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- Review count2
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- First reviewMay 11, 2008
- Last reviewJune 15, 2013
- Featured reviews0
- Average rating1.5
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Overall rating
2
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5
Gets tiresome halfway through
PostedJune 15, 2013
Dialogue
2
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5
Special Effects
5
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5
Art Direction
4
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5
Acting
4
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5
Story
2
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5
Camerawork
4
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5
This film starts out promising, but loses its way halfway thought in which it basically becomes the Transformers. At that point, the film relies less on story and more on back and forth fighting special EFX which quite frankly look more like something on a Playstation than a hollywood blockbuster. Bring earplugs as a lot of these scenes rely on loud sound effects and after 3/4 of the film you are truly exhausted from having to endure it. One thing that I couldn't help but notice is the scenes of planes going into Metropolis/Manhattan buildings and then having them collapse on people who are just standing there gaping mouthed. If the filmmakers were going to be so insensitive about 9/11, then at least get it right and show what really happens when planes go into buildings that end up falling on people. At 2 hours, the film starts to desperately try and wrap itself up to finish at which point the cast start to finish each other's sentences about how the strategy to defeat the enemy will work as if all of a sudden they are experts on worm holes and the inner workings of alien spacecraft from Krypton. After wasting half of the movie's runtime on the said video game fighting filler, the bad guy is finished off with a simple sleeper hold (oh gee, why didn't I think of this 90 minutes into the story?). No great finish here.
Pros great eye candy
Cons like dragging a tractor tire through the desert
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
Overwritten
PostedMay 11, 2008
Joserus
This movie was about 40 minutes longer than it needed to be. Too much heavy dialogue where it didn't need to be which only weighed down the movie. I'd lke to see a better director cut this movie and then re-release it. It would probably fare better.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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