Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
Man it's strange how people actually think this. I mean everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I don't see how it falls below at least mediocre given the effects, score, and likable new characters. |
Well for me the movie was actually pretty OK. It was nothing to write home about, but when it comes to AAA budget hollywood flicks it most deffinatly falls in the good category. The issue is that I constantly felt like "been there done that", something that not even the prequal series managed to do for me. It could have been so much more and all it felt was like its a bit wasted opportunity. I never felt the sittuations uregncy when I watched it or the high stakes, something that the original trilogy managed to capture with every one of the films. And the worst part was, that it didnt communicate to me anything meaningfull. Never once did they tried a smart route to actually base the struggle on a cleverly hidden ideological backgrounds. Rather they chose to milk the nostalgia factor for old viewers and put in impressive action for newer ones.
I will still watch this one, dont get me wrong, but I have some mixed feelings about it. The grittiness yet again feels like something that they do, only because the trend is there. The war scenes look far more down to earth, because that is trendy these day. Oh, and did I mention that the director is still unproven AA A wise. Monsters was good, but that was pretty low-budget, but Godzilla was mediocre at best (it looked amazing, at least we have that).
But lets hope for the best.
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