The new cornerstone that takes down the house

Rating: 2/10 (19 September 2012)

So we have some CGI. Once again. As incredible as it may seem, there were great movies before CGI. Stories told. I miss those stories. That acting. Eye-candy is a very poor substitute - like the substitute androids in "Surrogates". I think the Alien saga is an achievement. I have watched it over decades and have found nothing quite like it. The composition, the feeling, the details - it all comes together as a masterpiece. And now I'm faced with a supposed prologue of it all and I am crushed. The main theme - did somebody's 5 year old compose it? The DNA-donor at the beginning - his last gig was in Green Lantern, right? I will not even go into things like taking off helmets and not using gloves - those things have been covered here sufficiently. Somebody wrote in a review for the new Total Recall: this movie has no soul. I have to repeat that line here. There is nothing here. Yes, the CGI is good and I appreciate a nice view like the next Joe. But it does not substitute for the narrative. Yes, there's hints to the original (as there are in new TR), but that seems like offering me a pimped-up Ford Sierra as a Lamborghini, because it also has four wheels. And having Guy Pearce there - it reminds me of Lars von Trier' Melancholia: he casted John Hurt and he just sat there having like 2 lines. Why, oh, why? I am saddened. Truly.