Wednesday, August 17, 2011

I Am Number Four

Okay so it's taken me a while to see this movie. Some movies I want to see in a theater and others I wait for DVD. This time it was from RedBox (movie rentals for $1). That's just the way I see it. Anyway, I am a fan of Glee and wanted to see Diana on the big screen. Pettyfer has been in a few films that I have yet to see but one thing is for sure, he's a looker. Or maybe I just like his curly blond hair. Who knows. Acting ability? Yet to be tapped. I think he has some star quality. He just needs a role that gives him more to work with than  the pretty bad boy role. Or maybe not ;)

Pettyfer plays an alien. I'm sure we've all felt like that in HS. To hide his real identity, his protector gives him the name "John Smith" but he's really "Number Four". He enters yet another new school, but this time falls for good girl photographer, Agron, while being chased by the school bully and bounty hunters from another world. Bounty hunters who can apparently count, since "Number Four" is next to be annihilated. With the help of "Number Six" and the school nerd, "Number Four" fights for the planet and a place to call home.

Special effects were interesting. I liked the whole light shooting from his hands thing and the guns, reminiscent of X-box games. The circles on his leg reminded me of a teen TV show, Roswell. Anyway, Pettyfer and Agron had chemistry but everything was hurried, I guess, to get the action in. But I expected this movie not to have a lot of depth since it was an action Sci-Fi flick with pretty characters to capture the teen audience and the rest of us who like to relive HS without really reliving HS.

Worth the money rating: $$$ (Rating is if I saw it at the theater and paid full price. RedBox was a buck so definitely got my money's worth. I'll be writing more reviews of movies I see for a buck. Stay tuned.)