Muse Nymph: I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four is a movie about a senior in high school, John Smith, who's home planet, Lorien, was destroyed. There are nine like him that having run away from their home planet during it's destruction, live in Earth as refugees scattered out while running away from the Mogadorians. Each of them has special powers that, throughout the movie, are not specified as to what they are exactly. Each of them who look like ordinary teenagers living ordinary lives, have extraordinary powers and must fight to save Earth, their new home. John Smith aka Number Four, who will be the next target after the demise of Number Three, in particular wants to be normal. He, however, learns his incredible destiny and ends up as a warrior when trying to survive. He he acquires scars on his leg every time that one of them dies, he has three of them, one for Number One, one for Number Two, and one for Number Three. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri, John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events like his first (and only) love, powerful new abilities, and a connection to the others who share his destiny.If that weren't trouble enough John has to contend with the local football bullies who have targeted him and another outsider and soon-to-be ally, Sam. But at the very least he doesn't have to do everything by himself, enter Jane Doe aka Number Six, a girl with powers similar to John, she helps towards the end of the movie and helps kill the Mogadorians. In the end John is forced to leave his love, Sarah Hart, and rides away in his truck with Sam and Number Six who is leading the way in her motorcycle. They are going to find the other four like them and train to make their legacies (powers) stronger.

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books - but we are real. Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running, Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. We have live among you without you knowing. But they know.

-I Am Number Four (Book)

Mogadorians - hideous, long black trench-wearing (they actually look cool with the trench when you look at them from behind), aliens with tiny sharp and pointy teeth and gills on either side of their nose. Obviously the "bad guys", right? They also have ritualistic scalp tattoos on the back of their heads and speak a different language while talking to each other.

He looks cool with the trench in the wind, right?

Until you look at his face and your eyeballs fall out because he is too ugly! Just imagine this and then remember that there is more than just one of them. AH! The horror!

My Overall Opinion:
It was a very good movie! I give it four stars! I enjoyed watching it because the plot was very well thought out and the characters are well developed and thought through. I was fascinated by the special effects and believe it is a good movie for anyone interested in science fiction and most teenagers. This movie also brings out many emotions, some of the scenes were funny some were crazy some were sad, happy, etc. My favorite scenes had to be the part of the movie where Sam (the sidekick) finds out why his dad went missing because I thought he was going to be horrified but instead he was quite happy. I also enjoyed the scenes where I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be happy or sad, there were at least three. Finally I was upset that in the movie Number Six's legacies were so much more advanced than those of Number Four because he was the main character so it would have made more sense if he was further along than Jane, however throughout the movie her powers come in a lot more often than his and she does most of the stunts that save them. His part was big when she told him to hit her with his Lumen ,which is his energy/legacy, and she was recharged so that she could then continue to pull of more stunts.

Quotes:
I enjoyed many of the things that the characters from this movie said!

-"Stay tuned." - Number Six says this after Number Four ask what other powers she has.
-"Red bull is for p*****s." - Number Six says this after Number Four recharges her with his Lumen.
-"Your dog turned into one of them!" - Sam yells this (with a freaked out expression) at Number Four after his Beagle, Bernie Kosar (named after the Cleveland Browns quarterback), turns into a Chimera (shape-shifting creatures that protect the people of Lorien). Sam accidentally mistakes him for one of the Mogadorian's pets (huge ugly clawed and winged creatures).

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