Terrible "plot line" - I wish I could unwatch it...

Rating: 1/10 (24 October 2010)

If it were possible for me to give this zero out of ten, I would have done. The comprehensive lack of an interesting or reasonable plot line culminates in a conclusion that left me with feelings reminiscent of the last time I had food poisoning – empty and full of regret. The abhorrent levels of "bad" were such that I genuinely fear that the next film I watch will be ruined by the echoes of this "film".
To be fair to the film and indeed as kind and constructive as I can, I think I should take a 'complement sandwich' approach. So to begin with, the special effects were (unsurprisingly) very good, not to mention the directing, which can hardly be held accountable for the plot line with which it had to work.
Now to move onto the more pressing issue of the plot: I slate it quite heavily in my summary, but feel that this is in no way unjustified. Its lack of explanation throughout left me nothing short of annoyed, with the apparent logic for progression of a situation in the story being almost universally – "this next bit happens because it says so in the script". It would be reasonable to say that the plot never flows, but rather just happens. It would be forgivable to give no explanation as to why things were as they were if such facts were not essential to an understanding of the film that was deeper than "for 108 minutes some things happened on a screen I was looking at". The denial of any catharsis at the end could be considered "artistic" were it not for the lack of quality in the plot preceding it to adequately back it up.
To complete the 'complement sandwich', another good thing about the film was that it finished. By that, I mean things stopped happening on the screen I was looking at, rather than a conclusion was reached.