Sorry folks - I love movies but this was such a slow movie both myself AND my date had a hard time staying awake. Way too slow. More like a family willie wonka fantasy movie. Sure I get the old film connection and the French set re-creations were beautiful but this does not make a great story or movie. The movie is over hyped, over marketed, and definately used the 3-D as a gimmick. 2D movies should work on their own. Thumbs down,
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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1/ 5
Don't bother going
PostedSeptember 4, 2010
LAMoviecritic9
from Los Angeles
Bad movie - slow, no plot, characters you don't care about (except for the priest) George Clooney is a good actor but either he needed the money or had nothing to do and picked this script as a favor. I wanted my money back.
Folks - This movie is a terrible update, if you can call it that, of the original classic movie. The screenplay is a fraction of the original so the story line for the 1 and 50 minutes is painfully slow. Keanu Reeeves must have had botox all over his face since he had no expression and Jennifer Connely's closeups were always her expression of 'astonishment' with her mouth open. Both actors are much better than this. The special effects were OK but nothing better than the norm. GORT the robot gets my vote as the most interesting. Rent the original and enjoy a good movie.