Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face ... Read allStrange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.Strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, drawing people outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Airplane Mom
- (as Phet Mahathongdy O'Donnell)
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Did you know
- TriviaFilming only cost $500,000, while the digital effects cost an additional $10 million.
- GoofsA TV is shown with an Emergency Broadcast System alert. The EBS was replaced by the Emergency Alert System in 1997.
- Quotes
Oliver: All right. Let's say we make it out of the building... across the marina, down the docks, we even find your friend's boat and everything. Then what?
Jarrod: We get the hell away from here!
Oliver: Where to? Catalina? Down the coast?
Jarrod: Anywhere but here! Any place is better than staying here!
Oliver: How do you know? How do you know those things will not follow us? How do you know this isn't happening all over the world? We're safe here. We're here! We're alive!
- Crazy creditsDuring the credits you see 'Alien Jarrod' fight the others to protect Elaine and their unborn child
- ConnectionsEdited into 5 Second Movies: Skyline (2010)
- SoundtracksWhere My Money At
Written by Royce Da 5'9'' (as Ryan Montgomery) and Nicholas Warwar
Performed by Royce Da 5'9'' (as Royce Da 5'9")
Courtesy of Make It Count Records and Gracie Productions
Skyline is not a good movie, but it isn't in my opinion bad either. If anything, my feelings for Skyline are very mixed. I have seen some comparisons to Battle:Los Angeles, and I do agree this is the better movie, while Skyline did have a lot of problems Battle:Los Angeles was clichéd, under-directed and over-edited and other than Aaron Eckhart, a decent idea and one or two decent scenes there was little of redeeming value.
Starting with the good things of Skyline, the visuals look absolutely great. The cinematography and editing are slick, the scenery is striking and the colours and lighting are bold, but the real star is the special effects which are superb. The sound is another plus, very explosive and authentic, and the soundtrack is memorable, not too generic and fits decently with the mood. Also, the action in general is explosive and exciting.
Skyline does also have its flaws though. The characters are not as clichéd or indifferent as those of Battle:LA and some of the worst of the year, but to be honest I did find some of the characterisation underdeveloped and irritating. The dialogue is often cheesy and seems to be taking an exercise in high camp, and the climax while quite freaky and atmospheric feels like a different tone to the rest of the movie and this was a tone that jarred a bit. The story in its structure is quite soap-opera-like, and can get predictable and pedestrian, the direction is sometimes good sometimes flat and the acting is also uneven ranging from over-eager to bland.
All in all, Skyline was not a bad movie in my opinion, certainly not as bad as I'd heard, but it is a hardly exceptional movie either. 5/10 Bethany Cox
- TheLittleSongbird
- Mar 28, 2011
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- Country of origin
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- Language
- Also known as
- Скайлайн
- Filming locations
- London, England, UK(one shot)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,393,620
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,692,415
- Nov 14, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $66,984,887
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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