[Skoob]

Well, I strongly disliked many things about both movies. Everyone views these things differently. Elements that stand out for one person can differ dramatically from what matters to someone else.

Two things that matter to me are a good story and good characterization. Special effects can be fun and impressive, like they were in both of these movies, but too often they resemble the drummer in a terrible band who bangs as loud as possible to cover for lack of skill and musicality. By analogy, many otherwise lame modern films attempt to redeem themselves by going way overboard with SFX. It certainly worked for a while, especially with certain pictures like Avatar, where SFX were arguably the single feature that turned an otherwise unremarkable film into a box office record-smasher, but going forward, I wonder if the novelty isn't wearing off.

Regarding the argument that something is good because "everybody likes it," one thing that I find important in life is to disregard consensus, especially nowadays, when so much is manipulated.