Love him. Hate it.

Rating: 6/10 (10 August 2011)

I'm glad this movie is a hit because I'm all for anything that's good for James Franco. But the fact is he is WAAAAY TOO GOOD to be in cheese like this. I found the plot ridiculous, the CGI ho-hummy,the dialog excruciating, that Indian gal a real drag and the best scenes in the picture to be the work between Franco and Lithgow. That being said, I'd like to continue this review in the form of an open letter to JEF: Honey, honey, honey you are WAAAY TOO GOOD to be in cheese like this. Any movie that tamps down your natural charm, wit, spunk and intelligence is NOT for you. You should be the star of Moneyball, but instead we have to watch the WAAAY- less- talented -than -you Brad Pitt smirk his way through what looks, from previews, that it might be really entertaining. Until you get offered scripts like that, stick to your independent work and pop up wherever you want to as the wise cracking, picture stealing sidekick (You were the best thing in the Green Hornet by the way). And if you want to get serious, you'd also be marvelous as Nikola Tesla or James Mont. Neither of those stories has ever been brought to the big screen. Look them up. As ever, Your fan and champion, Anne