"while a sad overall affair"
Kinda hard to discuss what effect this had on the reviewers without dumping a load of spoilers, some of which dampened my enthusiasm for it. Cordially,
Well spoilers are one thing I hate to read so I try and avoid them as much as I can. In other words, I'll generalize.

It was the storyline that the bad reviews had really focused on so I was really only there for the special effects on the IMAX big screen but I found the reviews misleading and for me, I really liked how the whole movie was put togther and how everything tied in. I gotta stop reading those RottenTomatoes reviews before seeing a movie as they tend to pre-jade me. I really wasn't expecting to like this movie as much as I did and had it been done in IMAX 3D, I would be heard pressed
NOT to give it 4 out of 5 stars. The special effects were
that good and I personally liked the total structure of this movie. For me, this movie is right up there with
300 and
Watchmen for producer Zack Snyder.
Cheers,
Robin