Super Awful

Rating: 2/10 (28 November 2011)

I am not really sure where to begin. What a disappointment. Every single cliché and character of the past 30 years is here. Plot holes the size of Texas, the military being outsmarted by children, the token overweight kid actor yelling half of his lines, the out of focus monster, one of the main character's parents die and the other (who was never close to the child) has to win him over, etc etc.
I don't know what to think about JJ, he always seems to catch the long pass only to fumble it near the end zone. And the CGI? The train crash was cutting edge for the mid-90s, but in a 2011 post Avatar cinema world, it looked awful. This has set me back with JJ about ten years.. trying to be Spielberg doesn't work, even with his help.