Day 28Reflections on: Dark Skies (2013)I mainly watched this because it stars Kerri Russell and I&rs

Day 28

Reflections on: Dark Skies(2013)

• I mainly watched this because it stars Kerri Russell and I’m a fan of Felicity. Check it out hahaha
• Kerri Russell and Josh Hamilton play the parents of two boys - one is the kid from Real Steel (2011). If you haven’t seen this movie it’s just Rocky (1976) with dancing robots.
• This felt almost exactly like Poltergeist (1982) but with aliens instead of restless spirits and sadly none of the charm of the Spielberg movie. Yeah that’s right, I referred to Poltergeist as a Spielberg movie. What are you gonna do, Tobe Hooper?!
• Just like in Poltergeist, the weird happenings begin in the kitchen with mysterious messes and condiment installations. At one point a TV even plays the American national anthem, as it does in Poltergeist, but with a wobbly vibrato effect on it - because apparently aliens make things sound wiggly!
• The abduction elements were also very reminiscent of Close Enounters of the Third Kind (1977) and The X-Files. I love that kind of shit and find it genuinely freaky as I once woke up with mysterious bruises that I couldn’t explain! I want to believe, but alas, I am more of a Scully.
• J.K. Simmons plays an alien expert with many cats and a silly hat. His resources look like they’re straight out of The International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, New Mexico. If you ever get a chance to go there you absolutely must. It’s a delightful treasure trove of bizarre dioramas with the same production value as an elementary school science fair.
• This looked incredibly bland - but I guess maybe that’s just what the suburbs can be like? Everything felt beige. 
• My favourite scenes were anything that included art that was supposed to be drawn by children. Always a treat.
• You should probably just watch Poltergeist andFelicity instead! At the SAME TIME.