Sofia Boutella leads a band of insurgents taking a stand to protect a farming community from the evil empire in the grunge action auteur’s Netflix sci-fi movie.
Something about the way this is written seems to have a tinge of vile against Snyder. Just see how 300 was described. I’d rather hear word of mouth from people around me about the flick personally.
I disagree with this reviewer about 300, but they’re right about Rebel Moon. There is not a single original idea in the entire film. Every line of dialogue is predictable. Worse, the action scenes are only mid. However, the cinematography is solid.
There are many reasons to dislike 300, especially given the political context on release and the whole Sparta thing, but it wasn't a bad movie. Camp, sure. Over the top, sure. But it's a comic book adaptation, what do you expect? It was visually interesting and often stunning. It also seemed very self-aware and not to take itself too seriously. Sure, it was homo-erotic, but that's just staying true to the comics, from what I've gathered, and it was done well.
I'm not a huge Snyder fan, I'm probably not his target demographic, but he does seem to at least be trying to do something interesting with his movies.
Like you, I'll probably give him the benefit on the doubt on this one, or wait for more reviews to come in.
His last okay movie was Sucker Punch in 2011, Watchmen he was the director and not the writer, 300 was okay too. So he hasn’t made a good movie for more than 10 years. No one should be surprised that this one sucks too.
The thing about Sucker Punch is that you can tell most of it's green screen (like 300). That's fine. Roll with it, embrace it, do it. Just don't try to combine that with filming locations outside a studio. That has a jarring effect on a viewer because they can still really tell the difference, especially with Snyder's type of filmmaking.
I've watched the first 45 minutes or so of Rebel Moon, and it is okay so far. It's not good, it's just okay. There's a mixture of on site filming locations, and something like "the volume" used which throws off my suspension of disbelief. Shots that are supposed to look outside look like a green screen and soundstage with dirt and other practical effects scattered about. Also, I can see why Disney passed up on Snyder's pitch though. Not 30 minutes in and it gets rapey.
I honestly find it has a well-worn plot, with paper thin characters that have predictable motivations, and nothing really new and noteworthy in its world building.
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