here in the film, he and Hirsch's character invented a social network website for travelers named globe-trot.com and is apparently stolen by some Swedish prick with a non-Swedish name.
2. Skyler?
Yes that is the name of the Swedish prick with a non-Swedish name. While the name's origin is Danish and means 'shelter'. It is widely used in USA, not Sweden. And what is a Swedish doing business all the way in Russia? Like your name, maybe you don't belong in your country.
3. Characters
I usually don't complain about characters. But this is way too much. For instance, Rachael Taylor's character is, i don't know, afraid of running or afraid of strangers? You will never know, because {spoiler!} she's dead before she could tell. How about Emile Hirsch's character, who just made an inspiring speech about fighting back but instead he just saw in awe when his longtime friend {spoilers!} got sucked by the alien, while he could actually grab a gun and shoot at the bloody thing. Talk about character degradation.
4. Logic
a) In Russia where all people are dead, one cannot hear the other's screaming voice within the distance of 5 meters. b) When you just fell from a boat, you suddenly arrived at a place kilometers away from your initial place. c) Out of so many buses, one picks the bus with the broken brakes, which miraculously slowed down before it hit something. d) so many more
5. VFX
okay the disappearing people bits were quite okay. But I cannot tolerate that un-rendered black alien sighting which is actually a black skull with black scorpion legs. So baddddddd. A Hindi rip-off of E.T. has better aliens for god's sake.
6. Stupid people
A supposedly rescue submarine was about to depart without any survivor except for themselves. And they are still taking orders from a dead captain. And there's a Russian girl, who can't act. Oh save me from this agony.
7. Crap end-credits song
So bad, I feel so bad hearing it. I cannot actually remember the lyrics but it says (roughly): we're going to rise but we don't know when.
8. Resistance? More like running away!
In the end, Emile Hirsch character says that this is the beginning of the humans to fight back. Suck that, he didn't do anything. He flees from a whole army of aliens after he killed only 5 of them when he rescues Olivia Thirlby. This reminds me of Terminator Salvation, where John Connor destroys one factory and is going to destroy more. John Connor DESTROYS one big factory along with a CG Schwarzenegger. The Darkest Hour characters RUNS AWAY from the scene of the crime. That's a big difference both in meaning and spelling you know.
And that is why those one and half hour was the darkest hours of my life in 2012.
However, I'd pick this movie over Abduction. At least The Darkest Hour has likable cast.
The Darkest Hour. rated D-
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