I couldn't even watch all of it

Rating: 1/10 (24 September 2012)

I love Joss Whedon. I love some comic book movies (X-Men, Daredevil, Batman). I like quite a few of the actors in this.
So why on earth did I hate it so much?
For me the style was probably the worst thing. Some movies grab me, and make me watch. This didn't from the outset. It felt like a high budget TV episode. The look felt stark and unrealistic (or actually, too realistic probably). It seems to have been filmed for 3D, because even in 2D you you just get lots of weird camera angles and a strange tone to it.
The story... well, I just found it hard to pay attention for even the most shortest of times. It just was people doing stuff, but no sense of direction, or story, or building menace. In fact the menace looked like a Stargate TV series villain. Or something from a kids' movie.
And the thing is with Stargate, I love the characters. But I don't with this film. They give me no reason to love them. So their actions are thus uninteresting.
It doesn't surprise me, seeing afterwards, that Joss Whedon directed it. And it shows - he's a good writer, but doesn't have a lot of directing experience.
Having said that, what do I know... look at the numbers it's made!
But for me, I couldn't even watch it all the way through. It was completely not captivating.