9
(2009)
A major disappointment. The trailers looked fascinating—and in fact, visually, the movie is wonderful. But that is far from enough these days. Ten years ago I would have been stunned by the CGI animation. Five years ago I might have been impressed. Today, I yawn. I have seen many movies that have inspired video games, and quite a few that were based on video games. This movie is a video game, just one Mario Brothers obstacle course after another, one more monster to slay, one more fireball to dodge. Twenty minutes into it, I was bored.