DARK SKIES, PG-13 ( 1 hr & 35 min )

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where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Monday, February 25th, 2013
show: 2:25 p.m.
costs: $7.50 Ticket + $4.50 1-litre Dasani Water + $3.63 medium Strawberry Milkshake and Water at MacDonald's Restaurant after the movie = $15.63
auditorium: 2
seat: 4th row ( counting from the front ), 7th column ( counting from the left )

synopsis/overview: A young family is beset by problems of an "Alien kind" that culminates in something that could only be termed as "a parent's worst nightmare."

noteworthy scenes: 1.) Food trail; 2.) Sandman's handiwork; 3.) Alarm; 4.) Family photos; 5.) Playground; 6.) Birds; 7.) Sam's room; 8.) "You can't tell your mom about this place"; 9.) "I like the way you think"; 10.) Video monitors; 11.) Breakdown; 12.) "Three different directions"; 13.) Mass Bird Deaths; 14.) "Why aren't you answering me"; 15.) "I lost six hours today"; 16.) "Sam drew this yesterday"; 17.) Bruises; 18.) Woods; 19.) Standard procedures; 20.) Frame-by-frame; 21.) "I'm ready to believe"; 22.) "'Helps weed-out the lunatics"; 23.) Implants; 24.) Kids' pictures; 25.) "Leave us alone"; 26.) Vision; 27.) Newspaper clipping; 28.) Flashback; and 29.) Walkie-talkie.

audience reaction: There was a dozen or so people in the audience with me. And they seemed to like this movie.

recommendation: I liked it enough--the "weird eyes" on the innocent victim in a dream sequence might be a bit much for the little brats in your company. Go see this movie for a "different" kind of scare, but please leave the really young brats at home!

spoiler alert! The TV came-on too quickly. Okay, the waiting period after the purchase of a shotgun is 10 days for the necessary background check on the purchaser. So, how did he get the shotgun from the gun store so quickly? That poor dog probably thought to itself, "I left the dog pound for this?!?!?!" Don't tell me that the neighbors didn't notice the bright light and the shotgun blast. The porn movie never got past the "boob grope" scene--bummer! LOL

fyi: The houses in the quaint neighborhood look like they're from the '50s or '60s---I think that they are! come to think of it.

Do a Google search on "Mass Bird Deaths" and see what comes up.

This movie reminded me of Will Smith's INDEPENDENCE DAY ( 1996 ) movie as I watched the climactic scene.

I encountered two Reptilians one time and a single Reptilian in yet another time. They were huge and very quick! They were hellbent on killing me, if not for Divine Intercession.

And I couldn't help but think to myself that maybe--just maybe--the Demons mentioned in the Bible are just these Reptilian aliens, which was a very worrisome thought for me to entertain. Even though God's Living Creatures in Holy Attendance are described ( symbolically? ) in the Bible as having hideously fearsome "physical" anatomies, I still couldn't get over the idea that the Demons are Reptilian in form.

word of advice: Just because you don't experience it doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.

tidbits:  I had a 9 o'clock appointment with my tax preparer at Liberty Tax Service today.

After my taxes were done, I walked to the nearby newspaper vending machine to check on the Oscar winners. I was right about Ang Lee, Daniel Day-Lewis, and LIFE OF PI; but I was wrong about Naomi Watts. I still think that Ms. Watts should have won the Best Actress Oscar!

Then, I drove to the nearby oil-change shop to find out their business hours and to see how much they charge for an engine oil change. I also inquired about their manual transmission fluid change.

On my way to Goin' Postal on the corner of Tuolumne and Redwood Streets to drop-off some bill payments, I had to slam on my brakes while driving on Redwood Street because a brown puppy ( or little dog ) was standing in the middle of my lane and staring at something across the street. I honked at it a number of times to get its attention. It finally went back onto the sidewalk. If I see a little brown and red spot on that part of Redwood Street tonight on my way home, then I know what happened!

I went to the Food Maxx Supermarket a few doors down from Goin' Postal to buy something to eat since I left my condo without eating anything for breakfast. I bought a mixed berry yogurt drink to tide me over since it was almost noontime. And I had in mind to go have lunch at Selecta Pilipino Buffet on Springs Road here in Vallejo.

When I got to Selecta Pilipino Buffet, I parked my car under the shade of a tree and proceeded to read my old Contra Costa newspaper ( the one with a front page article on assault weapons ban after the Newtown, Connecticut School Massacre ) since lunch at Selecta is usually served at around 11:30 a.m., and I still had plenty of time on my hands.

I bought some lottery tickets after I ate my lunch. Then, I went next door to the 99-Cent Only Store to do a little shopping.

As I used a toilet stall in the men's room of the theatre, I noticed something ....

I'm sorry for this blurry image.

There is a little trash bin built into the side wall with an image of a hand disposing of a tampon! Yes, that's absolutely right: TAMPON!!! In the men's room!! And, to think, all these years I thought that it was just an image of a cigarette being disposed of! Then I realized that there is no smoking allowed anywhere inside the theatre. That was when it dawned on me! Ha, ha, ha.

After the movie, I went to the MacDonald's Restaurant on 902 Admiral Callaghan Lane in the Target Shopping Center here in Vallejo to have a strawberry shake and to blog about this movie.

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