In this film, the father and son tandem plays a father and son tandem who gets stuck in the one place in the Universe that they shouldn't be in, and that's planet Earth. The movie's entire plot was conceived by Will Smith [who not only wrote the story and starred in it but also produced the flick]. The movie works for me to some extent. The father and son story is a relatable one. Disapproving fathers and overachieving sons looking for some appreciation from their fathers are not so rare in society today. IMHO, this is one of the things that Smith wants to talk about.
The visuals are OK. It's not groundbreaking as James Cameron's Avatar but serviceable. What irks me though is that the Ursa, the film's main villain/monster isn't as terrifying as it should. For a creature that see's fear in people, it's not as menacing after a good minute or so of getting a good look at it. Where's H.R.Giger when you need him. That and the ligers are horrible.
I don't see why people hated the other creatures in this movie. Does it not strike them that the setting is an hyper evolved Earth thus it's just going to update any and all existing creatures on Earth.
