I am Number Four

I AM NUMBER....1..2...3...4.....12 in the movie theatre, none of which were 15 year old kids. With a movie slated as a Sci-Fi movie for teenagers it's a wonder the place wasn't packed to the brim with them. Granted it was released back in Feb. and some movie about a Beaver called Never Say Never was playing and seemed to be taking in quite a crowd.


Basic Plot:John Smith is an alien from planet Lorien who was sent to Earth as a baby with eight others to escape an invading race, the Mogadorians, which destroyed their home planet. -So far I have Superman in my head-  As the movie goes along he discovers that he has developed superpowers due to his extraterrestrial nature, such as enhanced strength, speed and agility, and the power to generate light from his hands -Meg growing her fingernails, eat your heart out-. All the while being chased by this group of Mogadorians since he is number 4 on their hit list -no reason as to why they have to be killed in order-.

Once in Paradise, OH he and his guardian Henri attempt to blend in and not be noticed. Of course being a "16/17 year old" teen he decides to start being noticed and eventually falls in Lorien love (When a Lorien falls in love, it only happens once, and the two lovers become connected forever -eye roll-) with another would be teenager Sarah... Insert a sexy Australian (number 6) a nerdy human and a annoying dog.
Eventually the Mogadorians snow up and there's a fight, some powers are used some Men In Black guns are fired and Armageddon happens in a High School football field.  Cut to them in a grave yard where sappy lines like "I now have a reason to come back" are said, bullies and the bullied are super friends now for some reason and then it's off to find more Loriens with the sexy Aussie Lorien and the random nerdy kid ....Stay tuned for 6 more movies!


Thumbs Up:

• I used my gift card so I didn't actually spend any money to see this! Hazaa
• Some of the graphics were decent.
• Parts were pretty funny -I don't think they were really suppose to-
• Scaring fat kids in the car next to you is funny!

Thumbs Down:

• So much of the movie was just filler. Pretty much the first 1/2 of the movie. I know we need to get the teenage girls all excited about this boy, but still.
• You CAN get a suntan in Toronto...Stupid Americans
• Nothing relevant was ever explained: Why are the Loriens and the Mogadorians even fighting? Why do only some of the Loriens have powers? Why has this tuck with 2 giant flying aliens never been pulled over before? Why are we starting with Number Four anyway? Where did Number 5 go? How come they look exactly like humans? How are people recording random events so fast on their cellphones? And many many other stupid things that just don't get asked or answered at all.
• Looks like 6 more movies to come
• And lastly the following line: "The rights [for this movie] were purchased with the hope of attracting teenage fans of the Twilight saga films". Fuck me!

To sum it all up in once sentence: I am Number 4 may not be the next Twilight they hoped it will be, but they are going to try 6 more time.

2 - Stars