Stupid characters - moronic children

Rating: 5/10 (18 July 2005)

I am a huge sci-fi fan. So much that I like almost all large budget sci-fi films, even if their acting or storyline is a little bit poor. But I have never been a fan of sci-fi movies that are family-oriented. This is due to the fact that most them have kids driving parents and audiences nuts. WOTW is one of those irritating family driven movies that fail to deliver the message that the maker has so consciously sought at the expense of compromising the integrity and fun of the film. When will they ever get 'our' message that we don't want heart-soaking lectures in family matters messing up what should have been blockbusters. I don't deny that every writer/director has his own issues that he wants dealt with in his work but they should not be forced upon us in this most inopportune manner. People making blockbuster sci-fi films have a duty to fans not to indulge in their personal obsessions. In hindsight, we should all be grateful to Spielburg for not having directed Star Wars. Otherwise, Annakin Skywalker would never have become Darth Vader. He would simply have been a defiant child who always caused trouble for Obi-Wan and in the end embraced as if one could be forgiven for all his stupidity in the name of love. The problem with that is that fans don't forgive the moron because fans don't love him.