Innovative CGI - well done but mind-numbing

Rating: 5/10 (22 April 2018)

Brilliant CGI but over used and overlaid on an unreal real world that while creative made little sense. Trailers stacked upon one another up to 100 feet with fire poles to slide down c'mon.
Now the CGI was good, real good but, again, way too much of it - so much that toward the ending I hoped the film would end so I could get out of there. The storyline aimed at young teenagers. Art3mis' character was smokin' and the chemistry with Parzival was hot in the alt world - even though it played as sanitized puppy love lacking any grit whatsoever other than a tad of snarkyness. Wade and Samantha's relationship in the real world bored me and both actors' talent remained untapped.
I really think this one got away from Spielberg, either that or it was some version of passing the torch to a younger generation. Mediocre real-world acting strangled by hot CGI. Saved by some really good popcorn.