BoxOfficeZ Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Thought it was okay but def could have been way better. Washington was really wooden in this. The actress who plays the girl did a great job. Excellent looking visuals and you can feel Edwards' signature there with giant stuff though there was some iffy CGI. Soundtrack did not really stand out to me which was a shame because it's a Hans Zimmer soundtrack. Basically the concept was interesting but the movie didn't have enough time to cover it all in my opinion. In the third act it almost all falls apart. The way it jumps from scene to scene kind of stands out to me since it was probably chopped up to reduce the runtime. 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borobudur Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 57 minutes ago, BoxOfficeZ said: Thought it was okay but def could have been way better. Washington was really wooden in this. The actress who plays the girl did a great job. Excellent looking visuals and you can feel Edwards' signature there with giant stuff though there was some iffy CGI. Soundtrack did not really stand out to me which was a shame because it's a Hans Zimmer soundtrack. Basically the concept was interesting but the movie didn't have enough time to cover it all in my opinion. In the third act it almost all falls apart. The way it jumps from scene to scene kind of stands out to me since it was probably chopped up to reduce the runtime. Seem like budget constraint have put the film on rushy third act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDerby Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 This movie looks like it cost $80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 2 hours ago, BoxOfficeZ said: Thought it was okay but def could have been way better. Washington was really wooden in this. The actress who plays the girl did a great job. Excellent looking visuals and you can feel Edwards' signature there with giant stuff though there was some iffy CGI. Soundtrack did not really stand out to me which was a shame because it's a Hans Zimmer soundtrack. Basically the concept was interesting but the movie didn't have enough time to cover it all in my opinion. In the third act it almost all falls apart. The way it jumps from scene to scene kind of stands out to me since it was probably chopped up to reduce the runtime. uh oh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 So it's not the best movie ever made? Shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Firepower said: So it's not the best movie ever made? Shocking. It doesn't need to be. Man, i hate it how people pick out one "not-so-great-but-still-okay" review and start concern trolling. The internet has destroyed all the fun. Edited September 21, 2023 by Elessar 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoviefan Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 4 hours ago, Elessar said: It doesn't need to be. Man, i hate it how people pick out one "not-so-great-but-still-okay" review and start concern trolling. The internet has destroyed all the fun. Confirmation bias aint it great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceRico Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 This is what Hollywood need to focus more on. There is a reason why The Flash, Indy, Mission Impossible and countless other movies were rejected this past summer. People want something new. Glad this is getting great reactions. Crazy how this cost way less than most films this past summer but look 10 times better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorno Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, PrinceRico said: This is what Hollywood need to focus more on. There is a reason why The Flash, Indy, Mission Impossible and countless other movies were rejected this past summer. People want something new. Glad this is getting great reactions. Crazy how this cost way less than most films this past summer but look 10 times better. The vast majority of successful films this year are based on franchises/popular IPs with the exception of oppenheimer and pre-sales so far don't seem to be indicate huge interest in the creator, hoping that changes when reviews drop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChipDerby Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Surprised at good reactions considering the lead is a black hole of charisma. Maybe this can become the AI version of District 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WittyUsername Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 I think the jury is still out on if this will get a glowing response from critics. I could see this being something that would inspire feelings of “meh” in a lot of people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasNicole Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 More screenings tonight, now that more people saw it the reactions are starting to get toward the more realistic and down to earth type of reception: good, some people really love but obviously some other have issues with it. Still, it keeps reading really decent overall to me when even the ones with problems with it still think it have very good things in it. Still thinking +65 on MC and 80´s % on RT, basically, the same ballpark of Gareth other movies. 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 Hackneyed script from a million other things with boring actors and spectacular production value. Looks and operates like a real movie, but Gareth needs more innovative scripts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceRico Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 God these reactions have me so excited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 4 hours ago, Lucas said: Hackneyed script from a million other things with boring actors and spectacular production value. Looks and operates like a real movie, but Gareth needs more innovative scripts. Yeah I think I'm gonna pass on this one as I've seen enough similar reactions. I think it will get some decent reviews like Godzilla and Rogue One somehow did but man by the midway point I almost walked out of both of those movies and I don't want that theatrical experience again. I find his movies to be profoundly dull, they are just weirdly lacking that human element in them. There's nothing worse than being bored as fuck in a theater, give me a funny bad movie(House of Gucci) or glorious schlock(THE MEG) over a boring lifeless one any day. I might catch this one on streaming in the background eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ozymandias said: Yeah I think I'm gonna pass on this one as I've seen enough similar reactions. I think it will get some decent reviews like Godzilla and Rogue One somehow did but man by the midway point I almost walked out of both of those movies and I don't want that theatrical experience again. I find his movies to be profoundly dull, they are just weirdly lacking that human element in them. There's nothing worse than being bored as fuck in a theater, give me a funny bad movie(House of Gucci) or glorious schlock(THE MEG) over a boring lifeless one any day. I might catch this one on streaming in the background eventually. I don't want it to come across like I don't like it, it's pretty good. Just very familiar with uninteresting characters. I do like it more than most big budget movies I've seen this year and I hope more movies emulate its production model... but yeah, far from a modern sci-fi classic. Edited September 22, 2023 by Lucas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddroast Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 https://x.com/jus10walker/status/1705076367279132930?s=20 It sounds a lot like the James Cameron avatar movies. And Detroit become human.But ya know. Good. With actual characters and not James Cameron's porn OCs and David Cage's bloated ego. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 10:20 AM, WittyUsername said: I think the jury is still out on if this will get a glowing response from critics. I could see this being something that would inspire feelings of “meh” in a lot of people. Might be yet another case of the early reviews not being a good guise to what the final reaction will be. The earlier reviews ..particualry for "geek" type movies.....are always by "geek" critics who have a heavy bias in favor of certain types of film. The Mainstream critics are a lot less enghusiatic. We have seen this play out time and time again, and it might be happening again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 7:16 AM, emoviefan said: Confirmation bias aint it great. COnfrimaton Bias is what most of Internet Fandom is built on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasNicole Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 52 minutes ago, dudalb said: Might be yet another case of the early reviews not being a good guise to what the final reaction will be. The earlier reviews ..particualry for "geek" type movies.....are always by "geek" critics who have a heavy bias in favor of certain types of film. The Mainstream critics are a lot less enghusiatic. We have seen this play out time and time again, and it might be happening again. But there’s someone really expecting glowing reviews? Like 95% and +80 on MC? I presume everyone was expecting something between Godzilla and Rogue One Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
