I Must Be Missing Something

Rating: 6/10 (21 January 2012)

This must be a case of "The Emperor's New Clothes". Someone thought this was great movie making, so everyone falls in line? This was nothing more than novelty. First, the story cute but nothing that would "WOW" me. "Avatar" was blasted for stealing its story from previous screenplays, but not this movie. I saw "Singin' In The Rain" (which was much more entertaining) and "A Star Is Born" blatantly in this story. Nothing original here. The acting was adequate but Academy Award worthy? My favorite performance was Uggie. Finally, big disappointment in basic movie technology. Video standard screen size? I go to the movie theater to see widescreen. Audio only coming from the front; what happened to surround sound? (If you state that the intent of the movie was to see it as a silent movie then why was it filmed digitally.) I should have waited for the DVD. I guess with all the hype my expectations were much too high, but I have seen far superior silent movies on TCM. If I as missing something, please enlighten me!