5/10 good DVD rental. Golm developed well....

Rating: Null/10 (27 December 2002)

Yes, they certainly did a good job with the Golm character and computerization. All of the computerization landscape and animals etc were well done. And the acting is as good as can be expected with such stilted dialogue. Don't worry if someone is kicking your seat, coughing, or crunching candy next to you.......missing any of this dialogue doesn't matter. As a matter of fact, I wore earplugs through the second half of the movie to save myself from the headache that the endless parade of battle scenes was giving me. I guess when the producers lay out so many millions they want the surefire draw of bombastic Hong Kong kung fu broadsword swinging noise that will bring back 11 year old action patrons over and over. I suggest you rent it on DVD so you can skip forward past much of the battle scenes which should have been cut to shrink the movie by 30-40 minutes. But you would be better served to buy and read the books instead. Authors don't have to resort to noise and battle scenes to sew a great story together. And movie producers only think they can.