Intense Button Pressing

Rating: 8/10 (30 November 2014)

I can say, without a shadow of doubt, that I enjoyed this movie. I enjoyed all three hours of this movie. There are however some problems that prevent me from giving it a higher overall rating. First off, one that you may have heard before, has to do with the sound mixing. While the score is great, it often drowns out the dialog making it hard to hear anything that is being said, especially by the close to whispering lead, Matthew McConaughey. The other problem I had was with some of the scenes in general. The cast goes about doing things that, quite frankly, you don't need to see. Set the tone with dramatic music though and man do you have some intense button pressing. Otherwise, for a movie that plays out like a sci-fi drama, it has a good dose of action in it. Nothing over the top or even all that gruesome (something we've come to expect in sci-fi these days). All together, its a great what if story with plenty of fun and interesting new ideas. Both thumbs up.