Gareth Edwards certainly knows how to create visually stunning cinematography and if a film was just down to how good it looked it would get a 10.
There was lots of VFX but also some great on location scenes which for me us the way films like this should be made.
The main issues with the film were poor plot points, muddled technical ideologies, and some nonsensical parts which too me right out of the moment. The first half works a lot better than the second half as the story builds but the second half creates way to many glaring contradictions.
When building a Sci Fi world you can make up a lot of things and do what you like with them but at least keep the consistency and avoid glaring plot holes. This should have been an 8 or 9 out of 10 if they had followed the science and reality they had created all the way through to the end.
The film takes itself way to seriously for it to end up like a schlocky b movie.
The ideologies were interesting and the human element to it all was a great driving force leading to a rather weak and transient climax.
This film is definitely worth watching just fir the visuals its a shame other elements let it down enough, for me, to make it a vit of a disappointment.
6/10.
There was lots of VFX but also some great on location scenes which for me us the way films like this should be made.
The main issues with the film were poor plot points, muddled technical ideologies, and some nonsensical parts which too me right out of the moment. The first half works a lot better than the second half as the story builds but the second half creates way to many glaring contradictions.
When building a Sci Fi world you can make up a lot of things and do what you like with them but at least keep the consistency and avoid glaring plot holes. This should have been an 8 or 9 out of 10 if they had followed the science and reality they had created all the way through to the end.
The film takes itself way to seriously for it to end up like a schlocky b movie.
The ideologies were interesting and the human element to it all was a great driving force leading to a rather weak and transient climax.
This film is definitely worth watching just fir the visuals its a shame other elements let it down enough, for me, to make it a vit of a disappointment.
6/10.