Are You Afraid of Saying "the King is naked"?

Rating: 1/10 (23 November 2014)

I watched this movie with a great deal of expectation because there was so much hype about this movie (not to mention the multiple Oscars it received this year). What I did not know was that I would have to endure the most excruciating 2-hours of my life. This movie was one of the worst movies I've ever watched in my entire life, right there with Swamp Thing or Mega Shark (SciFi channel original movie).
As many reviewers pointed out, there is almost no story in this movie. The special effects are nothing to write home about, and the physics and science in the movie are seriously flawed in most parts (I have an engineering degree, so I know one or two things about the law of physics). It is also filled with so many cliché that it was really difficult to take this movie seriously.
Further, the acting was so horrible that it was embarrassing to watch it with both eyes open. Sandra Block was usual herself--as annoying as ever. She continuously blurted out incoherent words. It seems that her acting skill has never improved since Speed.
Also, it is extremely annoying to see the constant efforts of Hollywood to flatter Chinese (Did you watch "2012"?). In the end, it was the Chinese product that brought Sandra Block safely back to the earth. I understand that Hollywood needs to sell movies to China (after all, it accounts for more than 1/4 of the world population), but please stop flattering them. It is getting really annoying.
I admit that I could encounter with a bad movie from time to time. Not all the movies can be like Shawshank Redemption or The Lord of Rings. I picked a wrong movie and wasted 2 hours of my life. It was my wrong-doing. However, what I cannot understand is the glaring reviews that this movie received by the critics and movie-goers alike. I do not rule out the possibility that I may be a stupid one, but it is a complete mystery for me how this could be considered to be a good movie. Is this a bad case of "group think" in which everyone is afraid of saying the truth? Let me tell you something: "The king is naked" and "this movie is really, really bad."