What a rip off...

I'm probably the last person in the world to have seen this movie. Thanks to Aya, I finally saw it yesterday and I've got to tell you, I was a little skeptical about it because the reviews were mostly stating its mediocrity and the weren't very positive.

I have to say, it really is an action packed film. The computer generated images and effects were astounding and it's very impressive to see how convincing the actors were in co-existing with the CGI robots. I admit, there were times that I almost fell off the edge of my seat when I was watching the fight scenes. They were freaking awesome!

I have to give credit to the writers as well. I love the comedy they've infused the movie with - they've managed to make it very light, very entertaining and also very bad ass cool (I love the twins!) So, by the time they've made it to Petra, I was wondering what the whole fuss was about. For me, at that time, it was a fairly interesting and entertaining movie...then it came...

Now, my current situation should not have any bearing on how I'm reacting to this movie. Granted, I may have certain emotional baggage that may or may not be corollary to what I'm about to critique but dude...seriously? Major Cheese.

The whole "romance" thingee with the "saying I love you first" drama/sub-plot was mainly fodder. The movie would've been better if they didn't have to squeeze that in. It's like they put it there so the tweeners and the teenagers would have something to squee about; after all the men get Megan Fox to masturbate to so why not put a sappy schmoopy love angle for the younger ladies. Well, that love angle made the older ladies and other people gag into their mouths, this writer included. It was just...bad.

It kinda ruined the entire movie, at least for me.

Let's hope Harry Potter makes it better for me.