A pleasant surprise, might even get me in to watching more of this stuff.

Rating: 7/10 (25 December 2015)

Having just given Star Wars: Force Awakens a generous 4 stars, not having any interest in comic book/super-heroes, and having hated just about anything out of Hollywood for as long as I can remember, it would be an understatement to say I wasn't expecting much from this. But it came recommended from a credible couple, and when presented by chance as a cheap rental deal on Google Film yesterday I thought what the hell - its Christmas, why not watch a film.
Impressive. Thoroughly enjoyable. Humour was great, CGI outstanding, even moving in places. Plot holes and cringe-worthy sections (the last third got weaker) are all part of the score for comic book fantasy and in keeping with the genre style. But are shrunk away, like out hero going sub-atomic, by the film's better points. I wish the same could have been said for the recent Star Wars.
The film has a few flaws, not anything to make even someone as disinterested as I am think poorly of the production though. It would take something pretty epic and thought provoking to warrant a 9 or 10 stars in my book, and I'm surprised myself to be giving it a 7 (7.5?). But great fun to watch, even for those of you who think you couldn't possibly be interested.