Underwhelmed

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2005)

I went and saw this movie with no expectations. It's a summer film so I'm not getting my hopes up. I was underwhelmed. As usual there were the big set pieces and decent SFX but nothing ground breaking. There's no "How did they do that?" moment. Well, maybe except for The Thing's obviously not-CGI suit, which is a good thing. Michael Chiklis is the best thing about this movie, acting-wise or otherwise. The movie seemed rushed. Lots of continuity problems. Stretching it to 2 hours wouldn't hurt. I guess the studio had to consider viewers's short attention spans. What a shame. After many summers of comic-based movies, you'd think they'd do better every year. At least this movie is not Elektra or Catwoman or Hulk. It wasn't bad but wasn't great either.