Only OK. Not great, not bad, just OK

Rating: 5/10 (21 November 2014)

This film has had the whole treasury thrown at it and ought to have been fantastic for it. It fell below that aspiration for two crucial defects:-
Firstly the main hero of the piece isn't a strong character. He is lead along by others more than doing any leading himself and that detracts from his appeal.
Secondly the main villain may as well be a cardboard cut-out for all the emotion and menace he brings to the plot. Utterly devoid of any ability to inspire fear he appears at various points in the film like an advert may appear on TV - ie an interval to the rest of the plot.
The supporting animation and effects do their best to prop matters up but the failings of the leading characters limit their effects to merely dragging matters back to adequate. One other thing is that there appears to be no reason at all for the characters to band together. The bonding is utterly forced. It's not awful by any stretch of anything but Star Wars it isn't.