Soundtrack/Score
This movie had a soundtrack? I couldn't hear it over all the explosions! Listening to it separately--I give it a "Meh." The song on the trailer is the only memorable one.
The Aliens
Totally bad ass, and how they function together is very unique.
Special Effects
Also bad ass. Gotta love the suits.
Time Traveling
Executed very well, and surprisingly doesn't get boring after repeating the same day over a hundred times.
When watching the trailer for this movie, one might reflect back on the 2011 sci-fi thriller Source Code. While Doug Limen's Edge of Tomorrow features aliens on a European battlefield instead of terrorists on a train, the idea of a US military man having the ability to repeat the same day over and over again until he can stop the bad guy is the same. Viewers will be happy to know that despite this glaringly obvious similarity, this latest time loop film is completely it's own unique movie.
In lieu of spoiling just how Tom Cruise's Major Cage comes to posses the ability to restart the day, I'll just say that Cage is a pretty terrible soldier at the beginning of the movie. With the help of love interest Rita Vrataski (an awesome "Woman Power" character portrayed by Emily Blunt), and, of course, plenty of time to practice, Cage's character develops into a strong, determined hero who's not afraid to crack a joke here and there despite the severity of the situation (a nice bonus for an action science-fiction movie).
And the situation is pretty dire. It's your traditional "aliens land and try to take over Earth" story, and while they never really get into why the extraterrestrials are there, the writers did a great job of creating a unique way for the aliens to work together and fight, making it all the more difficult for Cage and Rita to save the day. The best stories are those where you think to yourself "There's no possible way for them to win this," and (spoiler alert) while there's just a touch of Disney-happy-ending-magic in this film, Edge of Tomorrow still packs a powerful kick-ass, bodies flying everywhere ending. Definitely worth a viewing.
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What did you think of the movie? Comment below!
Here's a positive review written by a woman. It was sort of hard to find a review from the female perspective:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/moviereviews/review-edge-of-tomorrow/article_43854901-6b97-5ecf-855b-321415e6851e.html
Here's a more negative review of the movie, and now that I think about it, Rene Rodriquez has a good point--why do the aliens always bring their only weakness right onto the battlefield?
http://www.miami.com/039edge-tomorrow039-pg-13-article