Surprsingly good movie

Rating: 7/10 (13 May 2006)

I had misgivings about going to watch this movie. I believed that this movie would be just more of the same special-effects digital garbage that Hollywood is dishing out faster than a short-order cook dishes out hash at a busy diner. The good news is that although this movie is packed with special effects, IT'S NOT GARBAGE. This movie is actually watchable, and contains some pretty good acting in a movie that is not overly insulting to one's intelligence. In other words, the movie entertains without being a mere live-action cartoon. Now this movie isn't Shakespeare and Tom Cruise is not Sir Laurence Olivier, so if you're expecting something esoteric or sublime, this is the wrong movie. But if you want an action movie and are willing to accept the movie on its own terms, then this movie is worth watching.