Hyper and Too Slick For Its Own Good

Rating: Null/10 (7 May 2009)

I know people have said that they didn't want a retread but what's wrong with sticking with what works? This movie is so desperate to modernize the legend that it loses its soul along the way. Is putting a slick, 21st century character spin on these characters worth putting up with what's lost in the translation? The movie is slick and hyper but it's not very good. Are a few good explosions worth wasting 120 minutes of time? For me, the answer is a resounding "No!" There are far better ways to spend your movie money than this too slick for its own good movie represented by JJ Abrams's latest endeavor. Putting aside the hamfisted plot (which is unevenly awful), all that's left is a woefully underwritten motion picture that starts off interesting enough but is smothered under each hyper and slick scene until all you have is a film that gets smothered under its own attempt at being slick.