I am four. (Pig's review. Warning Spoilers!)

[Tha_Pig]

I just rented and watched this movie and I think its proof that a copy can be much better than the original.

Yeah, this movie’s premise is shamelessly lifted from “Twilight”. It’s practically a Xerox copy of the Twilight plot. But unlike Twilight, this movie is actually enjoyable to watch!

Let’s resume the story. A non-human guy goes to high school in a small rural town and pretends to be a regular teenager like everyone else. A human girl falls in love with him. Eventually bad guys come to town to bring trouble and kidnap his girlfriend so they can get to him… all of which eventually ends up in a finally showdown between the good non-humans and the bad non-humans.

Does that sound Twilighty enough so far?

Did I mention the character’s real nature is revealed when his skin displays unusual light effects?

Yeah! It’s fucking Twilight, that’s right! Except instead of vampires here there are aliens. The guy is the descendant of an extinct alien race who took refuge on Earth after their homeworld was destroyed.

The difference is while Twilight was torture to watch (probably because I’m not a 12 year old girl) this movie is actually entertaining.

While the basic story is the same, “I’m number four” has everything “Twilight” doesn’t. It has action, fights, crazy acrobatics, decent special effects, monsters that look like a cross between dinosaurs and flying squirrels, even guys with sharp teeth (which were inexplicably absent in the aforementioned vampire movie)

And it has characters that while are not exactly Shakespeare material are kind of likable, so you actually care enough to pay attention to the story.

The story has almost every science fiction cliché. Mysterious glowing stones, alien weapons and creatures, bad guys in leather trench coats... But it’s a fun movie to watch over a bucket of popcorn (or in my personally case a bottle of Vodka)

Highlights:

There is also a little bit of X-Men in the part when puberty triggers dormant superpowers in the good guy. In this case, it’s energy beams that come out of his palms (Alien puberty is so much fun! Remember we mortals had to settle with the promise we would grow hair there?)

A subplot about the school bullies who harass the good guy and his friend. Then, when he discovers his alien superpowers he promptly uses them to beat the shit out of the assholes. Every movie should have at least one little revenge moment.

And finally… a cute puppy that suddenly grows and transforms into a humongolonious monster for some reason. You see, that would have made Twilight worth watching, a fucking Hulk-puppy.

I give it 4 out of 5 bacon strips.

[Slate]

I wanted to see this movie, but missed in in theaters. Good to know it is worth at least renting, although to be honest I can enjoy a very broad range of cinema from the bad to the good. Also, you can't go wrong with that much bacon =P