What a disappointment

Rating: 3/10 (18 April 2007)

Well, I can't honestly give this film a good review despite being a fan of Will Smith (well, he can be very annoying at times though and is better suited to other films) and Goldblum. The actors in it are not my favourites and this combined with what appeared to very bad acting really ruined the film for me. Bill Pullman, Robert Loggia and Adam Baldwin were absolutely awful. Was it just bad directing or just simply bad acting? Bill Pullman acted like he was in a comedy. His face expressions hilarious at times. I mean does he ever know when to put a serious face even at the thought the earth is about to end? I mean what was going on in his head? What was going on in the Director's head more importantly as this has some of the worse acting I have ever seen in a film. As for the story line, the thought of a virus being uploaded to a revolutionary alien ship like this was so unrealistic it made me laugh. What did they use again, a floppy disk? Is their security firewall that lame? Seriously? Who writes this crap? I could have walked out of the cinema at that point alone had it not been for some really good special effects which was the only factor to grab my attention. As for a single missile destroying a giant UFO that would kill an entire city if was to collapse on the earth, I don't think much thought went into the ending. I also like how Will Smith can just to fly an alien spaceship. I mean, is he from the matrix? Watchable for the special effects only. Everything else was a let down and I mean a serious let down. Now I like blockbuster films with special effects as much as anyone but it still needs to be believable and also well acted. This lacks this.