Convoluted and a mess of a movie. Felt super disconnected from the characters. Amazing world, special and visual effects. Wanted more of that. An absolute treat for the eyes and imagination but just that everything else was generic, lackluster, disappointing, nonsensical, not properly explained or the movie just jumps around willy Nilly and can be confusing to say the least. I really wanted to like it because I love sci fi and we don’t get enough of this sort of thing, but the end result isn’t greater than the sum of its parts. Perhaps a director’s cut is required/ necessary, as it really seemed like good chunks of the movie were missing.
I liked the movie a lot. It won’t be a staple of the cinema or sci-fi, but it’s a nice movie imo.
The visuals and techs are cool. The story was interesting IMO. The characters are not original, nor is the scenario, but the story is original in the theme it talks about and how it mixes that with sci-fi is interesting. It’s not a common take on the fight against machines too.
Mild Spoiler : it’s a parallel to 9/11 and how the US then go on a crusade against terrorism with dubious reasons.
Heavier spoiler (20min in the movie) : the movie is about racism and how a government can go on a crusade out of fear from racial replacement. It’s interesting that it’s also about robots, which brings the subjects of robots living with humans, transhumanism and the evolution of humans with technology.
Of all the “thumbs down” this movie is getting here, your insights are actually very interesting! I’m surprised no one else had picked upon that! Well…not THAT surprised, really. 🙄
Now, the question is has it escaped everyone here who’s seen it or are you reading too much into it? 😇
It is very obvious. The only non obvious thing is that the robots are not Muslims. I was shocked that my friends didn’t see it instantly, but once I told them they saw it too.
I like the fact that it’s rated r and has salty themes and language, not everything needs to be for kids…and love Jamie Fox and Will Frerrel but also have zero interest. Nothing in the trailer was remotely funny. Oh I’m a dog imma fuck that couch. Seems like it would be funny but somehow still wasn’t.
My wife and I are extremely excited about this, even if it’s just going to be a silly fan-service popcorn movie. Plot doesn’t really matter, it’s all about Chris In The Morning.
Sorry, there aren’t many opportunities as good as this one to bust out Triumph the Insult Comic Dog jokes these days. Anyway, I’ve seen the trailer far too many times in front of other movies, and it looks a bit crap. I’m willing to be persuaded otherwise but that is what I’m assuming.
Unfortunately I was ripped of my money and time by voluntarily watching this in cinema. That’s my fault that I believed its trailer. Last time I made that mistake. Next time I just wait a week longer for review…
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