YMMV / Battle: Los Angeles

• Awesome Music:
  • Many of the trailers have parts of "The Sun's Gone Dim And The Sky's Turned Black" by Johann Johannson as their soundtrack.
  • For Home, Family, And Country, which is the music that plays while the Marines are flying over LA. And also Main Titles and We Are Still Here.
  • "Marines Don't Quit" from the scene where Nantz tells Lockett that he remembers that The Dead Have Names.
• Cliché Storm: A group of Marines, one about to get married, one trying to gain citizenship, one two days from retirement, one with a baby on the way, one a fresh-faced rookie, one struggling to cope, and one who lost his brother, use the power of teamwork and More Dakka to defend the United States from an Alien Invasion.
• Critical Dissonance: The movie was lambasted by critics but enjoyed a modest box office success and audience response. It's mostly Black Hawk Down with aliens and enjoyment of the film pretty much depends on whether or not you can get into that.
• Fan Nickname: The aliens are never really named (though the soldiers seem to settle on ants) — there are lots of nicknames. Some call the aliens "BLAAs" for "Battle Los Angeles Aliens". Another nickname for them is Land Sharks.
• Heartwarming Moments: When Nantz decides to go after the drone control center alone, the other Marines come along, despite his orders to stay behind, as well as knowing that it's most likely a suicide mission.
• Paranoia Fuel:
  • The aliens can hide anywhere where's enough water, including in your pool.
  • Aliens dragging you off to do God knows what.
• The Problem with Licensed Games: The Battle: Los Angeles game is a mediocre FPS with below-average graphics that came and went.
• Retroactive Recognition: Michael Peña as Mr. Rincon.
• Sci-Fi Ghetto: Mixed reviews, but the scifi fans seem to enjoy its realistic depiction of how an alien invasion could go. In particular, aspects that have been lauded in other films were less so in this one because it wasn't 'real', such as the faux-documentary style that involves Jitter Cam.
  • The director himself said he didn't want to make a science fiction movie but rather a war movie in which the enemy happens to be aliens.
• So Okay, It's Average: The main consensus, with many viewers and critics admitting it still does plenty of intriguing things regarding the Alien Invasion genre but still doesn't live up to its awesome previews.

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