One dimensional... except for the CGI

Rating: Null/10 (27 February 2000)

I don't think I'm giving away a huge plot line here, but I'm not very familiar with what's considered a spoiler and I don't want to be in trouble, so there MIGHT be one in here. read on at your own discretion.
This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen... and believe me, it took three girls and two guys to hold me down and make me watch it. As I watched I was stunned by the visual effects. I marveled at the sheer brilliance of the men and women who did the spectacular visuals, you people are heros to all the little people like me in this world, who want some sort of redeeming thing in a movie. However... my review now turns to the rest of the movie. Complete and utter Schlock. Our good Mister Dicaprio gives us a speech about how the water is SO cold, you'd die in a minute or two, but himself spends eighteen or so hours swimming around in it, up to his neck. The villainous character has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The hero is constantly being chivalrous. The heroine is this super-woman that can drink like third year freshman at a state college, dance like someone who's been learning since she was able to walk, and has the body of a supermodel. That's all well and good in say... oh, a fairy tale, but with all this attempt at realism here (what with filming it all in real time and such) you'd think that the characters could be more... human? The storyline is SO predictable, the music unbelievably repetative, the characters one dimensional and the entire production longer than the time it takes to cook a thirty pound thanksgiving turkey... I give all props out to James Cameron, he has made some great movies, but whoa...