Bad and stupid, yet visually beautiful

Rating: 4/10 (7 January 2008)

OK... so this is one of those waste of money and talent Hollywood deems good inflict to the rest of the world. Again.
To put it simply : what we got there is another remake of "1984", but far less subtle and profound. In short, we learn from this movie that totalitarian States are bad. And, oh yes: freedom is cool. What about religious obscurantism? Bad too. If you didn't know that, this movie is for you. However, if you still have the slightest memory of your 6th grade History lesson, move along, you wouldn't like go over it again. With all that, I feel a bit sorry for the actors and the visual team, who really did a good job (that makes for the 4/10)
I got nothing against stupid action movies. Honestly, I often enjoy them blockbusters. But when they try to sound smart, when they think they have a message to get across, then I'd say that they should be kept away from people with an IQ over 80. Especially when they pretend to be revolutionary, while just repeating things that EVERYBODY already thinks.
So my advice would be that you should avoid it. And for the people who liked it, that you should read more.