Well...

Rating: 10/10 (11 March 2012)

I have seen worse reboots, such as with the James Bond 007 franchise, for example. But what makes this reboot somewhat tolerable, as opposed to the disastrous Bond one, is that this at least does not take itself too seriously and retains more of the characterizations of the original parts.
This movie is action-packed, but not as frenetic as some other recent ones that employ heavy use of special effects. Although I understand the concept behind the shaky camera work and artificially induced flaring of the anamorphic lenses, they stood out as techniques and in so doing eventually became distractions. Same with the blinking lights, although that was not as ridiculous as the strobe light effects in the original Alien movie.
Why do film makers believe that you have to make action movies seem like video games? Although the answer is obvious, I would submit that it alienates a large portion of the viewing audience, specifically those who have not grown up with the video game experience as a big part of their entertainment history.
Absolutely employ any new technology and device to tell a story, but don't make the technology or device a character unto itself. That does not help tell a story.
There were parts of this movie that were 'fun'...and for that I applaud the film makers. The producers and directors of the Bond franchise sucked the life out of that genre by removing all the 'fun'. Guess you can tell how disappointed I still am with that decision.