I (unfortunately) caught this today when it arrived at the second-run cinema.
SPOILERS
Honestly, this film is a great watch for screenwriters in learning exactly how NOT to write a superhero movie (or any movie of that kind).
You know how gurus always emphasize "The Want" of the protagonist? How it needs to be relatable, visceral? This film's want was "Gee, I'd like to know which desert that sand keeps coming from." Since the protag wasn't actually pursuing anything, it felt like an endlessly meandering sequence of scenes.
The third act was literally the worst I've seen in... I don't even know. It felt like the writers wrote all the way to page 100 and then realized "Oh, sh*t! We don't have an antagonist or even a third act yet! Quick, throw one in!" In the span of what felt like 10 minutes we had the main villain pop out of nowhere, the mentor die, then the team inexplicably unite to quickly incinerate the bad guy. It's like the writers/director had a bus to catch.
I'm aware there were development problems, but... come on!
SPOILERS
Honestly, this film is a great watch for screenwriters in learning exactly how NOT to write a superhero movie (or any movie of that kind).
You know how gurus always emphasize "The Want" of the protagonist? How it needs to be relatable, visceral? This film's want was "Gee, I'd like to know which desert that sand keeps coming from." Since the protag wasn't actually pursuing anything, it felt like an endlessly meandering sequence of scenes.
The third act was literally the worst I've seen in... I don't even know. It felt like the writers wrote all the way to page 100 and then realized "Oh, sh*t! We don't have an antagonist or even a third act yet! Quick, throw one in!" In the span of what felt like 10 minutes we had the main villain pop out of nowhere, the mentor die, then the team inexplicably unite to quickly incinerate the bad guy. It's like the writers/director had a bus to catch.
I'm aware there were development problems, but... come on!
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