Not impressed

Rating: 4/10 (20 April 2013)

This movie was far weaker than I expected. It is full of tired stereotypical character profiles (the gruff captain, the odd doctor, the yucking-it-up Chris Rock/Eddie Murphy wanna-be, the eccentric scientist who speaks in mysterious scientific mumbo-jumbo, the hardened let's-get- the-heck-out-of-here pilot, etc ad nauseum), weak acting, and an endless series of predictable disasters. I did not find it clever, inspiring, or original. Even the CGI was weak in many spots.
The average rating surprises the heck out of me, are people's standards really that low? There were a few surprises, but you can make people jump out of their seats with an orchestra hit even if the screen shows a kitten licking its paw.
I tend to automatically lower my expectations anytime a move starts with a teletype history line leading up to the opening scenes.