Pretty Bad Actually

Rating: 3/10 (22 December 2009)

There is nothing worse than a director trying to show off...i.e. George Lucas's remakes.... Steven Spielberg's re dub of E.T. or the horrible Minority Report.... Huge directors trying to spray the floor with testosterone and personal messages. Why on earth would you give the 'okay' to the script without actually reading it? 500 million dollars? 30 million would have bought you an amazing screenwriter like Charlie Kaufman... Why wouldn't you start from there? Perhaps because he would never have agreed to such an awful story, especially one that has been tried time and time again! Why would you try to dazzle with technology when you could 'Dazzle' with excellent storytelling and character development? I realize the amazing movies he's put out before...I'm a huge fan!!!! But Jesus!... Don't get self indulgent! What was he working on for twelve years! Not this piece of crap! It's the Jar Jar Binks of 3D! I wish it wasn't but it is!
The cameras that his team designed (note the use of 'Team' he didn't design them himself) paved the way for easier three-dimensional filming but unfortunately pioneers often leave with empty pockets, but thats not true in this case because the marketing for this movie sucked in even the smart ones that knew better! The CG elements created by Weta were amazing but rushed... They put more into the creature design than the characters...Which I can understand, because the characters were one dimensional. A creature can be anything you want it to be! And they've proved it! Time and time again, sidestepping the directors and delivering solid CG performances.
Living in the Eco-friendly environment that we all pretend we are in doesn't mean sacrificing story, nor does it mean you can cut corners by circumventing the plot through meaningless ideals which only the 'characters' embody. Bottom line....... Star Wars: Episodes 1,2,3 and Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull prelude Avatar and the overwhelming positive response by critics and viewers just goes to show you how suffocated we all are for a true science fiction dream come true.