I like lens flare

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2014)

So many bad decisions. So bad a plot. J.J. Abrams is the new M. Night Shyamalan. A film with decent actors, but a giant mess of a plot. Swiping from old episodes as well as Captain Ahab sized obsessions, this film looks like a high budget student film. The redesign of Applespace is bad enough, but directorial wise, Abrams falls back on old standards from everything previous that he's done. Lots of shots of people running to give a false feeling of excitement, check. Count downs and one dimensional villains, check. Bad technology advancement (when does this take place again?) check. Pop references and modern music being listened to in a bar check. Messed up time lines that have no real point? Check. Macguffin device that will be only used once in the film and never again? Check. Save yourself two hours and watch something else.