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Before starting my review, I must preface a few things. I haven't read the novel(or the novels), and I haven't thoroughly watched the sequels. Another thing is I know that the writer of the novel(s) is a bit of a right winger bigot, but I haven't taken that into account when reviewing the movie.

The movie is definitely a memorable one, mostly due to how good it is visually, rather than having a strong story. Having said that, the CGI in the movie, sadly, doesn't hold up, despite the fact that it came out in the same year as The Lord of The Rings, CGI of which still looks convincing, if not amazing. However, as I said, other than the CGI, the movie looks really good; all the set designs, characters, etc. Just like the novels, this is a film for children, and I have no problem with adults enjoying it, however, I can't think of myself watching this again in the future. There were a few things in the film that bothered me, especially because it's a children's movie, like when they were playing chess towards the end, to pass a gate or something, why did Ron have to ''sacrifice'' himself? He commanded the other pieces verbally, why did he have to ride the knight? Who made the rules? I don't like exposing children to dumb stuff like that. And there were other inexplicable, illogical things like these.

It's not an important, a milestone film in cinema, and I am only saying it's overrated, because how popular it is, but it is not too bad of a movie, and I especially understand its nostalgic value for the people who watched this as a kid.

This film is supposedly a science fiction, but the only reason it is considered sci-fi is because characters say that people live in Keppler, an exoplanet. It might be one of the cheapest movies ever made and had it offered anything interesting, I wouldn't be bothered by the fact that it is cheaply made. In fact, when people make good movies with low budget and find smart ways around their budgetary shortcomings, it makes the movie even better. They also did, in fact, manage to make the movie look like a real movie for an audience that doesn't know much about filmmaking, but because it was such and empty and boring film, I didn't appreciate their ability to make a movie without any real scenes, sets or any production value. It made the opposite effect for me, I though of people involved in making this as frauds... Lastly, there is a pet peeve of mine in movies and they did it three times in this one; it's when people knock a person unconscious without permanently harming them, with a single, magical blow to the head. It never fails to make someone unconscious at one blow and it never kills them or gives them brain damage or something, very convenient, like an on/off switch. It's so stupid...

When people make excuses for their favorite guilty pleasure movies, they usually have some redeeming qualities, some interesting ideas, something entertaining or funny, etc. This movie was an endless clichés of the most terribly written characters with the dumbest idea as the story of the movie. All of the ''characters'' are basically the same; they can't wait for sacrificing themselves to save others and it happens multiple times. The dialogue makes you want to shoot yourself; the characters don't speak English, they speak the language of platitudes, thoughts and prayers. I am sorry, but if this is your guilty pleasure, I don't respect you. This movie has zero redeeming qualities. And for the lunatics out there; there is zero evidence that Megalodons still exist. I know it's a movie, but it has to be said, because they made a lot misleading ''documentaries'' to convince people into believing that the Megalodon still exist.