Absolutely pointless....

Rating: 3/10 (29 October 2011)

I don't even know where to start on this one. When did wanting to make a movie look like something filmed in the 80's become cool? The Gooonies and several other films like it were bad then and are bad now. The child acting in this is simply annoying, they seem to be yelling out lines just for effect, a bad effect and I guess they are supposed to be funny or something but it just comes off as staged.
What is this monster and who cares? We never learn anything about it other then it wants to go home, it's big and scary but has incredible intelligence which makes no sense. The sub plot of child/father relationship is boring, the over use of light flares and optical effects gets dull quick.
Frankly what is the point? OK so you can make a movie that feels like it was shot 30 years ago but why? How about concentrating on the story like Spielberg films did in the past. J.J. Abrams again does what he did in Star Trek, all lights and look but no substance.