Underrated as Hell!

Yep way underrated. I loved it. There was room for improvement sure but I gave it 8/10.

I disliked the characters at the start. Arrogant, spoilt, great bodies and looks, etc etc - type of people who are unfortunately more often than not jerks IRL (i.e. jocks).

However, I really liked the aliens, their technology, the fact that they weren't human shaped and came with interesting abilities that thought outside the box (Battle LA had machines that were kinda similar to humans, firing machine guns FFS) the manner of the invasion, the fact that the humans were absolutely annihilated by this powerful alien force, the battle scenes that we do see from the viewers (especially the fighter pilot), and the fact that we get a really good discussion mid way through the movie from the middle aged Mexican guy (instead of everyone just following some random hearthrob).

I also loved the ending. Whilst I didn't like the flash card scenes, the actual ending of the humanoid alien Jarrett fighting for his still-human wife and unborn baby was absolutely phenomenal imo. I don't remember a film doing this, other than maybe District 9.

Overall I think Skyline is exceptionally underrated, and I can't for the life of me understand why people love Cloverfield yet hate this. Cloverfield is a horribly cliched movie that is essentially Godzilla meets Blair Witch - there's even a part in Godzilla where a guy runs around with a camera filming things, and that's what Cloverfield is. I thought Skyline gave a much better enemy that made more sense.

I loved it too and will be changing my score.

I was a bit down on the ending though. That made me go WTF?

But for once Earth got pwned.

No twist
No surprise victory

I like

I agree, even though it was way outdrawn at some points, it was a spectacular sci-fi movie. I loved the ending.
But then again generally IMDB reverses the score; that is movies below 5 are generally better than those above 8. Take that piece of crap Inception for instance. Now that movie was a joke.

Are you serious?

It was the biggest steaming pile of *beep* that's ever graced the silver screen. I was sat in the cinema grieving over my £5.00.

They kept the trailers short by showing one very intriguing moment where thousands of people get sucked up into the ship, it was a blatant lie about the films quality. This film was a shameless lie, I dont think they was even expecting anybody to like it. They are too busy laughing from their deck chairs in Barbados.

I love this movie! So underrated, you are right! Seems like this is one of those either love it or hate it movies. Definitely seems to be developing somewhat of a cult/underdog status,, though. A lot of people love it despite it being a critical failure.

It's all for you, oh hungry Moon.

Yeah, I don't really get all the bad reviews either.
Is it a cinematic masterpiece? No. But it's good for what it is.

Nobody mentions how good the invasion monsters were! Those creatures hovering in the sky over LA were really menacing and convincing aliens. They scared me. I could imagine that when the aliens finally get here they'll look like these unpleasant creatures. Shame about the script though. There's no story, no characters (beautiful actresses though), no surprises of any kind - except the bad behaviour of the aliens. But it's worth watching for the beastly aliens.