Took my 11 year old grandson to see this one. Had to explain to him that in my day the humans were the heroes and the aliens were the bad guys. Also, that because belief in God in this post-modern era has been lost, people keep trying to make other things (like nature) god so that they will have something to believe in. Think I got through to him.
I took my kids to it ‘cause they both really wanted to see it. They (teenage boys) figured it would be a good action flick. It had that, but also a very stupid, negative story line. I would say it was a waste of time and money but it actually generated a pretty good dialogue with my boys over the lack of morality in Hollywood and just how far from real America and Americans the self-important fools out there have become. My one son in particular, who is planning a military career, was extremely offended at the idea of a traitor being held up as the supposed hero. Far from admiring him, we all felt he should be shot on sight.