Rebel Moon was DESPERATELY trying to be a Star Wars movie right from frame one and the whole 'substitute world building' is woefully shallow and it's trying to build a universe when this story COULD have worked in the actual Star Wars Universe.
This movie has the hardened badass girl archetype, the shunned but street-smart scoundrel, the strong-willed slave, the humanised robot, the *cough* Empire *cough*, and these cliches have been done to death in better movies that makes Rebel Moon sadly derivative when this film could have easily been a more inspired thing had it not become an awkward exposition-fest interlaced with Zack Snyder iconography that's on the brink of being a satire of the man's style and filmmaking techniques.
Supposedly the 'Director's Cut' is gonna be a better movie (or more of the same) but I'm not too sure if extra stuff would fix the movie right here. Maybe with more breathing room Rebel Moon could easily have had a valid reason for existing besides being a space opera to fill in the Star Wars and Star Trek cinematic voids (currently).
Simply put, Netflix wanted to make this as a 'rival Star Wars' franchise, but the problem is that these universes NEED depth right off the bat. And this one is waiting for either a directors cut or a clearer vision with less cliches to pick out of the proverbial raffle hat.
Rebel Moon is a multimillion dollar copy-and-paste job that seems like a passion project which became a feature length missed-opportunity-and-a-half for 2023 and Zack Snyder. Maybe Part Two will be an improvement? Who can tell with these things?
2/5 stars. For all it tries with its impressive visuals, the film seems like it's trying to be certain with its world building while being completely uncertain on whether to make this new world actually feel real to the viewers.
This movie has the hardened badass girl archetype, the shunned but street-smart scoundrel, the strong-willed slave, the humanised robot, the *cough* Empire *cough*, and these cliches have been done to death in better movies that makes Rebel Moon sadly derivative when this film could have easily been a more inspired thing had it not become an awkward exposition-fest interlaced with Zack Snyder iconography that's on the brink of being a satire of the man's style and filmmaking techniques.
Supposedly the 'Director's Cut' is gonna be a better movie (or more of the same) but I'm not too sure if extra stuff would fix the movie right here. Maybe with more breathing room Rebel Moon could easily have had a valid reason for existing besides being a space opera to fill in the Star Wars and Star Trek cinematic voids (currently).
Simply put, Netflix wanted to make this as a 'rival Star Wars' franchise, but the problem is that these universes NEED depth right off the bat. And this one is waiting for either a directors cut or a clearer vision with less cliches to pick out of the proverbial raffle hat.
Rebel Moon is a multimillion dollar copy-and-paste job that seems like a passion project which became a feature length missed-opportunity-and-a-half for 2023 and Zack Snyder. Maybe Part Two will be an improvement? Who can tell with these things?
2/5 stars. For all it tries with its impressive visuals, the film seems like it's trying to be certain with its world building while being completely uncertain on whether to make this new world actually feel real to the viewers.