Well made, but ultimately hollow and disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (4 April 2007)

I really don't understand why this film is gathering so much praise, I admit that it's very competently made, the visuals are interesting and well done, but ultimately it's a completely hollow experience. The characters are two-dimensional and ridiculously silly, how can anyone possibly relate to this film? Maybe I'm missing the point, but I wasn't even particularly entertained by any of the action. Some of it, I admit, was fun, but for the most part I was all too aware of myself sitting in a dark room watching what are largely computer animated images. It just didn't suck me in, and I'm disappointed because I thought it would be much better considering all the rave reviews on here. Unfortunately, by the end, I was just slightly bored. I'm not denying that the film has merits, it's still well made for what it is, but at the end of the day this has no right to be in the top 250 and I felt I should just add my two cents seeing as some of my friends were also disappointed. This is a very average film with, in my opinion, nothing radically original or great about it.