With film, I am really easy to please, but this film was depressing. It had an unusual emptiness. My biggest criticism is how morose this movie is, and my review stems largely from that more than it does from basic film elements and story elements.

It has two excellent actors and that's why I sat through the entire movie. Visually it was great. Acting was great. Special-effects was good. The story held together and had a semi unique concept at the very end. But every scene went from dread and emptiness to more dread and emptiness. Even the excitement wasn't exciting. There was no drive. It's not just the choice of topics. I can handle a movie about the end of the world. I can even handle a movie where everyone actually dies. My problem wasn't with the topic. It was that there was no spark or passion in this film. It was like the embodiment of a boring neighbor, who tells you about the weather.

Even when the main characters are in a predicament, I didn't feel myself rooting for them. I wasn't really interested in all the symbolism that led to the final revelation at the end. I've seen so many other films handle symbolic presentations so much better. I guess some people liked the great aha moment at the end but to me, it was a bit kindergarten-ish. I don't like bashing a movie, but I really have only a few good things to say.