To say this is a masterpeice of story telling (as some people have told me at work and such) has given me many lol's. Before I saw it people were saying it is ground-breaking in not only tech, but story telling. Well 3D is certainly immersive and fantastic but to call the film ground-breaking plot wise?
Im all for popcorn flicks and I certainly enjoyed this from that aspect. I guess hindsight has it's benefits. I mean one-liners are great in these types of movies, but Sigorny Weaver's "I have to get samples" at the end was so cringe-worthy I had to take my 3D glasses, break the lense and start stabbing my eyes...that's how bad it was.
I mean, the two cannot really be compared as they are entirely different expect for being sci-fi, but District 9 whomped the sci-fi category last year and it blew me away. This on the other hand almost did (for different reasons obviously). What really annoyed me was the hype it got from everyone around me. "Go see it...it's the best movie ever made!"....what a load of bollocks.