I think the only reason I sort of liked it was because it had mythology in it. Other than that, the plot was bad, the technicalities they didn't really think out, and there were a lot of things that just didn't connect. Could it have been turned into a great movie? Most likely, but you can tell they didn't really spend much time on it. They also seemed to focus on targeting the little kids (and I saw mostly twelve year olds or whatever there), yet they had some swear words and sexual references, I lol'd. They could have easily made the movie attract a larger age group, and made the movie more interesting. However, from the little kids and adults leaving the theater, most of them liked it, probably because of all the fantasy type stuff, I guess.