Dark SkiesMovie Reviews

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    Written February 24, 2013

    Dark Skies: A great movie meant for people who like a good scare.

    by David The Cat

    This movie was pretty creepy,scary, but pretty awesome. Since I am 12, I'm going to say that this was one of the best movies I have ever seen over my 12 years on Earth. By looking at the TV trailer, it looks like ghosts are doing all the weird things that go on in the Barret's house. But no! It is ALIENS! Based on the storyline, kids that are under the age of around 8 years old should not see this movie. If I were 7 or 8, I would scream my head off in the theater and wet the bed in my sleep. So you get it now. DO NOT TAKE LITTLE JOHNNY TO SEE THIS ALIEN HORROR MOVIE! When I saw this movie, you don't know how many teenage girls screamed their heads off in their boyfriends face. The end. But really. SEE THIS MOVIE!!! IT IS SOOO SCARY!!!!!!!!

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    Written March 4, 2013

    Dark Skies

    by hydrasport

    The movie has it's scary freaky moments. Too me it seemed like the movies: Signs, Invasion of the body snatchers, Poltergeist all rolled into one. Overall the movie was OK.

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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    Written March 3, 2013

    Entertaining

    by kellylovesmetal

    If you liked The Fourth Kind with Mila Jovovich, then you probably will like this movie also. Not too many films have explored the abduction theory and I think this one isn't bad. It's entertaining, anyway. And the twist was truly unexpected.

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  • So-so
    Written March 9, 2013

    Typical Alien Encounter Movie

    by jerabqfanfan

    I had mild anticipation that this movie might be worth seeing. But like many typical alien encounter movies, I had to wait too long for any payoff, which never arrived. There were only a few edge-of-my-seat moments, but not enough. Just like many disappointing movies, it took me on a journey of anticipating an unforgettable climactic destination, but as soon as the story line started to intensify, the journey was over, and I never made it to where I wanted to go. I wish writers and directors would spend as much time on ending a story well as they do on conceiving a concept. Of course exceptional casting, dialogue, and other vital aspects of movie-making arouse my desire to want to begin and remain on an adventure, but the final destination is paramount to making the trip worth it. So, please stop releasing movies that take me on journeys that lead nowhere.

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written February 24, 2013

    It's A Good Average Movie

    by tzoi516

    It was a good movie. If you want to wait until it's available digitally then you won't be upset. It felt like a twist on the "Poltergeist" movie, but not in an offensive way.

    • 12 out of 20 found this review helpful.
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    Written February 25, 2013

    Dark Skies

    by WILDSEA

    Abduction film which is not interesting until 15 minutes before the end. Although this is a movie for adults, the fact that there are several kids in the movie makes it boring.

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  • So-so
    Written February 23, 2013

    It's gonna take a lot more than Reese's Pieces to please E.T. this time.

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    Like my title, Dark Skies is a laundry list of horror movie cliches. Night vision amateur video footage? Check. Open the door to find something freaky pop up for a split second and disappear? Check. Run upstairs when you shouldn't even be there in the first place? Check. Don't forget my favorite, the 'ol pan camera up behind someone, turn them around and see something scary where their face should be? Check, check and check.

    The one great thing this movie has going for it is J.K. Simmons; although he isn't given nearly enough lines for his dry comic relief to be allowed to shine. Personally, if this movie had featured more of him and somehow woven him into the final scene of the movie, I'd give this film a better rating. He would have made a great "ghost buster," or in this case, a great comic-relief Fox Mulder. Hell, just let him narrate this movie half as well as he did for Portal 2, and you would have had a better movie.

    Dark Skies isn't bad, but it isn't great either.

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  • Must Go!
    Written February 23, 2013

    Dark Skies

    by richt5

    Loved it! Its a good depiction of me when I was 13 or 14. Its as much a family trying to hold things together during rough times as it is a scary show. Good script and good acting. Annie Thurman and Dakota Goyo are the next generation of stars!

    Generally for me, if the critics say a movie is average and the fans like it, I go. If the fans don't like it and the critics love it, I usually stay home or pick another. Alot of the time, Critics take themselves too seriously! It's the entertainment industry after all.

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    Written February 27, 2013

    The Gray's, they are with us.

    by paranormalromances

    SPOILER: If you are expecting some resolution to the Alien issue or want a happy ending this is not the movie for you. It does in fact hold true to the million reports from people that say they are experiencing these very same things. The Grays, they exist. Can we stop them NO, do we need to accept they are real, YES! Go see it, be aware, and be alert for the signs. You family might be next.

    • 7 out of 10 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written March 11, 2013

    DARKER VERSION OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

    by seashel31

    Dark Skies reminded me of a darker version of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. J.K. Simmons was very believable as the expert on alien abduction. He was an intricate part of piecing the entire story together. I?m of the opinion that less is more when it comes to movies like this, so the fact that you never really saw ?the greys? up close in any kind of detail, made it scarier for the audience. Keri Russell does a great job as the mom trying to hold her family together as their world is turned upside down. She?s come a long way since Felicity. I must say, I enjoyed the twist at the end but I did see it coming.

    • 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written March 5, 2013

    CREEPY GAVE ME THE CHILLS MUST WATCH

    by fraidycat

    SEEN THE MOVIE BASED ON MY FRIENDS RECOMMENDATION AND ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW...HAD ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT..AND AS ALL MY FRIENDS SAY I HAVE ADD WHEN IT COMES TO MOVIES..ILL LOSE INTEREST FAST IF I DON'T LIKE...ITS SCARY. AND SUSPENSEFUL...I OVERHEARD A GUY SAYING AS WE WHERE WALKING OUT HE GOT THE CHILLS TOO..MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR NACHOS AND POPCORN BEFORE THE MOVIE STARTS YOU WONT WANT TO MISS A SECOND..FROM START TO END THIS MOVIE IS SOOOO GOOD...I NEVER WRITE REVIEWS BUT I HAD TO FOR THIS MOVIE...THIS MOVIE IS A MUST WATCH IN THEATER DON'T WAIT TILL IT COMES OUT ON DVD ITS WORTH EVERY PENNY...

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  • So-so
    Written February 25, 2013

    dark skies

    by lailag777

    It would have been a better movie if i was watching it at home in my bed. So basically for TV.. As for Watching it on the big screen it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great. Certain parts were good, but the end let me down. hard to rate, because there was good parts and bad parts,

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    Written February 23, 2013

    Good Times

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    Went to the late show with my wife, her friend and 3 young teens and had a great time. Enjoyed watching them cover their eyers and scream occasionally... this movie is scary but not "evil" scary so very appropriate for young teens.

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  • Must Go!
    Written March 5, 2013

    CREEPY GAVE ME THE CHILLS MUST WATCH

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    SEEN THE MOVIE BASED ON MY FRIENDS RECOMMENDATION AND ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW...HAD ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT..AND AS ALL MY FRIENDS SAY I HAVE ADD WHEN IT COMES TO MOVIES..ILL LOSE INTEREST FAST IF I DON'T LIKE...ITS SCARY. AND SUSPENSEFUL...I OVERHEARD A GUY SAYING AS WE WHERE WALKING OUT HE GOT THE CHILLS TOO..MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR NACHOS AND POPCORN BEFORE THE MOVIE STARTS YOU WONT WANT TO MISS A SECOND..FROM START TO END THIS MOVIE IS SOOOO GOOD...I NEVER WRITE REVIEWS BUT I HAD TO FOR THIS MOVIE...THIS MOVIE IS A MUST WATCH IN THEATER DON'T WAIT TILL IT COMES OUT ON DVD ITS WORTH EVERY PENNY...

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    Written February 25, 2013

    nice scary start to 2013

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    This is one of those movies that once you watch it, you realize that it easily could have been a 4 hour movie... there were some inconsistency issues, but not enough to take away from the action... it is a "things jump out from nowhere" type scare without the loud sound effect that usually accompanies the scare attempt... and it works really well because the visually scary parts are perfect! I loved the directors ability to always have you suspenseful and on the edge of your seat thinking to yourself "OMG what's about to happen is going to be horrifying, but I can't even fathom what it will be!" Although I don't think that they get you as emotionally involved in the characters as they needed to, they still connected you with them on a human level, which was plenty to keep you involved.... but the overall feel of the movie was that of "if this stuff is true, we really have no control over what they can and cannot do....completely helpless"...

    2 thumbs moderately up from me...

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