Do not vote for this movie with your wallet!

Rating: 1/10 (30 June 2008)

As consumers we vote with our wallets, and the tide has been turning against consumers for years now. Have we come to the point that if the premise is great, we don't care about the execution? I just don't understand all these glowing reviews. I am not some high brow movie consumer. I just want to walk out of a movie without feeling like I just wasted my time.
This movie wasted my time. Sure, I do think the concept is a really great one. No question. The whole idea is really great. No surprise as its from a comic. Did I read the comic? Nope, but as an avid collector many years ago, I know that there are some really great ideas in comics. This movie cannot take credit for the concept, people!
What it can take credit for is a total lack of execution. I do not have issue with the first half of the movie. Everything up to the twist climax was standard summer movie fare. Nothing special (besides the great concept) but also nothing terrible (though James McAvoy's acting was borderline terrible). I would probably rate it a 6. After that point, it just fell apart and ruined anything positive this movie had to offer. The story became worse than lame, the characters less than 1 dimensional and the ending was a joke. I wished I had walked out before the last 30-45 minutes.
Basically, it was a big buildup to an interesting climax, then everyone in this movie had no idea where to go with it. Without spoilers, its impossible to go into details. So I will just say the movie went from a 6 to -6 but I can't give it less than a 1. It deserves >1.
I feel bad that we consumers have come to a point where there are enough people ready to settle for half a movie with a great concept taken verbatim from someone else, to give this pile of trash glowing reviews. I guess, in the end, this just proves that we get what we deserve.