2/10
Snyder is talented but Rebel Moon is a misfire
21 December 2023
Zack Synder is a filmmaker who is pretty controversial across others (especially on social media) as his works on DC comics have been spoken a lot around. I personally liked his work on "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, 300 and Watchman". But as a whole, I just didn't care or connect with many of his works. I won't say I hate his works cause I do believe he has some talents. Rebel Moon is a new project from Snyder but unfortunately, it really feels like a rejected version of Star Wars that feels derivative and extremely boring.

The visual effects, productions and costumes are pretty good as the costumes and productions look colorful. Although there are some bad CGI effects. Snyder direction and the writing feels all over the place as if Snyder was implementing many different concepts and ideas but wasn't really sure how to put it together well and makes it messy. I do appreciate that Snyder is trying something different and following his vision but the narrative feels unspecial and messy that it didn't really grasp my attention. The performances are okay but it's a shame cause many of the cast members are actors I like but unfortunately their performances felt a bit underwhelming and were provided with poor dialogue and uninteresting character arches.

For the action and thrills, it's messy. I did find some of the action moments to be interesting but the use of slow-motion and the convoluted style causes the action and thrills to fall apart. The editing, soundtrack, and the pacing is pretty off and the tone feels unbalanced.

Clearly Snyder fans are going to enjoy this movie which is great for them but I personally didn't care for this movie.
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