I cannot say I enjoyed this movie as much as I hoped. Usually, I like movies that people tend to not favor, but I felt that barely any effort was put into the making of this film.
For a good portion of the beginning, you don't really know what's going on, and it's all mostly mystery. The lack of a story line made it difficult for me to stay interested. In other words, it got boring. The message I believe this film wanted to deliver was good, but it wasn't carried out successfully. This message was "we are slowly bringing this planet to an end - if we don't change our ways, the planet will change for us in a way we won't like."
There was an abundant amount of special effects to go along with the cliche choreography, which wasn't that great. After having watched movies like Iron Man, Transformers, and War of the Worlds, it just feels it was subpar in terms of the story, and special effects. I honestly did not know what to make of the acting, some moments were good, most were...ehh. I haven't seen the original 1951 version, but I am sure it will be interesting once I do, haha.
Score: 3 out of 10
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I'd have given it at least 6 out of 10, certainly not the movie that I expected it to be and it moved fairly slowly at times but overall I did manage to follow the story.
Disappointing that hardly anything got blowed up though.
There are several reason why I am not interested in seeing this movie:
1. It "looks" like a special effects-laden lightweight version of the original (I am not at all opposed to remakes, as long as filmmaking and storytelling quality is there).
2. I don't think Keanu Reeves acting is getting any better; he seems to have closed himself off to growth as a performer. His early work was interesting, even good, but I find him one-dimensional and overly impressed with himself.
3. The reviews have been pretty bad.
I might watch it when it's on TV - sooner rather than later I'll bet - but even then I won't pass up doing something more interesting.