Watching this reminded me of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - a hollow CGI fest borrowing on past glories and falling flat. I didn't read the book. I didn't know there was a book. This was kind of like a video game minus the one joy of user input to correct my (your ..his) course. As an 80's teen this made me feel less nostalgic and more irritated. I felt like I was at a party and I was on the outside of a clique or a joke. I could clearly see all my stuff but I just couldn't quite make sense of it. I didn't feel connected to it even though I felt like I should be. I hope Steven Spielberg gets back to just telling some great stories. The kind of movies that moved me and that I still love revisiting and remembering. I left this one wanting to forget it.