Visually A masterpiece... storyline lacking

Rating: 7/10 (14 April 2013)

I did enjoy this film to some extent. The visuals are absolutely stunning and some of the best i have seen in a while; watching the featurette showed me how much effort was put into the visuals and it definitely shows. The film is polished and the way the action sequences intermingle with the visuals is enough for anyone to go and see this film. But prepare yourself to be slightly disappointed with the storyline if you are a big science fiction fan. I could see a number of adolescent teens finding the storyline to be the best most intricate thing ever seen, but to any hardened science fiction fan there will be a slight sense of disappointment. *spoilers ahead* The film seems to have taken various concepts from many science fiction films and smooshed them together within this film. I saw bits from the matrix (1999), moon (2009) and 2001 a space odyssey (1968). And i am sure there may have been more. The thing about science fiction is it's easier ability to be original, you can imagine anything in the future and thats science fiction. This film does the opposite, it has taken rather then imagined. It has me to believe that this film may of been a homage to science fiction but i can't really tell. The acting is a little weak, and when tom cruise decides to play basketball with a flannel shirt and new york baseball cap on i couldn't help but cringe (and i felt like the rest of the audience felt the same way). There are elements that have made this a reasonable film but to any real science fiction fan you will leave the cinema with an air of disappointment.
7/10. Giddy Up.