I may fail at a repeat opinion because I skimmed the topic like a douche, but with an estimated budget of $280-$300 million (although there was a studio statement it was $237 million) and an estimated $150 for marketing, you don't try to reinvent storytelling. You use what has been proven to work with audiences with as much twist to it as you can get away with. Then you hope people wank to special effects enough to love it despite any flaws. I'm not saying it can't be a fresher storytelling wheel and be a hit, it can, but it's dangerous ground to go there with this budget handed to him.

Or so I say. I haven't seen the movie. I just hear a lot of complaints and that's my take on it from mouth to ears. I may feel completely different when I see it so discard all this.