Stunning as a showcase for today's special effects - very disappointing as a movie

Rating: 4/10 (2 January 2010)

Just saw this movie in a 3d cinema. Very impressive concerning the imagery - I didn't see a movie which brings CGI to such a level yet, since it is very convincing even in the movement of the faces and bodies of the alien, but human-like race.
But unfortunately the movie itself, i.e. the story that is being told and how this is done, is on the level of a children's movie. It's very foreseeable in all plot elements, which means: no surprises. Also after some time into the movie it seems as if every cliché you've ever seen in action movies is repeated. This gets pretty annoying. If you're a child of 12 you'll love it, otherwise you only get the effects.
The only depth added to this movie is an implicit criticism of 'brute-force' capitalism. But this doesn't turn around the experience of watching this.