8 years ago

I agree. While it's a technological milestone and has amazing special effects, in terms of plot and character development it's nothing new. The best way to describe this movie is that it's more of a "ride" than a film. At least the 3D version is.

7 years ago

@fatalmuzza your book sucks ass lol

2 years ago

@fatalmuzza Not sure how when it has great action and visually stunning.

2 years ago

@fatalmuzza This superlatives does not help at all. This only means you are hating lol

7 years ago

@stryjewski the movies you like lead to erectile dysfunction

4 years ago

@stryjewski Well I totally agree with your analyse, but, té un gro FDP

4 years ago

@stryjewski outside of the writing of characters and dialogue the story follows what is generally acceptable as the most common outcome when two aliens species of different levels of technology meet and the lesser advanced has access to something the more advanced desires. The more advanced will attempt to barter maybe before just taking what they want regardless of the cost to the other intelligence. The film delves into some pretty deep hardsci-fi and many actual scientific theories/principles with high accuracy, as well as some complex thought experiments involving physics, biology, and the psychology of sufficiently advanced intelligent species.<br /> <br /> But, remember it’s also a Disney movie and they force all of their movies to have appeal for children even if that isn’t the target audience (although the merchandising/parks/rides were aimed at the children) which is why I think it falls flat the way it does. If this wasn’t the case I think the film would have been further elevated in its quality but maybe not as successful financially to the same extent it was (children’s tickets almost always include an adult ticket sale or more since it falls into Disney’s family category of targeting).<br /> <br /> Compared to most CGI, even now, I’d say it’s some of the best around. And unlike most movies, it isn’t using it at such speeds that you can’t quite tell the quality of the CGI. Visuals are deliberately slow enough to allow the quality of the CGI to register. There was a bunch of new technology invented just to be able to make the film, so at the time it was the best anyone had and will age well, in my opinion.

5 years ago

Hope sequels live up to the expectations!