So 3 stars...one for the visuals, one for the score, and last one for not being a reboot.
Biggest issue I have with Rebel Moon is the reasoning of "it'll make sense when you watch part 2" is only a good way to do things if the next episode drops next week, not next year or more likely in 2 years when you finished making it. That makes me think this was going to be a TV series until someone threw enough money at it to make it a 2 part movie.
There were a few times I couldn't help but think "so this is a cut scene in a game, right?" Most of the story is going from one quest to the next growing you "party" and unlocking new "perks" on the way gearing up to face the big bad. There's even a part right at the start with someone telling our main character "you must go on a quest to find great warriors" Hallo, what now? Can I get a tutorial level first like mate? You haven't told me what the controls are or the skill tree. Like which perk is causing the bullet time to trigger? Can I set that to manual?
The characters are...well they're there(ish). Our bad guys are very bad guys and the majority of our good guys are on some redemption arc or quest for vengeance or, just to be original, both. Two of the more interesting characters(good bad private soldier dude and kind android) are there right at the start never to be heard from again..except for kind android dude that shows up right before the end credits with antlars on his head? I dunno, I must have missed a side quest to unlock him or maybe he'll be released next patch. And Charlie Hunnam, I appreciate the effort you put in to bring a Belfast accent to the screen. I just wish they hadn't decided to have you tone it down and end up with this middle ground of "ma dude, pick an accent already! You're all over the place". It was only after searching to get a better idea of what was going on with that I found you did actually learn a proper Belfast accent and it's apparently really good. The film makers have been shouting "but wait till part 2" when faced with the criticism of this movie makes no sense. Surely they could have said "you know subtitles are a thing, right?" to an American audience struggling with Belfast accent. Ooo, next time tackle Glaswegian. Really screw with their heads on that one. (btw, I'm Scottish and live in N Ireland so yeah, the accent thing was a struggle to put up with.lol)
Then there's the slow motion and SUPER SLOW MOTION with more SUPER SLOW MOTION sounds to really emphasise we're doing slowmo action stuffs! I actually imagine the editors just set up an Elgato Stream Deck with hot keys to insert each slowmo type to save time. Just mash button every few minutes and sorted.
TLDR: Imo if you haven't seen this yet, hold off and wait for part 2 to be finished especially if not having an actual fulfilling conclusion is likely to wind you up. Wait for part 2 and watch them both. Hopefully we get a story that goes somewhere and doesn't feel like an incomplete game desperately needing patches and DLC to fix its issues.
Biggest issue I have with Rebel Moon is the reasoning of "it'll make sense when you watch part 2" is only a good way to do things if the next episode drops next week, not next year or more likely in 2 years when you finished making it. That makes me think this was going to be a TV series until someone threw enough money at it to make it a 2 part movie.
There were a few times I couldn't help but think "so this is a cut scene in a game, right?" Most of the story is going from one quest to the next growing you "party" and unlocking new "perks" on the way gearing up to face the big bad. There's even a part right at the start with someone telling our main character "you must go on a quest to find great warriors" Hallo, what now? Can I get a tutorial level first like mate? You haven't told me what the controls are or the skill tree. Like which perk is causing the bullet time to trigger? Can I set that to manual?
The characters are...well they're there(ish). Our bad guys are very bad guys and the majority of our good guys are on some redemption arc or quest for vengeance or, just to be original, both. Two of the more interesting characters(good bad private soldier dude and kind android) are there right at the start never to be heard from again..except for kind android dude that shows up right before the end credits with antlars on his head? I dunno, I must have missed a side quest to unlock him or maybe he'll be released next patch. And Charlie Hunnam, I appreciate the effort you put in to bring a Belfast accent to the screen. I just wish they hadn't decided to have you tone it down and end up with this middle ground of "ma dude, pick an accent already! You're all over the place". It was only after searching to get a better idea of what was going on with that I found you did actually learn a proper Belfast accent and it's apparently really good. The film makers have been shouting "but wait till part 2" when faced with the criticism of this movie makes no sense. Surely they could have said "you know subtitles are a thing, right?" to an American audience struggling with Belfast accent. Ooo, next time tackle Glaswegian. Really screw with their heads on that one. (btw, I'm Scottish and live in N Ireland so yeah, the accent thing was a struggle to put up with.lol)
Then there's the slow motion and SUPER SLOW MOTION with more SUPER SLOW MOTION sounds to really emphasise we're doing slowmo action stuffs! I actually imagine the editors just set up an Elgato Stream Deck with hot keys to insert each slowmo type to save time. Just mash button every few minutes and sorted.
TLDR: Imo if you haven't seen this yet, hold off and wait for part 2 to be finished especially if not having an actual fulfilling conclusion is likely to wind you up. Wait for part 2 and watch them both. Hopefully we get a story that goes somewhere and doesn't feel like an incomplete game desperately needing patches and DLC to fix its issues.
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