If you let a 4 ½ year old choose the movie you are going to see, you deserve what you get. We let Viliamu choose and so we ended up sitting through 2 hours and 37 minutes of ridiculous sci-fi nonsense. I’m not saying that I don’t like science fiction movies – I LOVE good ones. I’m not saying that the special effects weren’t interesting – they were. I’m not saying that I didn’t chuckle when Sentinel Prime (voiced by Leonard Nimoy) said “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” I did. Unfortunately, these things were not compelling enough to excite me or to keep the same 4 ½ year old from asking if the movie was over soon when we were just an hour into it.
It could be that I don’t appreciate these movies because I’m not a young boy who plays with these toys. Well, even a boy who loves these toys couldn’t make through the entire film. Wild Thing fell asleep with about 30 minutes left to go. Even the lure of 3D images couldn’t keep him awake.
This movie has been in the theaters since July 1st and it’s made boat loads of $, so what do I know? I haven’t read any reviews of this movie so I don’t know what anyone else thinks about it. I will just tell you that unless you are a big fan of the previous movies, you should absolutely save your money and go see something else instead. Maybe we will “help” WT choose a better movie next time…like Cars 2 or Winnie the Pooh…
1 comment:
I used to read a lot of science fiction, but I've found the movies not up to par. At least in the books one can use imagination.
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