I'd be interested in this if it wasn't Zack Snyder. Watchmen was amongst the worst media I have ever consumed. Awful, self-indulgent shite.
Film Zack Snyder's REBEL MOON
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The 23% score of RT is pretty accurate. It’s every Zak Synder film ever, but with even more slow-mo.
Maybe I'm one of the simpletons but I loved Watchmen, though didn't find Justice League enjoyable.
Am I wrong in thinking this was essentially going to be his star wars? Makes sense then.
Self indulgence is a great word to describe him. From basically putting his name/brand in front of every movie title (like he’s up there with the best of the best), to every action scene needing an unnecessary super slo-mo, to extended run times yet the characters are still devoid of substance. Shame.
It's basically every zack snyder movie element merged into a star wars movie.
It's not bad or offensive, it's a 5/10 movie. Nothing néw, predictable what will happen especially if you know its a part one. It feels like I've said before, his action scenes are so that trailers would look awesome when they clip it.
I'll watch part two, but I had to watch this in two sessions. And it's crazy to think that there's some bits cut out (an extended version out there)
Seems like snyder can't make a movie without it being 3 or 4 or 5 hours long
It's not bad or offensive, it's a 5/10 movie. Nothing néw, predictable what will happen especially if you know its a part one. It feels like I've said before, his action scenes are so that trailers would look awesome when they clip it.
I'll watch part two, but I had to watch this in two sessions. And it's crazy to think that there's some bits cut out (an extended version out there)
Seems like snyder can't make a movie without it being 3 or 4 or 5 hours long
I hated Watchmen with a passion. A deep, deep passion. Justice League was very bad, but my hatred wasn't as deep seeded...it was just a bad movie.
It just looks like a typical blockbuster cgi orgy like superhero movies. Will give this a miss.
I'll just be looking at Charlie. I started watching it last night but had to take it off because a few people fell asleep 
Its really dreadfully bland stuff, and that comes from a guy who is very generous to any sci-fi. Worst of Star Wars with the most irritating parts of Superhero stuff with the Snyder touch all over it.
This are so many great sci-fi works/concepts out there yet to be adapted and we end up with this shlock. I mean give us some of the Culture, Or Children of Time, or take a stab at some of Alastair Reynolds, Peter F Hamilton's epic space operas. Or do the Bobiverse and its humour, or The Vorkosigan Saga, the political intrigue and diversity would make this a near perfect fit for current trends.
This are so many great sci-fi works/concepts out there yet to be adapted and we end up with this shlock. I mean give us some of the Culture, Or Children of Time, or take a stab at some of Alastair Reynolds, Peter F Hamilton's epic space operas. Or do the Bobiverse and its humour, or The Vorkosigan Saga, the political intrigue and diversity would make this a near perfect fit for current trends.
Snyder sucks.
Gonna watch it later, looking forward to it.
I don't need arthouse cinema when I'm high on roast spuds, turkey, ham, spiced beef, carrots, sprouts, Yorkshire puddings and cheesecake.
I don't need arthouse cinema when I'm high on roast spuds, turkey, ham, spiced beef, carrots, sprouts, Yorkshire puddings and cheesecake.
Zack Snyder is the sprout of the film industry.
Children of Time would be an epic undertaking though, similar to Foundation, so very hard to pull off.
I adore the bobiverse, but could it be put on screen and work?
Same here. I’ll be high on all of the above as well as literally high (on a THC edible) so can’t say I’m not giving it the best possible chance!
No doubt that all of the stuff I mentioned would be difficult to adapt, they might all be better suited to high level animated TV series, but Rebel Moon from what I can see is just a recycled rejected star wars script. Given how abysmal all the modern movies bar Rogue One have been it is not a promising starting point. Need to take some risks.
They’ve had a crack at that on Apple TV. It’s VERY boring.
Denis villeneuve is about the only director I’d trust with any of that material. The problem is, some no-mark hack like Snyder, or Eli Roth, Ava Duvernay, John Lassiter, Will Smith, or a thousand other shitbirds would get the rights to the Culture and feck it up and make the property radioactive for decades.
villeneuve doing Children of Time would be incredible.
This type of shit always just looks absolutely awful to me. They just churn this stuff out with zero thought don’t they.
It was so meh...almost like a C grade movie. I thought there was huge potential for it, could have been a great series where it takes its time to flesh out the characters.
Whatever happens to Charlie Hunnam's character at the end?
Whatever happens to Charlie Hunnam's character at the end?
It was basically 7 Samurai/Magnificent 7/Battle Beyond the Stars with a cheap star wars skin on top.
Duialogue was pretty awful and the action never really got ygoing because of the endless slo mo.
The whole 'snyderverse' crap really inflated his ego to the size of a planet, and this is the result.
Duialogue was pretty awful and the action never really got ygoing because of the endless slo mo.
The whole 'snyderverse' crap really inflated his ego to the size of a planet, and this is the result.
Dialogue, plot and acting is awful. But it looks fantastic. Plus the action scenes are good. An hour in and reckon I’ll stick with it.
The uncle Monty style predatory gay alien in the cantina was so fecking weird though. What a bizarre decision.
That's who he reminded me of!
Load of wank. All the pretty special effects are wasted on such a crap story.
Casting Phil Foden as the antagonist was stupid too.
My uncle has a small role in it. He's a character called Hagen who helped the main character after she arrived at some planet. Was he at least good?
He was definitely good. Tbf the actors were fine. It's the way the story is told and lot of nonsense...
Why does this director throw his name all over his movies when 9/10 they’re absolutely shite?
Double-screening it? One eye on the Caf, the other on Rebel Moon?
Because he has cultivated his fanbase kind of like an influencer. For a director it is a bit weird. They support all his slow mo , self indulgent nonsense and defend him from all the rightful basic criticisms. Then jump on board his inevitable arguments that the studios are at fault for holding back his true 7 hour vision Synder Cut that is SO MUCH better.
I don't get why studios keep giving him more money after he inevitably throws them under the bus after he flops.
‘Cultivated’ with the emphasis definitely on ‘cult’….
It’s bizarre. When I see a film branded “Zack Synder’s” anything, I’m grateful for the hubristic branding. It tells me to avoid it. The same can be said of M. Night Shyamalan.
That said, I watched this travesty of celluloid usage, spread across 3 or 4 sittings. As someone else so aptly put it, it’s just a mash up of scenes recreated from other sci-fi and action movies. The use of slow motion has reached meme worthy levels. There’s often a debate in sci-fi of style over substance, here there isn’t even a debate. There’s lots and lots of bad style and zero substance.
It’s a truly remarkable feat of epic nothingness.
That's who he reminded me of!
A mash up of Uncle Monty and Sloth from the Goonies.
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I'm sold!
Full disclosure, I only lasted another 30 minutes. Will finish it later today. It really is very silly but I was quite heavily stoned, so a sitting duck for slo mo fight scenes and pretty looking space ships.
Jeez, this was bad even by Snyder's standards. It even made John Woo's latest piece of crap look decent in comparison.
It's the lazy plot devices that don't even serve any purpose other than to waste time that are the worst parts of these things for me.
I can get on with a couple of hours of mindless fighting, but they always cram it full of completely meaningless little arcs and side plots, or unnecessarily stupid characters, that just make the whole thing painful to watch.
There's a bit in this where they end up betting some bloke to buy some guy's freedom and if they lose they all become his slaves or something. Its just thrust into the film with zero background given and it makes absolutely no sense for anyone involved or their motives. There's nothing given to even explain anyone's motives in the first place. It's just a device to create some suspense but a 12 year old could have written it better.
I feel like the transformers films were the start of this basic story telling downfall
Watched about 20 minutes, couldn’t bare anymore , I’d give it a 4/10
Pretty generous for just 20 mins.