So boring I fell asleep!!

Rating: 3/10 (13 March 2011)

I rarely write reviews. But sometimes the Public need to be protected from underhanded marketing and paid-off critics. I read the reviews and saw the previews and went to see this horrible excuse for a Pixar knock-off. If anyone here is expecting something clever you can forget it. There's very few funny lines except for the previews you saw which made you want to come in the first place. There's an unimaginative reference throughout to a well-known classic film. I hope it isn't supposed to be an homage because it seems more like a second class ripoff. There are pedestrian references to other films as well. Typical of mainstream Hollywood's lack of imagination today. The movie is so boring I actually found myself falling asleep. Which hasn't happened since I made the mistake of attending an opera. Lest you think I'm alone in this opinion my wife said she found herself falling asleep as well and when she turned to tell me, while in the movie, saw that I was dozing. The animation is top-notch but it should be in this day and age. The script is so poor it never ceases to amaze me how today's screenwriters get work. I've written better blindfolded. Verbinski's success at the box office with the Pirates franchise has the Suits in Hollywood fooled into thinking that he can actually direct well. His pacing in this terrible movie is made for an audience of snails. Johnny Depp who is always great has nothing to work with here. Sad waste of his talent as it was for all the actors here who do the best with what little they were given. I'm giving it 3 stars for the animation alone and the Los Lobos theme song. Save your money and watch The Incredibles on DVD.