One Less Pretentious Review

Rating: 7/10 (14 August 2017)

Movies are meant to entertain, not be some sort of genius string theory. I grow so tired of these one star review by pretentious people using the thesaurus for every word greater than 4 characters in length. Characters in movies make dumb decisions. Unrealistic things happen. That's Hollywood and that's movies. If you want real life, go to work or school or do some housework for a dose of realism and sense.
The negative reviews on this movie cite some of the most asinine reasons for their ratings. Most people said the movie was too predictable. This movie wasn't supposed to be some sort of mystery thriller. The writers weren't even trying to hide the things that reviewers pointed out as too obvious. In fact most of the things complained about were exposed as dead giveaways in the movie....not intended to be hidden at all. Try enjoying yourself at the theater instead of judging every scene cynically.
I heard a lot of sniveling about the CGI effects as well. Yes, the movie was very CGI intensive. It was also in wonderfully high definition, vibrantly colored, and had a crispness and refreshing, beautiful feel to it. There were maybe two parts where I felt that the CGI could have been improved upon. The rest of the 95% of the CGI was not only acceptable; but I found it pretty impressive and quite disturbing in many scenes.
All in all this was a really great movie. Both the wife and I really enjoyed it. We really enjoyed Prometheus as well though, so if you didn't like that movie you may not like this one. If you like action, aliens, technology, sci-fi, space travel then you will probably like this movie. If you are a pretentious internet snob who haughtily uses the thesaurus while spitefully describing the world around you, then you will probably find plenty to do here.