I'm going to have to give this movie a thumbs down, something I hate to do. The story was too flat for my tastes, there was no real weight to any of the situations, a lot of the humor was uncalled for and not funny, the robots were marginalized to having little to no personality, and the action so messy that you could hardly tell what was going on. I enjoyed the thrill ride nature of the film, and I especially enjoyed the charm that Shia brought to the film, but the rest I can take it or leave it.
As I've said before, sometimes it takes multiple viewings for me to love a movie, and I plan on seeing this again at a later date. However, I'm sure my current thumbs down will still stand.
Hopefully next time Spielberg will hire someone with a better appreciation and understanding of the cinematic language or at the very least have them hire better writers.
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