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I think they could have done this better. Much of the documentary seems to rely on our empathy for the main person of the film, which is Tom who has a sort of mental handicap called fragile X, but even for those who aren't fed up with this kind of cheap pandering, they don't even dig deep into his condition. The film can't seem to decide which angle to go for... The fact that they're trying to meet Lars Ulrich of Metallica or how it is for this guy to live with his condition. I don't regret watching it or anything, it's okay for entertainment but could have been much better. Clocks at approx 75 mins.

I was expecting good things here. Björck is an interesting character in political debates and as far as I can remember this received positive reviews when it was released. Turns out it's just 80 minutes of boredom. But expect pretentious people to call it "brilliant" without any actual arguments. A lot of people have been critical about all those entertaining American documentaries of the 21st century, but the opposite is a not a recipe for success. I suppose there are some nice moments with regards to the formal aspect of film as a medium, but the content is barely there. I give it 3/10 which to me is barely above plain bad.

I have to give this a low rating even if it was a lot more consistent than other invasion flicks. Battle: Los Angeles is not bad, and has to be applauded for cutting out most of the sap that usually comes with big action sci-fi films, for having a credible cast and for just trying something new, but sadly it also loses a lot of the good things in this genre. It's almost as if you'd call it false advertising, because you don't really see that much of the invaders. In the end they might just have been a foreign army, because there isn't much of close-up footage of the aliens, and most of the battle just consists of two fronts shooting at each other. That's more realistic and it's nice to see a more balanced presentation of the other side; they never really seem to be unbeatable. If you're big into war action, you might dig it, but if you expect Aliens or Independence Day, don't expect to be amazed.