The plot is just OK, and the dialogue and performances frequently overly campy (somewhat saved by some of the cast being quite excellent actors), but the world building and visuals are both amazing, making it a very immersive and entertaining experience for all its other flaws. ( )

Oh dear - this was pretty bad. Made no sense at all - too many and too long fight scenes. I'm sure Sean Bean doesn't need the money so why was he here? I know Channing Tatum can act so we'll forgive him as he needs to build a career. But otherwise Ouch. ( )

Preposterous eye-candy. Channing Tatum was surprisingly good. An interlude in a human house that is slowly turning into a beehive is pretty neat. Some Whedonesque humourous interludes to bring relief from the big set pieces. Eddie Redmayne chews the scenery to bits. The whole thing is marred by romance (the genre which, according to Neal Stephenson, has taken over the movies). The (very long) fight scene at the end was a tedious nod to the conventions of the genre, and quite uninteresting. ( )