Oreius,
As mentioned earlier, even Star Wars was given a bad review back in the 1970s, claiming it was nothing more than a "futuristic cowboys and indians" movie with little value.
Technically, the effects in the Chronicles was nothing "spectacular" from a technical standpoint, but that is not the purpose of the movie, now, is it? So why worry about what a few people who disagree with some of the folks in here?
I do not think their choices were "stupid", but they did NOT line up with the "popular vote".