I have to disagree with what some of you have said and say that I didn't think the acting by Christian Bale or Sam Worthington was very strong. There were a few scenes where I could hear his accent, and the whole "SHAKEN BY GRAVITY OF THE HORRIBLE TRUTH" thing went a little far. That having been said, I enjoyed watchin gthe movie, even though there were more than a few scenes that looked pretty lousy in terms of photography and editing, and an attempt to copy a hyper-realist style that did not mesh with the storytelling at all. On a positive note, I did see some things that I liked. The special effects were mostly really well done, especially the arnold terminator. The attempt at a deeper theme was bungled, especially considering the depth of potential in a story about cybernetic humanity, that could have made a statement about the nature of the human machine on par with Blade Runner. Maybe it was a short, sighted script... because the film was filled with one-offs and gimmicks rather than real deep visual storytelling.
It was entertaining though, I'll give it that. Some of the cinematography, and a few of the action-sequences, really grabbed my eye. But like it has been said, it could have been a lot better and maybe we should be thankful that McG didn't do any worse than he did. B-/B
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