11/10/2022 0 Comments The 5th wave aliensSo why, suddenly, is there this messy, unreliable and convoluted strategy implemented in the final two waves? Surely the aliens could have created a second disease to kill off that small population who managed to survive the bird flu. We’ve seen what the aliens are capable of doing they can cause natural disasters of huge proportions and engineer an immensely effective biological warfare, all within a couple of weeks. This is where all the double-crossing, distrust and melodrama begins. However, the meat of the movie’s story involves the fourth and fifth waves in which aliens inhabit humans and begin picking off the rest. Up until this point, okay, sure, I’ll buy it. Third wave involves the bird flu transferring to humans and wiping out the majority of the population. Second wave involves earthquakes and flooding. First wave is a planet-wide electromagnetic pulse that takes out everything that runs on electricity. The film gets its title from the waves in which the aliens unleash their attack. Cassie, her parents, and her brother Sam run outside and see the giant freaking ship right there in plain sight! Did none of the four happen to notice this ship on their way home? Have they just been hiding inside with all the windows drawn? It’s a strange logic for the film to employ, and certainly not the last instance of confounding plot progression. At this point, one of Cassie’s parents notes that the alien craft’s location should be right where they live. We then cut to Cassie and her family sitting in a living room watching the live news coverage of the alien structure floating right above film tax credit-friendly Atlanta. As it will no doubt happen, at first everyone is looking down at their phones as the invasion goes viral quicker than a new Beyoncé music video. Is there any line more obvious to describe one’s life before an alien invasion? In any case, a ‘normal’ life Cassie leads before the aliens come and hang out in the sky. Although The 5 th Wave has a decent plot with a handful of twists, it all comes at the expense of painfully obvious dialogue, and predictable, derivative moments.Īnd possibly the most derivative of them all is the voiceover of our protagonist, Cassie Sullivan (played by Chloe Grace Moretz), telling us that she was just a normal human girl before all this started. It’s not entirely out of the question a war with werewolves may come into play at some point. Coming from a trilogy of books by Rick Yancy, we’re due for at least two more movies to finish the story. Angsty stares from across the room? At least two dozen. Plot that conveniently centers around children and teens? Of course. Most of The 5 th Wave’s ideas come from earlier, better alien invasion flicks along with all the tropes found in young adult novels. And much in the vein of Independence Day, the aliens make sure we know they’re serious by taking out Earth’s famous landmarks first. Featuring a ship straight out of District 9, that’s how THE 5TH WAVE begins. If we’ve learned anything from Hollywood, the day an alien invasion occurs will likely involve the intruders parking their giant spacecraft right above our major cities and just sitting there. Tweetable Takeaway: Predictable plotting and painful dialogue make The 5th Wave a film not worth invading.
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