Utterly unsatisfying waste of money!

Rating: 1/10 (10 July 2005)

Spielberg is probably the biggest director of my generation. And he has SERIOUSLY let me down. This is the worst film I have ever seen. Seriously. I am very, very upset at having spent two-three good hours on this film.
The story is so 2-dimensional that the occasionally interesting cinematography and zillion-dollar graphics, set and props have no chance of giving it any kind of point. It's the culmination of everything that is wrong with Hollywood Blockbusters ... and indeed capitalism. I'm disgusted at having been fed this utter shite of a movie and paid for it at the same time. It really doesn't deserve any kind of attention from anyone and certainly SHOULD NOT break even ... if we live in a just world. Of course, we do not. So it will probably make an encouraging profit and the standards will be lowered yet further.
What makes me even angrier are the ball-less, arse-lick critics that write for major publications. They are outright liars ... or they take bribes. Or something. Many critics side-stepped any kind of analysis related to the story or plot of the film. I kept asking myself "why am I watching this?" ... and my answer was always "it's Steven Spielberg, surely it will get better and it would have all been worth it in the end". I was very wrong.
I better stop before I say something really awful ...