I don't know, everybody seems to like this outing, so maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for it.
But from the beginning, I felt the movie was trying too hard to impress, like someone had this idea: "Hey, Lord of the Rings is awesome, so let's put some elves and other fantasy creatures on this, and while we are at it, you know that cool sound effect of the light sabers from Star Wars? Let's add this too! After all, we have Princess Amidala in our cast! Oh, wait! I saw this movie the other day, 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' and it was f*ing a-m-a-z-i-n-g! What about having Loki resemble Khan, and we could also borrow from the title too, let's call this sequel 'Dark' something... let me see... Oh, I got it! Dark World!"
I could go on and cite moments that reminded me of John Carter, King Kong, X-Men and so forth...
Don't get me wrong, the movie is not bad, but at least to me, it felt too much like a 'montage' from other movies.
I liked the first one very much, so maybe my expectations were too high. I'd still recommend it though.
But from the beginning, I felt the movie was trying too hard to impress, like someone had this idea: "Hey, Lord of the Rings is awesome, so let's put some elves and other fantasy creatures on this, and while we are at it, you know that cool sound effect of the light sabers from Star Wars? Let's add this too! After all, we have Princess Amidala in our cast! Oh, wait! I saw this movie the other day, 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' and it was f*ing a-m-a-z-i-n-g! What about having Loki resemble Khan, and we could also borrow from the title too, let's call this sequel 'Dark' something... let me see... Oh, I got it! Dark World!"
I could go on and cite moments that reminded me of John Carter, King Kong, X-Men and so forth...
Don't get me wrong, the movie is not bad, but at least to me, it felt too much like a 'montage' from other movies.
I liked the first one very much, so maybe my expectations were too high. I'd still recommend it though.