Blah!

Rating: 3/10 (15 April 2012)

My wife tortured me by making me feel guilty about being lazy and not putting quality time with the family to see this movie over the weekend. To prove her wrong, I packed the family out for movie night to shell out $60 just for the sake of losing it. Well I'd have to say that I was thoroughly unimpressed by the storyline, the acting, the action, and that awful camera-shake effect. Not only did the slow pace of the movie get me nauseated, the camera got me nauseated. My kids? Well, they simply got bored and caught some z's for half the movie. They're experienced movie-goers mind you and anything that involves a thoughtful storyline, great action, or captivating drama keeps them going. The movie did not supply enough of any. My wife? She admitted that she wasn't impressed with it either, especially after she had read the e-book -- mainly having the same complaints as I did, but with only the reader's "disappointment" insight added. In a nutshell, I'm not going to flatter you with a true critic's linguistics or intellectual discourse in this review. If you like tweenie movies that are overly hyped (e.g., the Twilight series), have no qualms about losing your hard earned dough, have no concept of time, are endowed with high tolerance for camera shake, then go for it and more power to you. For me, it's a blah.