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Michael Bay's 'I Am Number Four'
is definitely no 'Transformers'
The Advocate
I was so excited about the concept of "I Am Number Four." I usually fast-forward through the commercials on my DVR, but I loved the idea of this movie so much that I would stop just to watch the trailer.
The producer Michael Bay rocked "Transformers" and "Transformers 2" so I expected nothing short of a semi sci-fi, action-packed, edge-of-your -seat flick.
A brief synopsis is as follows: Nine aliens escaped the destruction of their planet and the annihilation of their race. Now the bad aliens that took out their race have followed them to Earth and there's a hit out on their lives. After the first three are killed, Number Four has to run for his life and ends up in the small town of Paradise, Ohio. He falls in love with a human girl and stays longer than he should and is tracked down by the bad aliens. Then it is realized that the nine were not only sent to Earth to save them but to save Earth from the bad aliens. It was going to be a Superman movie for the next generation.
I was sorely disappointed.
It wasn't the corny Twilight-like special effects, or the rip-off attempt to recreate the famous Twilight kiss — you know, the one where Edward (Robert Pattinson) looks like he is going to puke when he kisses Bella (Kristen Stewart) and you could just feel the hesitation seeping from the screen. Yeah sure, there were flashy lights blasting out big guns, creepy bad guys with bald tattooed heads and teeth that reminded me again of vampires, but the plot was the same old, same old young alien (Alex Pettyfer) fighting for his life meets human girl (Glee's Dianna Agron) and falls in love amid jamming the alien battle of all time into seven minutes at the end.
However, this film lacked its own life. Agron who plays Sarah, a teenager who is just came out of an identity crisis, tries way too hard to be sweet and soft-spoken but at least she tries to be her character. I couldn't even figure out the personality of the main character, Number Four, because Pettyfer was so blasé.
The best part of this movie was the very late entrance of Number Six (Teresa Palmer). She came through with her sexy Aussie accent, super powers blazing and kicked ass! She was the only reason why when the end credits rolled, I hoped for a sequel.
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