Earth to Echo (2014)

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

I honestly don't get the hate for this movie. I went to see it with my friend and we both enjoyed it. It is a very awesome movie the best bit was when echo assembled his ship together and when the kids broke into the military base. Acting was decent and the spacial effects were good. I would definitely recomand it.

Now, of course, I mean for big-budget, wide-release stuff. But seriously, this movie was awful in every way conceivable.The directing was, frankly, non-existent. I understand the camera is supposed to shaky, but for one, that is not a creative decision and the idea of it does not add to the experience, and for two, it is more nauseating than it is anything else.The writing was bad. The best way to describe it would be that it seemed like a film student had made a very good seven-minute film about this, and some Hollywood glamour writer tried to stretch it out to be a a feature-length film.Finally, the acting. As a child actor myself, I have a lot of respect for child actors who are actually good at what they do. Unfortunately, as this movie proves, they are in the minority. The actors in this movie have got to be the worst actors since "The Room." A few side notes as well. The girl was added as an, "oh yeah, we should have a love interest in the film," rather than as a three- dimensional character, which is a shame, because it would've been good to see another viewpoint.The government conspiracy has got to be the most unbelievable plot in film history. Not only are the actors playing the officials world- class awful, but the entire plot is forced beyond measure and the events would not play out in this way, even is the ridiculous premise was true.Finally, the alien. Echo has got to be the worst alien ever, not because I don't like Echo, but because they shouldn't be calling him "Echo," they should be calling him "E.T," because that's what he is. He meets children on Earth. The poster for his movie features a boy's finger reaching out to touch him (yeah, the posters are the same, too). He is short-spoken. He is adorable. And oh, yes, it is supposed to be sad when Echo leaves, just like, guess who? E.T.I loved the original E.T. I am not okay with this re-boot.

Loved it. I wish I could leave the review at that. It can't be classified as found footage. It's more of a home movie which is a good sign that some people are looking at the genre and finding ways of putting actual creativity into it.It was reminiscent of E.T., and just like the film that touched my childhood imagination, this film did so to my adult imagination. The titular character Echo was cute and had nuances that reverberated with me long after watching it.You could call it a modern day remake of E.T., but just because it has similarities in theme and plot elements doesn't make it so. Echo has a life of its own, and out of the 60 movies I have watched in 2015 thus far (May the 6th), this one has come out in the top five and doesn't look like budging.

In my opinion, this movie is awesome. Yea it has some ''language'' and you should expect that from reading a summary of the movie or at least you should have. its OK if you didn't like it but this movie really doesn't just talk about helping Echo but it gives a strong look at friendship and how they stick up for each other. That's what matters. So Yea It's Awesome. Especially how the kids make it seem so real. The movie, I think would have been greater if it was shot through a movie camera, not a cam recorder. The movie isn't as predictable as you might think but then you catch on to it. This movie is awesome.Thanks. (It's pretty funny too. Especially with your sense of humor)