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. 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 upon 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 the 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.
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
