What a let down

Rating: 2/10 (11 November 2016)

This movie was so hyped up - we (me, wife, 13yo daughter) just had to go and check it out right away. Booked tickets way in advance to get good theater seats and we have been avoiding reviews all week so we could be totally blown away by all of the 'surprises' this promised. But now, after watching it, I think the majority of the excellent reviews posted on various websites must have been some kind of media conspiracy. Truly, I am pretty easy going when it comes to movie critiques - but this movie essentially blew a big snot ball all over me during the last 10 minutes. I was expecting some kind of marvelous revelation or amazing "ah-ha!" moment; but when the credits began to roll, I realized that was not happening. Nothing was ever really explained. I won't give away any spoilers away but what really irritated me was when the aliens were asked "the real important question" the answer they give is - well - you go and watch for yourself if you really want to know. This movie is just a bunch of depressing, dreary scenes, and mostly boring, but sometimes the lead actors do use some really scientific dialog. I was not impressed nor satisfied with any part of the movie. At the very least, I was hoping to enjoy watching the usual perky and cute Amy Adams, but alas she was depressed and frumpy throughout this one. Even the cinematography is bland, gray, and utterly lackluster. Then there are the alien space ships, which you have no doubt already seen in the trailers (or the movie poster), look like grey cow-pies flipped on their sides. So to you good folks out there reading this I say nay-nay on this flick. The only redeeming part of this movie is that I was able to spend some time with my family watching it together, then later discussing how empty it left us all with the ending, so maybe that was worth the $38.00 we spent on the tickets. So I gave it an extra star for two-stars overall.