CGI - Too Much CGI Not Enough Good Acting

Rating: 7/10 (14 May 2015)

The CGI is great in this movie. The problem is in some cases they are not very believable. The dwarfs fall several stories in one scene, if it had been in real life the characters would have all died, yet not one of them even got a broken arm or leg. In several scenes the dwarfs are near death and most surely going to die and bam all of the sudden they are fighting back and winning against all odds. Many of the special effects are way beyond belief to actually be able to happen. I know this is a fantasy but they need to scale back the CGI a little. I kept saying to myself WOW this looks great but its unrealistic. Other movies with CGI are doing the same thing. How about less CGI and more acting with emotions. This is why this movie did not win an Oscar. At least the CGI was very detailed and life like. Yes spend the money to make the special effects as great as possible but in a realistic possible way. I saw the movie as special effect scene after special effect scene with some actors acting edited between them. I still like the movie but it could have been much better.