Big Budget = Lazy film makers = bad movie.

Rating: 4/10 (6 January 2008)

I like Will Smith, I like action movies, I even like serious movies.
I don't like this movie. It lazy, its poorly thought out and at no point captures an 'emotional response' (I also don't like this phrase, but it is the best I can come up with on short notice).
But, my biggest bugbear is just how...stupid a lot of it is. Below are a couple of examples that could be described as 1/2 spoilers so be aware!
If the best way to hunt a deer is to drive after them at 70mph in a Shelby Mustang blasting with a sub-machine gun. Then why do all the hunters I know sneak around in thick cover with very accurate single shot rifles?
If the bad guys are upset by bright lights/sunlight, why go dancing around in their lair with 2 little mini-torches.
If your clever enough to survive 2 years on your own in a 'hostile' environment. Why aren't you clever enough to realise that if the suns going down, its already too late to set off home.
I'll tell you why, because that wouldn't let you do all that big budget CGI stupidity. Presumably it is done to appeal to the producers and marketing people (with their sub-standard IQ's) who's money you need, to make the movie in the first place.
But, film like Apocalyse Now, which had huge budgets, refrained from letting the special affects and actions scenes detract from the movie. They enhanced the movie because they were cleverly thought out by people who weren't lazy or compulsively driven by marketing...!
4 out of 10, just because I like Will Smith just doesn't seem to be enough to me. Could have done so, so much better!