Good for what it is

Rating: 10/10 (4 November 2010)

I think a lot of viewers are suffering from a common problem with preferences. First, this is a sci-fi movie, not just a 'summer action movie'. Second, the credits even claim as suggested by the books, not based off the books. If you were to include all of the details from the original story then this movie would be too boring for most I would assume. Third, if the viewer is complaining of the CGI, then they are missing the point completely.
Hey, I might have many disagree with me on those points, but personally I do like thriller movies with some deep story to it. I do like some sci-fi as well, with some believable concept.
This movie definitely has a believable story (maybe not believable date however) and nice atmosphere to me, and it keeps me re-watching it every now and again. The product placement reeeeeaaally doesn't bother me compared to some other movies, which believe me is way more obvious than this.
It does matter what your preferences are, but I think that having more dialogue would have watered down the action, as this event takes place in a short time.
There was not as much suspense however. Only a few portions of the movie were there hard conflicts for the character, but this is a 'mystery' movie overall since he is a detective. Also, the random 'jumps' from where he gets his ideas were not too bad, but some of the dialogue was a little simple.
But the main thing was the movie made you think about what they're saying, and the story, while still having the action, but I like those kind of movies personally.
I think many people may not have liked this movie as much, because it is sort of a cross between action and mystery, and there wasn't enough 'juicy' dialogue to back it up. But that all depends on what the viewers like, but I think the movie was done very well for what its intentions were.