MindGrenade

A plotline that's been done many times before and with far greater success. Classified zigzags from ridiculous to wooden without warning. The abject quality of the dialogue is only matched by its delivery, and in the movies dullest and cringiest moments, you can almost see Aaron Eckhart thinking that he hopes the cheque clears. Nothing about this movie is believable, from the backstory to relationships between the main characters. Poor casting, poor dialogue and poor audience. I would say this movie is bottom of the barrel, but that would imply that it's contained in some way. Looking at previous work from the director and the main actors I am surprised that any of them even signed up for this. If you literally have nothing else to do, and that includes going to the dentist or housework, then watch this movie.

When I read that Netflix had acquired the rights and were going to be making 3 Body Problem, I was concerned at exactly how this would be accomplished considering how massive in scope and complexity the books are. I have read all three books, and all I can say is bravo. They have managed to bring it across to an English audience, simplify the science and render some of the incredibly tricky scenes and ideas onto the television screen in a slick and sublime way. Sure, they've split and converted some of the characters to different nationalities and sexes, but that was obviously going to happen, and it would be naive to expect the showrunners to do a page-by-page adaptation. Without spoiling anything, I was stunned at how well the Panama Canal scene was handled and I am now absolutely confident that we will be blown away by future seasons. If you have read the books and wondered how they can possibly adapt what is going to happen into something that will work for television, then hopefully Season 1 has addressed some of those concerns. It has for me, and I cannot wait for Season 2.

When I first read about this movie whilst it was in production my immediate thoughts were of ridicule and schmaltz.

I take it all back. This movie succeeds because the two main actors overlay their emotions and personalities onto the main robot character Atom. You actually forget that it(he) is a machine.

Dakoto Goyo already has an impressive amount of work under his belt for a 12 year old. He definitely has the potential to be a big star.

It's like Rocky for robots. If at the end of this movie you are not cheering for this piece of machinery then you have no soul.

Looking forward to the sequel.