Too many fans seem to be blown away

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

The script is not great. And the base idea is quite ridiculous. But it is fun. And quite creative at times. So don't ignore it. The animation is okay. And the dialogues are very good with a lot of slapstick. Beware tho of a very slow start when every participant is presented. If you can, you might just jump over to when they reach the vacation house.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch

I liked this movie, but only for character growth. The aliens were clearly smart, but not at all believable. How is it that the young engineer knew better English than an experienced commander and soldiers? And he only knew good English until he fell into the little girl's room, then he started to just copy what they said! The girl alien was in my opinion, the best ET. She is smart, capable and a good soldier. The human characters were the best part, of course. They have it all, controlling parents, a stupid boyfriend, a confident teen girl, gamer twins, a pyromaniac cousin, grandma, a seemingly drunk guy, a mathlete who wants to be cool but ends up saving the world instead and to tie it all together, an adorable little girl who is friends with one of the enemy kind. That is what every movie needs, but not what this toned-down alien invasion deserves. I mean, "the invasion is cancelled! Head home!" Is that not the worst line ever said by an alien?

This could pass for one of those hate it or love it films. I just finished watching the movie and there were some moments so hilarious that I practically had tears in my eyes by the time I finished laughing.The storyline was not exactly refreshing in concept but the cast did a good job in my opinion and since I was in much need of some cheering up,the movie worked just fine for me. In all fairness,you could do so much more worse than choosing to watch this movie. The CGI effects were not that up to par but it doesn't really mar the film's entertainment value. Just go ahead and give it a try. If you don't expect too much out of the film you might actually end up relishing the movie.

First viewing I found this difficult. An amazing vehicle for Ashley Tisdale, just the ending as vomit. Re Tisdale. The few stories that I have with her include HSM and the sampler DVDs of Suite Life. I can read those as her developing the Maddie – Sharpay persona and growing it in different directions. Picture This has her as not the same and I do not rate it high, but that is because I find the actual story to be the wrong sort of magnetic. Tis – Mandy as attraction magnetic and her dad as repulsion magnetic, most other characters blending with Tis – Mandy in a less tearing sort of way. Aliens has variations on the Maddie – Sharpay persona pattern and I can rate that aspect a lot. She is often softer, as with Maddie, but the ending is horror deeper than Sharpay can devise. So, the horror is real world stuff. This practices a standard fiction trick of taking a real problem and exploring it in a different way by blaming it on aliens with the kids just getting carried away and practicing it themselves on someone who they consider to be totally askew. Making him even more askew. Standard gargoyle stuff. This is serious literature masquerading as kid's stuff? My favourite Tisdale is Donnie Darko, though she only appears in that, off and on, for seconds. It is also my favourite Daveigh Chase, Beethoven 5 as a near contender, and one of my favourite Drew Barrymore, her of Poison Ivy and Music And Lyrics. For my favourite Tisdale with noticeable on screen Tisdale, Aliens feels a must, or some episodes of Suite Life. * Get a DVD of five episodes of Power Rangers (2004) and that has two characters that occasionally show a Maddie – Sharpay type persona. It looks as if those in the know re Disney stuff should be able to notice the early development well before Tisdale joined in. For me, Ashley Tisdale does add quality, a noticeable difference.