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The_Real_Chris wrote: I am not sure if it is meant to look cool, or troll people. I mean that first sequence was just atrocious. I know hollywood hates the whole 'pick a firing position where you feel safe, put rounds down on the enemy' but mindlessly running towards the person shooting you 3 metres away (with no attempts made to engage at close quarters) pointing your gun like a talisman instead of firing it is a new low.
Looks like pretty normal gun kata to me.
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Why is the rum always gone?
2024/04/19 11:52:46
Subject: Re:Rebel Moon - Official Trailer (Part 2)
Against my better judgement, I started Part 2 before I head to work. Its a 50/50 shot that I’ll go in to work either bemused or angry.
Spoiler:
First 15 minutes we got some gakky dialogue, we get to see Ed Skrein’s character get resurrected again for some reason( its like they forgot that we saw him get resurrected at the end of the first one) and slow motion harvesting of a crop. I can’t stop watching this bufoonery of filmmaking, aside from typing this up while I let my dog out.
“lets build defenses around a village of mud/brick buildings with thatched roofs instead of falling back to the more natural defenses of the mountains that are quite literally directly behind the village.”
Why did Koras ship crash and need to be dragged out of the mountains when it was shown 30 seconds later to be in perfect working order?
This is shaping up to be worse than Part 1.
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
It definitely had some cool visuals and some fun dumbbusy action, but it was still hot garbage. Hotter and Garbagier then the first one for sure, which I gave faint praise to. I had no emotional investment in Snyder or his works, one way or another, but after watching clips of his Rogan interview, I might fething hate him.
I might’ve hurt my neck shaking my head at how dumb it was 90%+ of the time.
In no particular order:
Spoiler:
-The betrayal at the Julius Caesar assassination was so silly. Why not just kill her there instead of trying to take her alive? Why let her escape?
-Random villager, who is the last man standing in this particular scene is shot and is trying to trigger an explosive chain as his last act. For what seemed like 10 seconds, the clearly still alive dude is struggling to trigger the explosives, while the dudes who shot him are just feet away, watching it happen.
-The origin story for lightsaber lady with cyber arms: had to chop off her own arms to absorb the warrior knowledge of her tribe, which are contained in the guantlets. She gets like 10 words in the whole movie. The music when she fought was cool, and I like the flameyswords. Felt no emotional attachment when she died (the only “main” hero character to die).
-Farming music was Rings of Power level cringe.
-Our group of heroes, all in their own way say : “We’re here to fight and die. No surrender, as we’ll get no mercy from the Empire”. They all give examples in their origin stories of how the Empire is evil and merciless. Once the bad guys show up, our heroine promptly tries to surrender and seek mercy for the village. Lolwut.
-Village Girl has time to craft symbolic banners for all of our heroes who she just met, when it was established that the village would have to bring in the harvest in record time, while also building elaborate trench defenses and training for combat.
-This is a serious situation coming up! Time for a serious haircut scene! Our heroine went from choppy bob to high and tight with a sick fade to show she’s super serious. See above, where she promptly tried to surrender, lol.
-“The Princess is still alive” reveal at the end was so ridiculous. Who cares?
I could go on, but feth this movie. Why’d I do this to myself?
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
This is one part where it rubbed me wrong, his example scenario from Dark Knight Returns is flatout wrong for instance :
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
I didn't hate it, but I can safely say its the fourth best version of Seven Samurai I've seen, after Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven and Battle Beyond the Stars.
Oops! Fifth best. I forgot about A Bug's Life.
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2024/04/21 08:17:39
Subject: Re:Rebel Moon - Official Trailer (Part 2)
I was entertained and you can be too if you just accept that the movie has neat visuals and is otherwise completely ridiculous.
It's a bit slow to start with
Spoiler:
the speeches and slow motion harvest in the beginning,
and I'd want to watch the two parts back to back again to see how they mesh without months of fading memory between them. There was the odd bit where I wasn't sure that what happened in part two reflected part one, but that might just be me.
Also. after a rare moment of picking up a hint, I will say I was actually happy to see ten minutes later that
Spoiler:
the dreadnought has a big boiler room where people manually shovel coal.
A coal powered rocket ship is the only way a gentleman travels the stars.
Nehekhara lives! Sort of!
Why is the rum always gone?
When you think about it, many of us here should appreciate the slow motion parts of both Rebel Moon movies a lot more. They're much like classic GW game crafting. It very much feels like for every scene in the movies, Snyder rolled on a random table that tells if, how and when a part of the scene plays out in slow motion.
Nehekhara lives! Sort of!
Why is the rum always gone?
2024/04/21 10:48:21
Subject: Re:Rebel Moon - Official Trailer (Part 2)
Geifer wrote: When you think about it, many of us here should appreciate the slow motion parts of both Rebel Moon movies a lot more. They're much like classic GW game crafting. It very much feels like for every scene in the movies, Snyder rolled on a random table that tells if, how and when a part of the scene plays out in slow motion.
Ah I thought you meant the slo mo was like a GW game because the players were consulting the rules on firing a hunting rifle while sliding across a floor and swinging a laser sword.
Let's see, -1 for firing while moving, and -2 for off hand, but +1 for your cool state and +1 for hated enemies...
The movie was hot garbage, but it was exactly what I expected so I enjoyed the hell out of it. The gratuitous slow mo of people harvesting wheat left me in awe, but that was nothing compared to the four - yes, four - consecutive flash backs when they're all telling each other their back stories.
I hope Zack keeps making these. They take 'so bad it's good' to soaring new heights.
I got bored after the first 10 minutes. It’s like Snyder is trying to release a film series and the prequel series simultaneously. And it’s so dull. He’s made laser sword battles in space dull. Why would you do that?
Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!
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