Not great...not even good. But deeply flawed!

Rating: 2/10 (3 March 2012)

We really were looking forward to seeing this movie (we didn't see it at the theater, or in 3D - which made some parts of the movie seem quite odd). It got quite the buzz at the Oscars, and seems to be highly rated.
What happened? The narrative was incredibly weak, some glaring plot gaps and issues ruined both continuity and interest level. The acting ranges from unmemorable to flat out awful (including some dreadfully bad faces by the young lead actress).
Mostly, it is a boring movie. We watched it in two equal parts - because we couldn't get though it in one sitting...it was putting us to sleep! More boring than the Narnia series, more forgettable than any of the Harry Potter series (but trying so hard, judging from the same sort of annoying soundtrack).......
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