Wow! Two films in one day at @ApolloCinemas Rhyl yesterday, what can I say, I was in the movie mood so I checked out The Darkest Hour 3D!
The Darkest Hour 3D – Review
So the world is being invaded by aliens which can’t be seen and can only be detected by the electrical field that they give off.
Sounds a great idea for an invasion movie and has some great potential, but sadly The Darkest Hour falls a little short of being that amazing film that it could have been. Yes it has great special fx, but the story seems to lack something.
The Darkest Hour does seem to lose the pace at times and does become quite slow and tedious at times, at points when you think the a tip. Could really kick off with some serious alien ass kicking, it doesn’t. Which is a real shame.
The main characters in the film seem somewhat hollow and never really build up on their situation of an alien invasion and at times aimlessly wander through the script of the film, leaving you with an overwhelming urge for them to get reduced to ash by the alien invaders!
The Darkest Hour 3D or 2D
It does seem a waste of the 3D technology used for the film, though some of it is good, it still seems to be wasted on a film with little usage, see the 2D version, that’s my advice 
The end of the film is a little disappointing as well, it’s almost as if the studio is saying, “you’ve seen this, now if you want to know how all this ends, you’ll have to wait for sequel, which may not even be made!”
I did enjoy The Darkest Hour, but not as much I hoped I would, I have seen much better alien invasion movies that have more to them. It is a shame that such a good idea was lost in The Darkest Hour.
So I’ll have to give The Darkest Hour 5/10.
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Twitter: missus_emm
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Oh no!!!!! What a pity! We saw this trailer and were blown away, we wanted to see it straight away. That is super disappointing – I expected more.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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It was disappointing, you’ve already seen most of the action in the trailer for the film!
Twitter: maria_muir
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I’m a sucker for special effects movies, love them and tend to forgive the bad story line, ham acting and lack of character in most of them.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
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I think it’s the special FX that helped give it a 5/10 rating
Twitter: cmygoodies
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Yeah that’s too bad the trailer is pretty enticing, and the concept is pretty good – plus I love the special effects. Thanks for saving me the time of seeing it.
Although if it ever does come out on netflix I’d still probably give it a shot.
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Twitter: money_whisper
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I had big expectations from this movie and I was planning to go and see it next week. Now I don’t know if it makes any sense to waste my time. The trailer seems interesting and the effect are good but if you said that the story lacks something and the ending is questionable it makes me wanna pass this one. Sad
Twitter: BlazingMinds
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Sadly it was one of those movies that had an amazing trailer and was a complete let down.