Let's start with my first criticism: Pointless. This was famously Zak Snyder's attempt at making a Star Wars movie but Disney was smart enough to turn him down, so he very thinly disguised the Star Wars elements and made it anyway. So it's just bad Star Wars. But beyond that his whole new idea to freshen up the Star Wars universe? A bad Seven Samurai remake. So something that's already been done mixed a something else that's already been done. Pointless.
Now saying it was Underdeveloped is a soft criticism. Snyder has his own extended cuts of these films that may correct some of the TERRIBLE pacing, but I can't see that being enough. This felt like someone shot an entire 8 Episode series and condensed it into 2 movies. And frankly, Snyder is just not a good writer. In fact, he's quite bad. I think he is a great director, he can make things look good, but this was just embarrassing at times. The battle scenes felt like a bunch of 8 year old's playing war in their back yard. So much of this movie was stuff presented as being very important with nothing to make the audience feel that way. There are cinematic cues that imply a feeling, but no information. Like all of the stuff with the robot being presented all dramatically. Who was he again? Someone who was mentioned for 3 seconds in the first movie? You can cue the music and people can gasp, but I'm still confused.
Maybe I'll give em another try when Snyder releases his versions, but as it stands these two movies are just bad.
Now saying it was Underdeveloped is a soft criticism. Snyder has his own extended cuts of these films that may correct some of the TERRIBLE pacing, but I can't see that being enough. This felt like someone shot an entire 8 Episode series and condensed it into 2 movies. And frankly, Snyder is just not a good writer. In fact, he's quite bad. I think he is a great director, he can make things look good, but this was just embarrassing at times. The battle scenes felt like a bunch of 8 year old's playing war in their back yard. So much of this movie was stuff presented as being very important with nothing to make the audience feel that way. There are cinematic cues that imply a feeling, but no information. Like all of the stuff with the robot being presented all dramatically. Who was he again? Someone who was mentioned for 3 seconds in the first movie? You can cue the music and people can gasp, but I'm still confused.
Maybe I'll give em another try when Snyder releases his versions, but as it stands these two movies are just bad.