I Am Number Four Movie Blurb by Shale February 18, 2011 According to the aggregate reviews, very few critics liked this movie (28%) but I am with the majority audience who did enjoy it (77%). The title derives from an teenaged alien kid named of Daniel (20-year-old Alex Pettyfer) who is part of a group of nine gifted young people from the planet Lorien, which was being destroyed by the marauding Mogadorians. They, with their protectors were hiding on Earth but the movie opens with #3 being killed, the third one in numerical order. That means Daniel is next. Henry (42-year-old Timothy Olyphant) is his warrior protector, posing as his father and decides they have to leave Florida and go to Paradise, Ohio, where Daniel is given a new name of John Smith. Time To Go "Son" John is supposed to lay low, but his character is a gorgeous teenager and this is a PG-13 teen-targeting movie, so he insists on enrolling in the local high school, where he meets Sarah (Dianna Agron) an equally cute girl to fall for. Of course she learns of his true nature. Turn On Your Heart Light He also meets and befriends Sam (An actual16-year-old Callan McAuliffe) a geeky boy who is the brunt of bully abuse. Sam's father was a UFO chaser and Sam believes he was abducted by aliens, hence the alienation at school. Sam also figures out that John is an extraterrestrial. Sam AKA Spock to his Classmates Well, you know that the Mogadorians will show up. That John will tap into his growing alien powers and fight them with a little help from his Earth friends (and another of his kind who has been seeking him out). You Don't Know The Extent Of His Powers I really enjoyed this movie. A nice little sci-fi story, handsome young cast, great martial arts fights, alien weapons, creatures and special effects. Everything a kid could want in a movie. I may even see it again in theater and the DVD will be right up there on my shelf with The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Percy Jackson. And, it is set up for a sequel or franchise.
Im just waiting now for the stoner spin off movie Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans.. "Im Number 420".. thanks for sharing Shale.. When I seen the promo, I though it was some "Fantastic 4" movie.. Anyone else think that?...
Saw this movie last night. It had the potential to be a decent sci-fi thriller, but the pacing and plot were awful IMO. I usually don't pick on a movie for being cliche, but this one really suffers from them. The fact that these aliens would completely disregard logic and common sense just to carry the movie's plot made me feel like it was dumbed down from what it could have been. Of course, the film does get points back for me being able to drool at Alex Pettyfer for 90 minutes.
Hmm, perhaps that is what gave me such good feelings during the flick - I may have been blinded to its other faults. Cheap Trick! (I wish)
I've already watched Heroes and this looks like it has the exact same plot so I wont bother seeing it
I fail to see the logic in that. Because a movie has the same plot as a TV series you wouldn't be interested?
I watched it today while tripping. It's a really good time IMO. The film is total fantasy and makes no pretense about that. They even name the town Paradise where most of it is set. This is an escape from reality movie just one step closer to reality than an adapted comic book heroe movie.
I like your reviews even though you watch with no critical thinking and little discrimination of taste. You write your opinion clearly and honestly, and from what you say people might not like (or what you didn't mind), I can usually decide what would make me hate the film.
have you seen heroes? it's horrible, and I wish I had those hours of my life back. This movie looks like the exact same thing except with characters that look like they are also in twilight
So you are prejudging this movie based on things that you cannot know for sure until you see the movie. I'm not trying to sell you on this movie. Only a quarter of critics liked it so it may be bad (but three-quarters of audiences enjoyed it as I did). I'm just trying to understand how someone makes decisions extrapolating from things not seen. No, I have not seen Heroes. I don't watch too much TV. Most of it is horrible. Therefore, I could not say whether this movie is like Heroes no more than you can say Heroes is like this movie. Get my drift? There was nothing in this movie that looked like Twilight, except that it seemed made for teenaged boys instead of teenaged girls.
I saw the trailer for this movie, it literally has the same plot. Some organization, some group of twinky no name actors that happen to have super powers, etc. I fail to see how any movie in theaters these days gets taken seriously, everything is a repeat or a remake of something else. To top that off, when something is copied, it's normally worse every time the story gets retold
Yeah, I am not a critic and often allude to that in my blurbs. I go to movies that look interesting and that I think I will enjoy. Don't know if you read it but I did not enjoy Somewhere. Thot I would but it was a bore and for all the reasons that the critics did like it. Oh, well - dust off my axiom "I enjoy bad movies." You sound like my kind of movie goer. Notice - you didn't say it is a good movie but that "it's a really good time." I watch the news for reality I go to movies for escapism.
See, I think maybe that's where you and some of the critics clash. I don't agree with the gaggle of them very often, but I tend to really agree with a few, as well some of the points the gaggle makes. Some people want to be entertained and stimulated to the highest degree. Some people want escapism but can't just escape into a movie unless it has a very strong foundation and some realistic acting. Some people prefer mental stimulation over all else. And some people just want to be blown away by an amazing piece of art. I think I have a little bit of all of these. That being said; I think there should be less Roger Ebert "any man" critics, and more critics spread out along these various categories; and that includes people who just want a fun good time
you do know this movie was filmed at Franklin area high school in Pa. There is a teacher in the film mutters some Spanish stuff. someone I work with knows that guy..
Was off today and the weather was great. Didn't need to go to the beach again, got enuf sun yesterday so I biked to the cineplex and paid another $7.50 to see this movie again. And it was enjoyable again. I can see how cliched the characters are (No pics of the bad aliens but they were big, meanlooking, wore black long-coats and had bald tatood heads). And I can see them playing the teen angst. Still, it is nice to sit back and enjoy be played.
