Visually appealing but story dwells too long on irrelevant detail

Rating: 6/10 (3 March 2013)

The book might be very good but as a movie it is just a story that could have been told in a short movie( 20 minutes) with the same effect and the same beauty and same message and same option for debate and thought about it. I do not like movies that are there to carry a message, e.g. Contact and the message become more important then the characters and the story moving forward.
The movie is visually very appealing, if it were not for CGI effects would get a much lower rating, I am sure.
I expected more and can give it only a 6/10. Perhaps if you do not mind movies that are there to carry a message, more so than tell a story and love CGI you will enjoy this movie and find it very beautiful.