Movie Review: I Am Number Four

Rating: 4/5; Fun and entertaining. Really liked it. Re-watchable.

Release Date: February 18th, 2011

Series? Yes. It's based on Pittacus Lore's (the authors are actually Jobie Hughes and James Frey) I am Number Four novel which is a part of a reportedly six part series called Lorian Legacies.

Synopsis:
Nine aliens are sent to earth from their home planet (along with a bodyguard), Lorien which was destroyed by Mogadorians. Guess what the Mogadorians want to do now? Yup, kill the nine superpowered folks and the only way to do that is to kill them in order. The first three have died and now it's the fourth's turn to die.
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Thoughts:
What fun! It was not an incredibly amazing movie, but it was enjoyable and I think worth watching in theatres (I don't think it would be worth your hard earned cash to watch in IMAX).
I was hoping/expecting more background information on Number Four (Alex Pettyfer) and his home so it sincerely disappointed me to only learn about a paragraph of information. I want to know so much more about where he is from and more about the Mogadorians (I always like learning about why the evil folks are evil). The movie was also not as long as I would have hoped, but then this is always the case with movies like this. How I dread waiting for sequels.
What I did like about it was pretty much everything else. I loved the pop culture embedded throughout (the soundtrack, texting, xbox joke, and more!) the movie. It really made the audience feel like this could actually happen in our time. I love that! It was not just some crap movie done in a half assed way like in initially thought. It really was FUN. Those action/fight scenes really made it for me. I'm not sure about the giant creatures, but whatever. The love story in the movie also made it pretty cute which makes it enjoyable for both guys and gals. I should note that I loved the characters, especially Sam (Callan McAliffe), Number 6 (Teresa Palmer), Henri (Timothy Olyphant - I love him!), and of course the puppy! They were all badass in their own ways. Surprisingly I wasn't a huge fan of Number Four and Sarah (Dianna Agron from Glee!). I found them to be somewhat uninteresting. Cute, but still bland somehow.
Recommended.

Soundtrack (click the titles for youtube video):


"Radioactive" by Kings of Leon I was quite surprised to hear KOL on the opening scene. Very fun!
"Tighten Up" by The Black Keys Even more surprised! I love this song and gosh the video is the best. 
"Rolling in the Deep" by Adele This one was in one of the trailers. Nice.
"Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell 
"Shelter" by The Xx Never heard it before. SO in love with it right now! Listen to it!!
"Soldier On" by The Temper Trap Ah, nice. 
"Invented" by Jimmy Eat World I'm so shocked I hadn't heard this J.E.W song before. Love it! P.S they mention my home city, Houston! 
"Curfew" by Beck Never heard of it before the movie. Can't find it online...
"As She's Walking Away" by Zac Brown Band hehe the janitor was listening to this one. I'm not a fan of country from this decade so meh :/
"Letters From the Sky" by Civil Twilight Oh yeah. I like it. Listen to "Human" by them too. 

Source.

Trailer:


Similar to:
Infamous video game (this game's fun!) - The protagonist can also shoot out blue light from his hands which he uses to perform various tasks like shooting people with it. It looks better when you see it ;)
Heroes (tv show) - the aliens with superpowers reminded me of the people in Heroes
Superman - Superman is from another planet. Has super powers. Similarities. No one can beat good ol' Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El though. Yes, he's my favorite superhero. 

I Am Number Four: Site/Twitter (book)

Bye now,
~~Lisette~~