The visuals didn't save the movie

Rating: 7/10 (9 July 2011)

When you look at the poster or the trailer of the movie you get the idea of a very creative movie, with lots of stunning graphics and interesting scenes. The reality of it (pardon my pun) is that the dragons and the orcs and the steampunk Nazis and the ninja swords are just a few of the scenes in the movie. The rest is a story that felt pushed and artificially dramatic.
Bottom line: the film has stunning visuals and a great soundtrack. The plot, though, kind of sucks. You have insane people sacrificing themselves for no good reason and bad people getting anything they want, with the only consolation that an active imagination overcomes the drama of reality. It is an intriguing idea, one that I've loved in a number of films; in this one, however, it left me unimpressed.