A Little Bit Disappointing

Rating: 7/10 (2 January 2008)

The truth about this film is that there was way too much hype surrounding it and I got caught up in it. I went into this film with extremely high hopes of how awesome it would be. What I got instead was a well acted but strange film that didn't seem cohesive in many parts. Will Smith as usual was on par with his acting, its the script that could have done with some major changes. For a start the creatures were believable, unlike so many of these kinds of films. The script offered some good ideas but failed to capitalize on many of them like on how to bring the creatures under control...this was under utilized, there was also a very silly idea at the end of the film with the grenade, it could have been done differently....watch it and you will see what i mean. However i did thoroughly enjoy the first 40 minutes or so but then the film went off track a little bit...the ending was another very weak point. Despite my negative comments I urge you to watch this film and make up your own mind on whether it is good or not...this is just my personal indication of how I felt about it....my friends who watched it with me felt the same.