A shiny turd, is still a turd.

Rating: 2/10 (19 March 2018)

This movie is bad. I'll out right say it. It's really bad. Like I'd rather watch Attack of Clones and the Cat in the Hat bad. This movie has some stunning visuals....sometimes. The CGI is terribly inconsistent. Some of the plants and wildlife look pretty good, but the entirety of the sky and sun look bad. I know when inside the Shimmer some colors will be different but the lighting is very poor in this film.
I will say this Natalie Portman's performance was great. And sadly it was the best part of the movie. Her performance is the only reason why this movie isn't a 1/10. The rest of the cast fails to do anything memorable. I don't believe it is the actors faults, they all seemed talented, I blame the lousey writing. The pacing is all over the place and it leaves you feeling not confused, but rather cheated. The violence in this movie is very over the top. I don't mind blood and guts, but it was like Doom or Duke Nukem style of violence, where it is overly ridiculous and nonsensical; it clashes heavily with the melodramatic and "realistic" tone of the rest of the movie.
This film comes across as very arrogant and self important. As if it has some huge greater meaning. It doesn't. This movie was more mind numbing than Transformers: The last Knight, because at least I can laugh or enjoy myself while munching on some popcorn watching Transformers. This movie is really bad, skip over it. This movie is the pinnacle example of how big of a disconnect there is between critics and adept movie goers.