I still really like his Dawn of the Dead but I think I’d agree.
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Aye true, that was v good.
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He’s in Pacific Rim, which is a masterpiece and I’ll hear nothing to the contrary.
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King Arthur had its moments
Wait until the x-rated versions are out too
I actually really liked that king Arthur movie. But it was shite. Haha
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yeah the not-director-krennick-from-rogue-one guy was great. really bad film though, quite ugly to look at and hard to tell what was going on or why a lot of the time
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I didn’t think Rebel Moon was completely unwatchable, but it’s essentially a collection of scenes from other films not very well stitched together isn’t it. Each scene is like a completely self contained tableau that’s bolted on to the previous one without any flow between them.
It’s a shame because I thought the opening setup on the home planet with the farming community, saving the wheat harvest and the more technologically advanced occupiers could have been a solid base for an interesting film. Turns out the home planet is just another of those self contained tableaus though.
We turned it into a game trying to place where each part is lifted from - ah, there’s the bar scene from Star Wars, and now the one where Harry Potter rides Buckbeak, this one’s from Stranger Things, Terminator etc.
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The opening farmers vs the scary lads who want their stuff is Pixar’s A Bug’s Life.
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Three things that have stuck with me this morning (spoilers, as if that matters)
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In the climactic fight, we clearly see Brit Space Nazi have his teeth smashed clean out of his head. The camera lingers on his CGI teeth clattering around. Yet when we see him afterwards being chewed out by his space boss, he clearly has all his teeth. Are we to presume these are magic space teeth?
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The big bad regent has the most distractingly unconvincing beard I’ve ever seen in a big budget film. Even if it’s real, it’s unconvincing. Part of the reason is that even though he’s meant to be the main character’s (adopted) father, the actor is 36 - five years younger than his daughter!
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The final lines of the film:
“This would’ve have been a beautiful place to die.”
“Yes, it would.”
That’s your sign off? “Yeah, I agree?” That’s the weakest shit I’ve ever seen. The most annoying thing is you have a punchline right there that even a hack like me could do:
“This would’ve been a beautiful place to die.”
“No, it will be a beautiful place to live”.
Come on Zac, give me a job.
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Not sure what you were expecting when starting a Zack Snyder film tbh
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Never seen any
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Written by James Gunn. That bit is important.
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- When hes chatting to the boss that is a holodeck projection type thing.
Yes but you specifically see his mouth full of teeth when he’s screaming in pain as he’s put into/taken out of the Matrix pod.
Good spot, I hadn’t thought of that one.
I wondered about adding Ocean’s 11 to the list too with the drawn out assembling of a crew. Every time they managed to recruit someone my brain went:
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I liked how much they bigged up this scary General Titus, and told us he was now in the fighting pits and killing everyone who came looking for him. Thought we’d at least see him doing some gladiator shit in the ring. Then they rock up and they literally just hose him down and talk to him for 30 seconds and he’s on board. I’d almost believe it was a deliberate subversion of our expectations were it not for every other element of the film.
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He is flat out great in The Lost City of Z and good in True Lives of the Kelly Gang and Pacific Rim.
Other than that yeah…
Really poor film and followed the equally poor Army of the Dead.
Am something of a Snyder apologist. Sincerely believe The Snyder Cut is a very good film, but he’s gone to utter dogshit.
The bokeh lens effect that keeps the entire rim out of focus does not work, especially streaming on Netflix which isn’t even close to the comeptitors in streaming picture quality.
Works awfully as a standalone. Just collecting heroes, one small fight and then the film…ends? Awful dialogue. Unremakable action. 2d characters. Dogshit.
Will watch the sequel of course.
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I’ve been clanking for a remake of Battle Beyond the Stars for years. It could have been amazing. Fucking Snyder has fucked that now hasn’t he. Cheers, mate.
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