Astralan

Complete rubbish. Static acting. Plotholes galore. Hard to follow at times. Ending was contrived. Alternative characters grab-bag. Energy of movie lacking. Please don't make another sequel.

This is not a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. As with everything .diz buys, it cuts out the heart and puts the rest up for sale. Starts good out the gate and then squanders in a pool of mistaken identity. Maybe its because the heart died when Stan Lee passed, idk, but there is very little spark from the origin left to light a fire with. Hopefully it will only be a short term before .diz finds it's spark again.

I was fortunate enough to get a per-release screening of this and I really enjoyed it for the most part. As with any book to movie adaption, I wasn't too thrilled about some of the decisions. The cast was well chosen. Because of the incredible leaps in CGI, some scenes were spot on. The acting was pretty spot on. Hans Zimmer did the music, but I found the constant presence of it a little on the monotonous side. I also could tell he paid homage to the previous movies, primarily the first one scored by Toto. The film also had moments when it dragged.

I believe it will be well received when it's released.