Special Effects Festival

Rating: 3/10 (3 January 2010)

Spectacular special effects with a story that not only falls short, but has been beat to death in pop culture.
I only go to the movies once-in-awhile nowadays, and am really disappointed that I selected this film. It isn't the first time, though, that a movie with great special effects turned out to be banal and predictable.
Aside from the poor story and characters, there is an astonishing lack of consistency in technology. There is enough money and super-tech to go to other planets and do mining.....using mining technology that is *already* over 50 years old(?!)....but not enough money or tech to help a wounded soldier. It....does....not....make....any....sense.....
I won't go into the short-comings of the story and characters; it's already been covered well enough.