The Most Disappointing Film of the Year

Rating: 3/10 (24 December 2012)

I cant really say anything new that hasn't been said for countless pages, so i will just say this: if you go into this film with high hopes like i did, you will be let down.
The first half of the movie is a total incoherent mess. At one point, the person i was with turned to me and said 'What the hell are we watching'. I've seen plenty of films that ran multi story lines at once and managed to tie them in nicely while still having wonderful character development and an engrossing multitude of story lines you actually care about. This is not one of those films. I will add though that the film becomes a lot more watchable in the second half and redeems itself somewhat. But overall is not worth the investment of 3 hours
Pros: Great Special Effects
Great cinematography
Great makeup/prosthetic's
Cons: Too many story lines going at once completely detaches you from developing a character development/care for whats going on
Tom Hanks and several cast members overacting. In fact multiple times i felt like i was watching a theater play instead of a movie because the acting was so over the top.
Pointless story lines that add nothing to the film and could've easily been cut out completely (course then the booknerds would complain)
Cant understand most of Tom Hanks dialogue in future timelime. Also the lines sound really forced and unconvincing