I'm not "denying the future," as you say, I'm just saying don't take exception to a movie just because it didn't advance things as much as you'd like. There are plenty of great movies that didn't advance the technology used in them at all, and there are plenty of awful movies that had revolutionary techniques used in them.

And I highly disagree about the whole movie feeling artificial. That's what I feel the major advancement was - pretty much the entire opening on Earth felt real to me (except the way the "digitized video" was done, as you put it), even to the point where once or twice I caught myself forgetting it was an animated movie. Once they got on board the Axiom, things changed, but that's to be expected.

Now if the humans on board the Axiom had looked as photo-realistic as the Earth scenes, would you still say the same thing about it, or would that be enough of an advancement for you to be able to enjoy the movie? (Note that I'm not trying to be a smartass with this statement, I'm just curious if this whole thing really brought the movie down for you that much)