As a subscriber to The Daily Wire and as someone who was very impressed with Shut In, I was looking forward to a fun family-friendly superhero movie with a retro-feel the way Ben and the gang were describing it. Sadly, it was not that.
This movie is NOT what the trailer made it out to be. It's not an action film, it's not a drama, and it's not a comedy. It's a confused amalgam of all 3 that never succeeds in actually entertaining. Mitchell is a good lead and Elwes creates a whimsical character for himself, but the story and pacing sunk the movie.
As for the touted retro feel, they tried for that but didn't capture it. They tried to use musical pieces that harken back to the 50's Disney cartoons, yet this was supposed to take place in 1979. So the attempt to make this a throwback to some other time in the past also winds up feeling unfocused.
I guess in the end, that's the word to sum up the Hyperions...unfocused. Too bad. The concept is a cool one, but they just had no idea how to execute it.
This movie is NOT what the trailer made it out to be. It's not an action film, it's not a drama, and it's not a comedy. It's a confused amalgam of all 3 that never succeeds in actually entertaining. Mitchell is a good lead and Elwes creates a whimsical character for himself, but the story and pacing sunk the movie.
As for the touted retro feel, they tried for that but didn't capture it. They tried to use musical pieces that harken back to the 50's Disney cartoons, yet this was supposed to take place in 1979. So the attempt to make this a throwback to some other time in the past also winds up feeling unfocused.
I guess in the end, that's the word to sum up the Hyperions...unfocused. Too bad. The concept is a cool one, but they just had no idea how to execute it.