Enjoyed it. Not as much as I was expecting given the reviews out there, but still good fun. Liked the running gag with flakey technology creating headaches for Cruise and co. Plenty of explosions and great action set pieces to keep the attention onscreen.

Portman's performance is her best to date, and her portrayal of a ballet diva's mental unravelling is like a watching a car crash in slow motion - you feel genuinely uncomfortable at what you're seeing, but you quite can't tear your eyes away from it either. Doesn't top The Fountain for me, which remains the gold standard as far as Aronofsky is concerned. Gets additional kudos however, for the nightclub scene - Aronofsky looks like he's dropped a few pills in his time.

Shoot me for watching this. What was I thinking? I can never understand who the target audience is for these movies - they would make amazing films for kids, but then have splashes of full on violence which would give my tribe nightmares for months. Still, an extra star for the mermaid - she was pretty cute.

Think the Goonies crossed with ET, but not your Drew Barrymore kiddie friendly type, more like the Cloverfield or Alien 'seriously fuck you up' variety. Not really crap, but not really awesome either. It gets an extra half star for the outrageous train crash sequence early on. Final word of warning: J.J Abrams is again guilty of excessive lens flaring throughout this movie. If anyone can explain his obsession with this effect, let me know.