Rim of the World

I can't figure out if it's a kids show with adult overtones or an adult film with childish overtones. It's not the worse movie in the world, may be better if I was 13

Imagine the Goonies written by a talentless writer, with added aliens. The film has zero charm, 90% terrible dialogue and tiresome characters. It's like Independence Day with a lower IQ. No, I didn't think that was possible either

Pretty watchable mini-blockbuster with actually pretty likable kids and a by-the-numbers plot.

It's more about the personal journey than the mechanage and aliens but what we get is pretty stunning (except one shot of an alien that looks fake as s*** but whatever).

The dialogue flows spontaneously and I want to fall for the tone of youthful, transformative adventure where several different kinds of kids do a Breakfast Club on each other.

One thing that does sort of irritate me is that they have one girl in the quartet and she is so "the girl" if you get me. She acts as surrogate parent to when the boys are *being boys* if you still get me. Just once I'd like a boy to be able to be this with a girl. Sometimes girls are fun and boys are composed...I mean it. Rant over.

If there is a main flaw then it is that they cram way too much character development into one movie. Everyone has their "this is who I was" speech and everyone has their "this is my weakness" moment and everyone has that "wow I have to overcome by specific weakness right now" scene. It all just seems a bit contrived. If it had been a six part serial they would have had to radically complicate the plot but then the personal element would have a bit more time to breath.

But it's a fun movie even if they totally fudged the ending.

I'm really confused. The main characters are pre-teens so you would think the movie was aimed towards that age group. But no, between the violence, profanity, and innuendo, I would definitely not let a pre-teen watch it. But again, the characters are kids. It isn't funny nor charming enough for adults, the action sequences were horrendously bad, and most of it made absolutely no sense. However....I was slightly entertained because of these inconsistencies. If it's free and you're very bored, watch it.

...as it was intended... this was a FUN SciFi movie not meant to be taken seriously like Independence Day (for example). If you understand that, you will appreciate this movie for what it is. The cast was great. The effects were great. The plot was unbelievable---because it is FICTION---yes, there were some forced politically-correct themes in here and forced sympathy dialogue that could have been removed, but apart from that, I recommend watching it.