Me too, not all UIs need to have the spacing of a children's book with one sentence and an image per page.
While I agree with what we don't need, something is still off with the UI. I can't really put my finger on any specific problem, though. It's just a gut feeling.
The names are bold faced, so my attention is drawn to them, but since i don't recognize any of them, i don't even know where to start reading.