Saturday, December 01, 2007
GODZILLA ON STEROIDS
Today's movie was
I wanted to see this because I am tracking Shia LaBoeuf's career and this was his latest effort.
It was not worth it to sit through the bullshit.
It is one of those CGI movies that knows it can't carry the weight so it adds all kinds of side plots.
The LaBoeuf teen comedy aspect is funny to a point but full frontal cliché and somewhat over the top. He is too nerdy to be so smart. Or something. It is a tough character but is LeBoeuf's strong niche.
It is time for him to grow out of it.
He is way better than the story.
The Quatar section with Josh Duchamel is lame to the nth degree.
The government sections—Jon Voight playing it straight—are all cartoonish.
The sets are too expensive and too distracting.
The action moves very fast so you don't have to think about anything.
There is even an amusing but nasty little robot like the little weasel in the Rings Trilogy only mechanical. It doesn't play.
The whole plot is one of those things where the outsiders have all the answers but the insiders won't let them in and so they have to keep struggling while the world is ending. Probably realistic but quite irritating when you have to sit for an 2 1/2 hours.
Yeh. Way, way too long. Too self regarding by half. Half an hour!
Like I said. Bullshit.
I shut it down after 45 minutes. I couldn't go the distance. Shia or no Shia.
I will give it a stinker 1 out of Netflix5.
I hope they let LeBoeuf grow up in the Indie Jones sequel he is now filming or he will disappear into Dreamworks land never to be seen again.