Hollywood fails again

Rating: 2/10 (3 August 2017)

Why does Hollywood insist on making remakes, reboots, and franchises when they nearly always fail? Gone are the days when studios were willing to take risks and give a break to fledgling filmmakers. The studio heads are all money-men that use algorithms to generate money over content, and have absolutely no knowledge (or love) of cinema. Having said that, this movie has bad writing, poor casting, sub-par CGI (The Matrix holds up better), and it is intensely stupid to boot. How the hell would somebody so quickly identify a John Denver song nearly 150 years after it was released? Can you think of a song that old? Give me a break; I can only suspend my disbelief so far. This is exactly what you would expect from a shameless, soulless, hollow attempt to capitalize on a beloved sci-fi classic. Just avoid this cash-grab garbage and watch the first two movies again. Or maybe just throw $17.99 (Amazon in standard def!) down the toilet and punch yourself in the face. Unwatchable for me (I couldn't finish it), shameful at best. Why not come up with something original?