Maybe a bit of a fun escape movie on a Saturday afternoon.

Rating: 6/10 (23 April 2016)

From time to time I like to watch these types of films. They can vary from not bad to really quite abominable. This one had a really good cast and evidently plenty of money to work with. The film works well up until they introduce an enormous man-monster who likes to yell "Arrrgh" and smash things. I find it amazing that they could not come up with a more imaginative 'antagonist' type character. I think that the filmmakers relying on such a clichÃ©d character is truly embarrassing. The fact that the movies story line before 'the big ending' was a bit more complex than usual was demolished solidly by the way the film ended. In general I think they have spent way too much time developing the whole realm of superhero comics into film & TV. Those types of works do work-but only from time to time. I think that the saturation of the superhero genre that we are reaching is negatively impacting on the sum of everything in the genre.