Chris_Mac_25

The upside is that the special effects and sets are great. The Pandora planet looks incredible, and the creatures and bad guys that occupy it look convincing.

Where it goes wrong is the casting. Cate Blanchett is terribly cast as the main character, I get that she probably wanted something light hearted after all the dramatic roles like Tar, but she seems out of place here, and even uncomfortably self conscious.

The other poor casting choice is Kevin Hart in a (mostly) serious role. It might just be my personal typecasting, but he's that good in comedy that being in a serious role just doesn't suit him.

Even the Jack Black voiced robot gets a bit tedious.

It's like a budget Guardians of the Galaxy.

Gyllanhall is good, great physical transformation and decent version of the Dalton character but the rest of the movie struggles to keep up.

There's none of the gritty charm of the original, there's no building of community spirit, the romance angle is poorly presented and glossed over as a nothing event, the owner of the Road House has zero investment in happenings, and Connor just acts coked out of his mind which probably is a case of art imitating life.

Not a terrible way to fill in an hour or two, but I'm not likely to ever watch it again, unlike the original which was I've viewed countless times.

Spoiler alert: it's not good, it made no sense and I wish I'd had my plums harvested instead of watching it.

This was a confusing and irritating experience.

Bryce was not good, not good at all. Sam Rockwell seems to be buddies with George Clooney in real life, which is fortuitous because now when George cries about his Batman movie, Sam can relate having been a part of this disaster.

Caville looked awkward, like he knew how this was going to go over, but was being paid enough to make a sincere effort.

Sam L Jackson does a lazy cameo as whogivesashit, a spy that watches Lakers games and overacts.