This movie is entertaining, why is it a massive flop?

Just watched it. It is boring with underdeveloped characters and relationships. The director fails to connect the plight of the characters with the audience. We wind up really not caring about anything that happens on screen. The special effects are mediocre often hovering into the relm of video game graphics even with the CGI scenery which is the most common use of cgi and is usually flawless in most movies and even on tv. The acting is sub par as well. The mythology the film is based on is a solid starting point but this film does it such a disservice those who enjoy that mythology should be offended.

In short the movie got a lot of backlash because people thought it was disrespectful to old Japanese culture, also people seem to dislike it because Keanu Reeves is in the starring role. But what the critics failed to see is that this is a fantasy movie set in Japan, not a cultural accurate flick. Yes, Keanu isn't the strongest actor, but these are the kind of movie parts he is good in.

I actually didn't watch this movie until this week because of all the negativity, but I've seen it and I liked it... a solid 7 in my book. It could've been an 8 if they payed just a little more attention to story and character development, but the CGI and the action is great and overall it's an entertaining movie.

In my opinion the movie was about 30 minutes too long. If the director wasn't going to develop his characters such that the audience would empathize with them, then at least do us a favor and keep the movie short. Unfortunately, he didn't do either thing. His characters were shallow AND the movie was long.

not a bad movie i thought it were, just watched