Just okay

Rating: 4/10 (3 April 2005)

I saw this movie today thinking that it was going to be outstanding, based on other comments and the general hype. Let me just state for the record that I haven't read the comics. I understand that it would likely have been better if I was familiar with the comics, but that doesn't make me appreciate the MOVIE any more. I thought that the style was interesting at best. I didn't understand why the yellow character was so special that he got to be one of the only fully colored characters in the whole movie. The stories tied together so weak that I had to struggle to see how the whole movie was even important. The action sequences were fairly well done, I wasn't, however, blown away by any of them. The style made all of the action seem insignificant.
Basically, the style was meant for a strong story, but instead relied on average action, and the dialogue was forced and choppy. Unnecessary comic relief also snuck in from time to time, which didn't help. 2.5/4