I enjoyed The Hobbit, but seriously, storm giants? That was a "wtf" moment.

Directors of big budget action movies these days seem to feel that an audience will lose interest if the dangers aren't exaggerated into literal cliffhangers with over-the-top CG time and time again. Negotiating a dangerous mountain path along a cliff just isn't exciting enough, apparently.

These movies tend to be like those contraptions where a steel ball runs along a track, triggering all manner of devices that lift it up, drop it down and send it on its way. It’s more like an amusement park ride than a drama. Storytelling is more effective when believability is cultivated by a little restraint, a healthy appreciation of physics and an awareness of when impossible odds are actually impossible.

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