When my mate got this film out, I was convinced the acting was going to be terrible, the film would look cheap, and I'd get even more irritated than I did when watching 'The Craft'.
I was pleasantly surprised. The effects were pretty damn decent, and the acting, though slightly sub-par at the beginning, definitely improved as the film progressed. The CGI characters were well created, and even the main male leads had a certain amount of depth. Unfortunately this depth was not transferred to the other female characters within the film.
This film sufficed for a night-time viewing; you don't need to concentrate too much, you can enjoy the visually decent elements and sometimes even get dragged along by a fairly 'compelling' storyline.
Do not expect amazing cinema, because this isn't what the film is about. But there's nothing wrong with that - sometimes it's nice to see a film lacking in pretension and merely being entertainment for entertainment's sake.
One final slightly irritating disclaimer - young adults by and large, do not speak in a similar manner to the kids in this film! Some good dialogue, but some seemed really badly written, even if the actors sometimes managed to pull it off.
5/10 - an entertaining film
I was pleasantly surprised. The effects were pretty damn decent, and the acting, though slightly sub-par at the beginning, definitely improved as the film progressed. The CGI characters were well created, and even the main male leads had a certain amount of depth. Unfortunately this depth was not transferred to the other female characters within the film.
This film sufficed for a night-time viewing; you don't need to concentrate too much, you can enjoy the visually decent elements and sometimes even get dragged along by a fairly 'compelling' storyline.
Do not expect amazing cinema, because this isn't what the film is about. But there's nothing wrong with that - sometimes it's nice to see a film lacking in pretension and merely being entertainment for entertainment's sake.
One final slightly irritating disclaimer - young adults by and large, do not speak in a similar manner to the kids in this film! Some good dialogue, but some seemed really badly written, even if the actors sometimes managed to pull it off.
5/10 - an entertaining film