horrid

Rating: 1/10 (18 January 2008)

Quite possibly the worst film I've seen. And I've seen some stinkers (Dungeons and Dragons anyone?). I'd rather watch 3 hours of Jar-Jar doing karaoke than see this again. Too many "over the top" elements, zero suspension-of-disbelief, the shaky-camera got tiring in less than the first 5 mins, the opening was utterly boring exposition-via-3rd-person-camera- as-character and I thought the writing and acting was quite poor. It was innovative / an interesting concept, but I think it failed miserably when it came to execution.
I'm sorely disappointed, I didn't except a summer-blockbuster style effects film, or an epic/monster/disaster movie. I did expect that this would be more than a higher-budget effects-laden Blair Witch. For something that was supposedly "character driven" you'd think they might have developed the love interest further than a fawning-frat-boy level. I had high expectations for what this could have been but instead of follow or develop any of the interesting side-stories or concepts brought up, or being a wild ride, it substituted shaky- camera-fast-cutting "edgy" editing for good film-making, and suffers greatly for it.
AVOID / dollar-theater / netflix with 10 friends and a lot of beer...