But honestly, I felt having bombs that mimicked Manhattan's powers as the twist was better than having the giant psychic death squid for live action film.
I think as with any Zack Snyder films there are good moments interspersed through quite a bit of shit. We have the typical Zack Snyder pseudo-philosophical dialogue like the moment in the vault with Dieter/Vanderohe, the relationship that is only surface level, and lots of pointless character deaths. So if you're going here expecting some reinvention of his usual tropes you're going to be sorely disappointed. He's still the same guy chucking random songs in there, lots of gray/brown visuals, and snarky jokes that don't always land. That being said the movie looks better than BVS did, and Batista gives a good performance in his main role. I think he should carry more films as he was never given much in the MCU to do other than shitty jokes in GOTG. Some of the character decisions dont' make sense, and he could've shaved some of the run time down but I didn't think it was a horrible film ala Justice League or BVS.
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
Yeah, I was pretty pumped to watch this. Got up super early so as not to rouse the family and worked out while it played. It was pretty bad, I'll stick with your terrible rating. Some of the scenes just didn't make sense from a time lapse perspective and how it flowed.
I could easily find complaints about it (hand-held camera work and lens flares for example, heh), but for the most part I really enjoyed it. I thought there were a couple missed opportunities for some character drama, which puzzled me. [SPOILER - highlight to read]: Like when the guy locked the chick in the room to die I thought she was going to get out and expose the *******. I think that would have been more interesting than just another death by zombies. But yeah, some people are analyzing it like it's supposed to be Citizen Kane. Have fun with it as a Zombie/Heist movie!! The production and effects are pretty breathtaking and the story is perfectly passable for what it is. The cast is fun as well with some actual chemistry. One highlight for me was [SPOILER - highlight to read]: the ******* getting thrown around by the tiger like a cat hunting a mouse. 😆
Looks like this movie is going the way of Wonder Woman 84 at least according to Google ratings
__________________ "Happiness is a lie. Life is horror. The light is always dying all across the universe. The last star will flicker out someday, when it does, all that remains is shadow. And I will be its king!"'-Amahl Farouk
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