If you can get past the "stupid humor" aspects of the plot, it's actually a decent movie and can be pretty enjoyable. If you're not in the mood for "stupid" plot/storyworld beyond believing, then it may just end up annoying you more and more as you go on. Know what you're getting in for. Having the brawn be female was a nice change. Music in end credits was nice (but short). Sexy saxophone music was predictable--been there, done that.
Why watch the movie? The leading guy is kinda cute, and by the time he heads on his adventure, it's possible to be used to him by then. Why else watch this movie? Think of it as an action romance instead of an action movie or instead of a romantic comedy. An action romance would bill it better.
As for its angle on humanity: Seems to say that brainiacs are okay in their own circles, but the outside world will never get them. Not sure I like that message. It may be partially accurate. It may even be presently accurate. But I don't know that it means it's a message that should be perpetuated as "that's just the way it is". Maybe there's no answer. If you say other than what is, then you're dreaming and writing sugar-coated happy endings that aren't accurate. If you say exactly what something is, then you're perpetuating the erroneous way of looking at things. People who thrive on learning may be a minority of the population, but we should be working more to learn who they are, not relegating them to the margins because they're not the majority.
As for "Sherry, it's just a movie", that's how erroneous thinking happens. It sneaks into things that are just for fun, or aren't that big a deal, until it IS how we think and it IS a big deal. I don't think that means we should "avoid it like the plague" and not watch those movies or whatever. I just think a person should be aware of what's being said and not get suckered into that line of thought. Guard your thinking. Ground yourself daily in the Truth. Then go out and enjoy yourself, knowing how and where you stand. Because that stand will show through when it's time to not budge and say back, "No, this is how it is." It's one thing to criticize a movie. But until you can produce something to answer back--with or without an audience--I question how much room there is to complain. Produce something that keeps within your ideals, that also entertains, and that is a quality product--that's not as easy as it sounds to do. And, no, "If they would just tweak ______, then it would be okay" doesn't count.
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