Don't listen to the critics - this was a really enjoyable movie to me. If you enjoy a little fun and an unpretentious movie then you'll like this. To me it's in the same category as Wild Wild West and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
It's a nice, easy watch without all the pretention, a lot of Steampunk association and almost nostalgic in its disregard for cultural film critics' opinions.
Perfect for a Wednesday or Friday evening alone with something to drink as company.
Mortal Engines is a retro platform game with its outdated special effects, bad voice acting, and stale story line. While there were some interesting worlds and the final boss battle was as exciting as it was predictable, overall the film suffered from too much lag time while it struggled to load all the unnecessary back story.
Peter Jackson co-wrote and produced Mortal Engines, and that's obvious enough from his sticky fingerprints all over this project. Yet while we have all the grand scale visuals that come with an epic Jackson film, most of the dialogue -- and especially every one-liner we were forced to hear -- should've been cut because nobody plays a retro game for the tired stories.
Better than an after school special rerun but nothing else.
The most likeable character is a ruthless killing machine. A robot. Most of the human characters are shallow, one dimensional automatons that don't amount to much.
There's a Han Solo wannabe, there's the rich girl he can't have, and the rebellious girl who obviously is just hiding her spontaneous love for him. There's also Asian Matrix-Era Carrie-Anne Moss who, like much in the film, is blatantly foreshadowed. Then there's a handful of people not to get attached to.
Some fun scenery and lovely bits of design, but it's a mostly empty world with mostly empty characters. Pretty, forgettable.
A cast out of mainstream with the exception of Hugo Weaving. An Academy Award Winner Peter Jackson and a good dystopian story makes Mortal Engines a good surprise this year.
Very visually, at the level of the script, not so much. The robot starts well, but then its history ..... It has entertained me the movie.
Not what I'd hoped for. Peter Jackson was the draw. I knew the cities on wheels was going to be a hard sell for me (just too many logistical improbabilities to let me suspend disbelief). The cast was good. The CGI was spectacular. The warnings for our real world were obvious. But, I wonder if this would have been better as a TV series than a movie. The characters and the plot seemed to be rushed for me, and there seemed so much more to explore before it rushed to its inevitable conclusion. I didn't engage with the characters and the story as I hoped I might. I am going to give this film a 5 (meh) out of 10. [Steampunk SciFi]
When I saw the first teaser to this movie, I was like "What the hell is this? Something Peter Jackson created, that looks this fantastic? I need to watch this, even though the CGI did not look that good (yet?)". The first trailer wasn't that interesting anymore as it spoiled a lot. Still, Peter Jackson, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Lang... that could still be a good movie?
But first of all: The marketing - at least in Germany - was irritating. Peter Jackson wanted to do this movie, he held the rights to making this movie for over 8 years but couldn't get around and therefore decided to pass it on to one of his protegees: Christian Rivers, who has worked as storyboard artist and visual effects supervisor in 11 of Jackson's movies, has his directorial debut - Peter Jackson only contributed his first draft, and of course the rights and budget - which by the way is 150 million dollars - not bad for a debut. But does money equal quality?
Let's take a short look at the plot:
In a dystopian future the few survivors of a global catastrophe gathered together to form mobile predator cities and live in an world order called "Municipal Darwinism", i.e. in the great hunting ground larger cities hunt smaller cities for their resources, to enslave the people, etc. In this steampunk setting London is known as one of the most predatory cities - but the free young woman Hester Shaw wants to travel to exactly this city, because she is hoping to settle a score with one of the leaders of the city.
Peter Jackson has already proven that he has the ability to create new, unseen and absolutely fantastic worlds, and at first glance it seems like with Mortal Engines this applies as well, even though this is not really Peter Jackson. But: It's just the first glance. Yes, the world is cool, it has a lot of beautiful and interesting original ideas that we get to see. The CGI at first glance looks good - but unfortunately only at first glance. Different to Lord of the Rings, where you see a number of details, that are filmed in long slow moving camera to make sure the viewer has the ability to actually see, discover and experience all the details, in Mortal Engine you always have very fast tracking shots, so in the end, everything is blurry giving the movie makers the ability to mask the missing level of detail, as well as often also the physical plausibility of things. And that was something that really bothered me. How do the cities actually transform, or rake up to bigger cities? This happens so fast that you don't actually know - because there is no clever way they do fit together. And what are all the details in London? You don't get to see anything - there are 2-3 spots that are shown in detail - the rest is principally just a hill with a number of glowing spots, that blur due to the fast camera pace. Same with the wall. Why don't show how the people behind the wall actually live? They live a totally different life, why not celebrate it, like e.g. Lord of the Rings celebrated the introduction of Rohan? Because these details actually don't exist.
And at least to me, a movie of this caliber, with this budget and playing in such a world needs to be presented, needs to stun me. And we don't get anything.
But it's not only the graphics and setting - this is probably still the best part of the movie. Talking about the story, this movie is even worse. First, this movie is so packed, that you start to ask: Why did they not make a 2-part movie? Peter Jackson made 3 movies out of the hobbit which is a small to medium sized single children's book. But here, due to packing so much into one movie and not getting rid of certain aspects you feel like a lot of things are touched but not really explained. And this is really sad, as the story has a number of interesting parts. I would have loved to learn something about Anna Fang. Why is she hunted? What is her motivation as leader of an resistance movement? What is that resistance movements motivation? We get nothing - Anna is seen in the wanted poster in the beginning and all of a sudden she is there. The whole backstory with Shrike could have also been interesting, but is also just touched. Same with our antagonist. What is his motivation? No idea. Why does he - all of a sudden - decide to destroy something? No one will know. There are also hardly any quite moments to establish the characters, and this leads not only to the characters being really shallow, but also not rally having time to interact with each other and in the end there is absolutely no chemistry between the characters. All could die, and no one would care. And also the story telling is absolutely minimal. Most of the time is spend in an concatenation of action sequences: I feel that more than 80% was just action, and these action orgies where extremely CGI dominated, so they don't even get that exciting - and to me, after the first 2-3 action sequences I got fatigued.
In the end the actors are not challenged at all and fall far beyond what they are probably capable of, and there is not much else that the movie has to offer - I was bored after the first third of the movie, and it did not get any better till the end. A really great disappointment, I had high hopes :(
Difficult to get into at first - there's barely any hand holding in this brave new world (even if it is just London on wheels) - but once the story developed and a little history was learned, I started to enjoy it more. Visually fantastic, although a little too much CGI at times, this is worth a watch, especially for Londoners who most certainly haven't seen their home city depicted like this before!
Ignore the bad reviews. I really enjoyed this movie. Great special effects, good pace, interesting story line. Well worth a watch.
Nothing made sense, the characters were all boring, the dialogue sounded like it was written by an eighth grader, there's no real sense of danger or importance to any actions, the kindest way to describe the plot is that it was a poorly constructed rip-off of Star Wars: A New Hope, and there were way too many macguffins. The special effects looked neat but that doesn't make a good story. And the romance? There was more chemistry between Hester and the cyborg than her alleged love interest. Just... just awful.
Good ol' sci-fi. I will admit firsthand, I am a sci-fi nerd. I loved this movie. The critics will say what they say. I am not going to prove them wrong or anything, but I loved this. Go ahead and watch it, don't listen to snobs who say otherwise! Cheerio!!
I totally enjoyed this movie, And I have no idea why people keep criticizing it!
Such an interesting premise deserved a better movie (or two).
The idea of moving cities is so intriguing and I feel that the film kinda missed that. More battles between these mastodontic machines would have definitely improved the experience. In fact, the opening sequence, with the small town hunted by the gigantic London, is probably the most memorable out of the whole film.
The CGI is well done. Nothing crazy, but it looks good today and will look good 10 years from now. I love the steampunk-ish vibe that permeates everything.
The acting was ok. Weaving was good, and the others were ok. I think the script is more at fault than the actors.
That brings us to the weak point of the movie, the story. The best word I can think to describe it, is "clichéd". Are they dead after that crazy fall or are they alive? Of course they are alive. Will they fall in love or not? Of course they will. Will they stop the weapon with only a second left or not? Of course they will. Cliché are not bad in and of themselves, but when you abuse them, the whole film suffers. I felt like I already knew how the movie was gonna end.
Also, the film felt a bit rushed. It was action scene after action scene, with very little world building. Which is a shame, because that was the most interesting part. The character suffered a bit too, especially the secondary ones. How am I supposed to root for them if I don't know their ideals and motives?
In the end, this movie deserved a better script, with less cheesy one-liners (seriously, some of them were atrocious). I think that two movies, or a three hour runtime à la Lord of the Rings, would have created a much more compelling story. What it is now, is a fun movie that won't bore you, but that you also won't remember very long.
Missed opportunity.
6.5/10
P.S.: Anna Fang felt like a Trinity (from The Matrix) wannabe
So many known faces in this. Good faces, even.
Steam Punk, set in the future where the ancients, aka we, destroyed the earth? What is not to like? If this is going to be a bad movie, at least it will be a REALLY GOOD bad movie.
But I mean, come on. The whole history is amazing. Food that hasn't gone off in a thousand years (yuck), the minions as things in a museum...
But I guess that's all from the books, and I only love it because I can't compare with the original. :grimacing: Good for me.
So after watching it all, I still don't hate it. In fact, rather the opposite. What do you want from an action movie other than this? I love the characters, even though 2 hours doesn't give them enough development, but how'd you do that in an action movie? And it has so much action. Beautiful worlds... a believable world-view... beautiful scenes... I don't see the hate.
He gets the girl AND the ship in the end, and she gets... the guy, and revenge? I also want to go where the wind takes "us", see the world. And someone to say "I'll go/come with you".
I have to say that I liked this movie a lot. It is kind of fantasy, science fiction (emphasis on fiction here) and steam punk (or perhaps I should say diesel punk) mixed together.
The world is a fairly dark post apocalyptic world where moving predator cities prays on each other. The entire concept is really quite ridiculous of course but it makes for some really fantastic and spectacular special effects and I am a sucker for spectacular special effects.
In addition the overall story holds together fairly well. That is, in the context of the ludicrous world that is the background of this story in the first place of course. It is quite straightforward without too much annoying social or green preaching that plagues so many movies nowadays. Somewhat predictable but overall a good vehicle for the plentiful action.
I also liked most of the characters. Both the bad guy and the good guys had decent charisma with the exception of Tom who was a bit of a naive whiner although he got it together towards the end.
There where few flaws. Nothing really major except that, in one scene at the end, the city of London was shown against the wall and it was bloody tiny compared to the wall. The main bad guy’s last resort was to pummel London against the wall and was expected to break it down. Before in the movie London was depicted as really huge. That scene really screwed that and made him delusional.
Apart from that, end Tom’s whining and naivety, I really liked this movie. It was the kind of over the top, fantasy/fiction movie with a big budget that you do not see every day. Of course the dickwads, a.ka “critics”) at Rotten Tomatoes and other mainstream media assholes did their best to tell everyone how bad it was. As usual that’s just the stuff that comes out of the south end of a north bound bull.
The universe is very interesting but the plot is super cliché. I also found it difficult to connect with the characters. They just weren't very complex... The humoristic lines (with the minions, for ex) fell flat too. I'm not sure where they were going with them ? It didn't fit the overall mood at all.
All in all, it's pretty bland but not so awful that I would tell people to stay away
The first half of the movie I thought "Oh, that's not too bad". Just for me to hope that it would finally end in the second half.
This could have been great decent as a TV show. As a movie, not so much. It's too rushed, you don't get time to care about most of the characters, there is no development. There are many more problems, but the lack of progression is the biggest issue.
Excellent CGI, though. Too bad they didn't spare a little budget for the scriptwriting.
What a waste. Waste of a story, waste of good actors, waste of money... and more importantly, waste of my time.
It was a good movie but felt a little rushed, and the end was a bummer... It had potential.
This film is a steam punking piece of crap on caterpillar wheels. Thin story line, acting mediocre, even from Mr Weaving. Absolutely no chemistry between the love interests, but one knows from the very start they'll be hooking up. CGI was good tho. I had expected to see battles between actual mobile cities, not just London and anti-tractionisitis. I had a lot FFS moments and wanted the lead male just to die already.
Read some horrible reviews beforehand so my expectations weren't high. The movie wasn't bad, I enjoyed it more as it progressed. I recommend watching it if you are into dystopian movies.
What I was expecting... eye popping visuals, same old story, characters you don't care about. I'm sure fans of the book will be pleased. If you really must see it, then go to the biggest screen you can otherwise all of the effort will be lost. For me, it was like revisiting John Carter again... Ironically enough, my favourite scene was when the cyborg Shrike dies and remembers his son. 5/10
Love the idea and concept. Fighting scenes was horrible! Hey at least Shrike was cool! Entertaining movie to watch in Cinema. 6/10
An interesting idea and some good CGI can't save this from being boring.
Not really my kind of film, but I enjoyed it as much as I could. I laughed out loud twice, which I was not expecting, so that was a plus for me. There's nothing new here, and it was very predictable at times, but films don't have to be new or unpredictable to be good. I reckon anyone who's into this kind of film will love it.
okay so I saw this for a free preivew and I still left after 20 minutes of the movie I'm sorry but I just couldn't get the idea and it moved so slow maybe I should try it again but as of now I'm just gonna stick with my theory that the movie kept sucking ass and never got any better than that I can't recommend that you waist your time and money on this load of shit I really had hoped the review would have went a little different but that's just how I saw it
I read the book, just know that it was written in 2003 and they probably shouldn't have waited so long to make it but cgi tho.
Separating myself from the novel here are the positives and negatives:
Shrikes voice is quite good.
Valentine is a good casting choice.
The cgi looks good and happened world building a lot.
Tom is quite bumbling which helps drive hesters dislike of him.
The music is pretty strong.
Unfortunately there is really poor character development. In cutting this book to make a film they really twisted a lot of the character roles and changed who did what, which in turn affected the flow of the movie. They also eliminated guild tattoos from the movie and made the mayor an idiot, lessened the impact of Valentine's death by taking it away from Hester and by keeping him evil lower his characters depth. Why bother naming bevis if he's in the movie for 10 minutes? Hester has a literal deus ex machina in her hands the entire movie. Ugh.
Visually, it's not bad. And the action's okay.
It just completely falls apart when it comes to character depth, acting (besides Hugo Weaving, everyone sucks), editing (very strange editing choices, as well as a lot of noticeable ADR replacements) and making me even remotely care about the story in general.
Wasted potential.
4/10
Mortal Engines is the latest film from Peter Jackson's production company, WingNut Films, and directed by his long-time collaborator Christian Rivers. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where cities have been turned into massive wheels and roam the planet devouring each other for resources, the movie follows the story of London, led by Thaddeus Valentine (Weaving), and its attempt to defeat other cities and the reintroduction of destructive superweapons. Despite its big scale, packed with expansive visuals and a WingNut Films visual style, the movie falls short in terms of its bland narrative and lack of excitement. The action scenes are poorly edited and the characters, including Hester and Tom Natsworthy, lack depth. Furthermore, the writing fails to evoke the emotions the story requires, leaving it all feeling hollow. While the pacing of the movie is well done, it ultimately fails to live up to its potential.
Mortal Engines es la última película de la productora de Peter Jackson, WingNut Films, y está dirigida por su antiguo colaborador Christian Rivers. Ambientada en un mundo posapocalíptico donde las ciudades se han convertido en enormes ruedas y recorren el planeta devorándose unas a otras en busca de recursos, la película sigue la historia de Londres, dirigida por Thaddeus Valentine (Weaving), y su intento de derrotar a otras ciudades y a los reintroducción de superarmas destructivas. A pesar de su gran escala, repleta de imágenes expansivas y un estilo visual de WingNut Films, la película se queda corta en términos de su narrativa insulsa y falta de emoción. Las escenas de acción están mal editadas y los personajes, incluidos Hester y Tom Natsworthy, carecen de profundidad. Además, la escritura no logra evocar las emociones que requiere la historia, dejándolo todo vacío. Si bien el ritmo de la película está bien hecho, en última instancia, no está a la altura de su potencial.
Where is the sequel, it takes to long!
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WOW! Huge Transformer-like cities on caterpillar tracks driving around the landmasses like the Fast & Furious. What more do you need? The visuals are quite amazing as is the concept. However, I would have loved to know about the Lazarus machines.
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
CGI Bullshit Movie with boring characters and a stupid story.
Just watched "Mortal Engines" and it's a singularly beautiful movie with some of the clunkiest dialogue I've ever heard on screen. The production design should have won Oscars: the rolling cities, the beautiful floating islands, and the huge tracks carved into the landscape gave it a feeling that's a cross between "Brazil" and "Lord of the Rings" and "Avatar." And while the movie started out with such potential, the acting and dialogue make the viewer laugh out loud--and not in a good way. Every character moment is over-telegraphed, and every line of dialogue feels like a "first draft," without any polish or subtlety. If only they'd taken another $100,000 from the special effects budget and paid a couple of good screenwriters to take two or three more passes through the script to fix the dialogue. But see this movie for the sweeping effects and gorgeous production design--just try to ignore the grating moments of "character development."
Action packed and those special effects are so beautifully stunning
Loved this action packed movie throughout really kept you on the edge of your seat and the special effects are so stunning I defiantly recommend a watch if you have spare time.
Unbelievably bad movie.
The story, the effects, the acting. Actually everything about this movie just feels so cold and uninspired and well, completely awful. Stay away from this one.
I thoroughly enjoyed this, the script was tight, the CGI was fantastic, there is no hand holding and i really wish this got a sequel.
I liked this movie and really enjoyed watching it, but at the end I feel like something was missing. The relationship between Hester and Shriek was by far the best part of this movie for me. I really loved the visuals (but it's Peter Jackson so I wasn't much surprised) and I honestly hope we get a sequel :)
Not as bad as I thought, it got me entertained, the characters are too plastic to work , I kinda feel that I was watching the fist and the final episode of some Netflix series but with a lot more of Budget.
Ohhh we built this city! Bow-bwowww!!! We built this city..onnn.. rooock...and rolllllllll ppphhhffrrrrttt!!!!
Book is 10
Movie is 6.5
I feel that the movie is kinda rushed. Of course who can fit a week to read to a two hour movie. I understand that this movie will lack some scenes from the book.
Shrike story was short.
Katherine scenes is short.
The other resurrected is not on the movie.
And many more.
I like the colors, cinematography, the cast costumes and and design of the traction cities.
Overall a 6.5 for me. The question now that lies in my head, Will they make the second movie out of the second book? I think not.
Marketing please please please don't promo it like an adult movie or teen even, it's a kid movie at best and no, it's not the worth watching kind of kid movies.
Looks like the biggest turd to come out in years. This will bomb for sure. Watching the preview it looks like a movie that has been shelved for 10 years. This will be a bigger flop than John Carter.
"A mechanical, soulless dystopian theme park ride to nowhere."
A bit like steampunk itself, looks good but doesn't actually work at all! Awful script and some dodgy acting does not make for a good film, but the visuals are great!
I sure hope the book is better bc boy howdy this movie was lame. Some of the special effects were cool but then even that couldn’t save it. Yawn fest.
Mortal Engines was one of those films that sort of was lost in the shuffle, for me.
It came out during that confusing period between Thanksgiving and New Years. So many other things are going on during that time- holidays with family, last minute shopping, trying to finish out the work projects before years end, and taking mini-vacations.
Flash forward 5 years later - the movie random pops up on Netflix and I am "hey, let's give it a go".
At first, I was enjoying it - it was exciting and fun. I recognized the male lead from his work on "Umbrella Academy", and of course, there is good ol' Hugo, challenging another potential baddie.
But it wasnt until the mask was dropped and we saw Hester's full face that it dawned on me who she was - and suddenly, I had to remind myself that the role she had in "See" is not the same one she has in this film. (AKA- She is not some evil witch, who can seem to die, no matter what happens to her). Took a while, but eventually, ....well, I wont have been to upset if she had mysteriously fallen to her death from the sky city....
The best thing about the movie: cgi
The 2nd best thing about the movie: the blondie and the redheaded :heart_eyes:
Mortal Engines is not a bad film because the visuals, production, and costume design were on point.
Although it is funny how the character Hester Shaw wears a red scarf to hide her horrific scars; however, from what I learned from the novel (that it is based on), Shaw is described as missing one eye and lost most of her nose, but in the movie, she has a little scar on her face. It's another Ready Player One situation where the actress is supposed to be horrible looking to everyone, but she is still beautiful and can easily be a model.
Also, the Minions showed up in this movie. If that sounded random and out of nowhere, you now know how I felt when it happened.
My dissapointment is imessurable and my day is ruined.
Read the book, it is great. The movie is average.
This being one of my favorite book series I was set up to be disappointed, but I didn't expect the movie to be this bad. It loses so much depth.
Well, I found it more entertaining than I thought for the failure that it was, but everything is very fast paced and there is a lot of content that should be in the book that is missing, but hey, it is usual when a movie is made based on a book. Anyway, a pity that they are not going to adapt the rest of the books.
So much potential. Terribly executed. Too many much going on in the story line it makes for a rather boring watch. The CG was the saving grace, cause God knows the acting didn't help.
I had a ball with this film. It's unlike anything I had seen before and I found it great fun - most of all for the weird, fantastic Heath-Robinson machine / sets which were really inventive and kept on getting weirder as the film went on. 'London' was a bit ho-hum although a bit of a giggle, and the storyline was nothing new (boy meets girl, boy is a bit of a wally, but girl decides she likes him in the end of course. But finding a film like this was a tiny fabulous bloom in a sea of Hollywood shit. Now all I have to do is wait for Pandora 2...
I’m less than 30 minutes into this movie and there are so many things that don’t make any sense or are done so badly I had to pause to write this, since chances are I’m not making it another 30 minutes of watching this.
Overall, there is no worldbuilding, there is no characterbuilding, we’re hardly introduced to anything and instantly thrown into some very flawed action, flawed to the point of being annoying, more on that later. The lack of characterbuilding makes it feel like this is a sequel and the viewer missed the first movie where character backstory was established. Since that is not the case (I assume?), it’s simply not effective in making the viewer care for any of what is happening.
As for the flawed action:
Within the first five minutes there are glaring issues with how the physics are portrayed, from one part of the vessel/moving city shaking incredibly, to other parts appearing completely still, until the camera pans out and we see the vessels literally dropping and jumping dozens of meters making the difference between shots even more unrealistic, especially when it comes to the smaller vessel. The “American deities” on the big vessel are somewhat funny, but they’re in a museum on the big vessel without being secured in any way?
As we move on it only gets worse and worse every minute. Personal belongings of the capture vessel’s inhabitants are searches thoroughly, but the huge moving city (the vessel) itself just gets chopped up immediately without a single person even setting foot on it?
Two people get knocked off the big vessel with plenty of time in between, and while it’s supposedly moving at earth-shattering speeds, they both land a couple feet from each other?
On board the big vessel, primitive tech is powered by a literal hamster in a wheel (not kidding), but that same big vessel also has an aviation unit with incredibly advanced aircraft?
I really want to like this and look past the impossibility of these moving cities (it is fantasy after all), but the inconsistencies are many, too many.
There was an attempt to make something unique here, and so far, I can’t say they succeeded. I’ll continue watching this, but so far, a rating of 68% (at the time I write this) seems incredibly generous. Visually, it’s pretty pleasing, but that’s absolutely the only thing this movie has going for it.
The world depicted in this movie does not make sense. And the same story could be told without any moving giant city. Moving cities seems the least sustainable way possible for any group of people to survive in that world. There is no valid reason for the world to stay like that for centuries and not settle here and and there, especially as they also have planes. It is also impossible they would not run into trouble instantly, if the city falls or breaks there is no way at all they could lift it up again. And bringing all your civilians (as spectators) and estates to go to war is to worst idea ever.
A bunch of lofty words and intense stares. Could not care less about the characters. Just not a good movie.
I liked the Warhammer 40K vibes of London.
How does someone die from knowing that someone other is loving someone else?
I haven't been this entertained by a movie in such a long time. All round great acting, stunning vfx. I love it.
I like this kind of postapo mix with steampunk and with some extra action. :)
Bad movie. Looks really good but that's about it. The storyline is absolute crap and everything else is mediocre. Read the book and looking forward to the movie but then realized how they changed half of it and also forgot to put any character progression in. Ends up being a bunch of fights and cool cgi scenes with a little bit of dialogue in between. Honestly seems like they just made the movie so that they could show off cgi without thinking much about anything else.
Futuristic action in a world where cities are mobile.
This film had a great idea for a film but for its length of just over 2 hours, not much happened. The relationships between some characters such as between Tom and Hester, felt rushed. Overall better than most films but one to watch the once and probably not again.
Really really boring movie.
Why does even exist?
Despite some stunning (and sometimes not so stunning) visuals, this movie never lifts me up to really be enthralled into the setting and story. I think it has an amazing setting, but I miss it being drenched in lore. It could have used a dash of mystery, wonder and soul.
movie should really appeal to sci fi fans. kinda a goth style after apocalyptic movie. a great commentary, if you want to look deeper, on the humanity of human beings, or lack thereof. it delves into how we lose or maintain our humanity. an interesting commentary.
probably a bit hokey if you're not into sci-fi or what's a bit deeper. the action scenes won't make up for it if you don't like looking our inner humanity in the eye. pun intended, if you watch the movie.
Nothing brilliant, nothing new, reminded me a little of howl’s moving castle.. some average action and the picture wasn’t bad and the cast were okay.
non sense final wft this
I had not very high expectations for this movie because of the reviews and box-office flop. But I always knew I had to watch it and boy did I love it. Why this movie did so bad when it was released, I'll never know. The movie has gorgeous visuals, amazing CGI and an original story. I was hooked right from the very beginning and was not disappointed at the end. Would love to see a continuation.
this movie would've turned out better if it was light & full of adventures. like Mad Max but for kids and family too.
I haven't read the book, so I can't speak to accuracy and I don't know how much was from the book and how much was movie license. The problem with this movie is that there is too much going on but none of it is fully developed so we end up jumping around. I get it, its hard to get all those details in (hence the reason so many books are broken into multiple movies) but its worth it to take the time. Otherwise you have a romance where wisty glances somehow become love in 20 mins with no developing the relationship. Where they jump from one battle to the next, all of them over in 5-10 minutes, with a then predictable ending. This is why movies based in books get a bad rap. They either try to do too much and fail or they end up cutting essential details and are never fully developed.
Just like any movie that is meant for teenagers you have to let some things go. There’s a fair amount of action to keep you entertained and something to watch for the whole family.
How did this flop at the box office.. Enjoyable movie action scenes and SciFi was on point... Loved Weaving and Lang in their roles rest of the cast was solid.. Nice pacing
7/10 was my rating
Nice try to make a new Star wars and another Death Star!!
When I first saw the trailer I was hyped! It looked something great, a fresh air.
But, after seeing it, it's a complete fail.
Everything is rushed, there's no real story telling, it's all about fast paced CGI. The idea was good but the realization was flawed and weak.
for the budget, could be a lot better! It's a 6/10.
was quite enjoyable, would want a second movie.
As a huge fan of Philip Reeve's Predator Cities series of books, this movie was both satisfying and a disappointing to me. Satisfying because it is significantly better than it could have turned out (i.e. horribly), disappointing because it had the promise to be much better still. The way the movie turned it, it landed pretty much in six out of ten territory for me.
I don't believe that movies should be exact adaptations of the books they're based on, but this one adapts some segments so directly that it feels weird when it doesn't. Many of the characters in particular are watered down versions of who they were in the novels, with many of their defining characteristics taken away - which ends up affecting the relationships between many of the main and side characters.
The rest holds true for many other parts of the movie. Some sequences feel like they were storyboarded directly based on a scene in the book, while others feel foreign and don't even seem to fit in particularly well with the movies.
Ultimately the movie wastes the promise of the source material, which is rich and fascinating and could make for an awesome adaptation even if not adapted one-to-one. What we're left with is a movie that has very little focus, and as a result was also very difficult to market. It's sad that this will probably be a one-off movie, when in a better alternate universe somewhere, moviegoers are getting to see a series of sequels that perfectly capture the magic of the source material.
One can dream...
It is not an awful movie and it is entertaining, to a point. It looks allright. But that's the catch - you just have to throw enough money at those type of movies and more often than not you get something of value.
The plot on the other hand is the same old tale, told all over again. There isn't really anything new to it and it loans ideas from so many other movies and/or books. The symbolism and the massage is way out in the open, there isnt't much subtlety involved, not much thinking needed, and it's pretty much clichè. You could see the romance coming before the movie had run for 10 minutes and the main protagonists hadn't even met. All those are the trademarks of a typical made-into-movie young adult novel. I don't know the books but I understand there are four so there is a possibilty for sequels which I am not sure would interest me much.
The cast was OK at best but there isn't really much to critizise when there isn't much to play with in the first place. One mis-cast for me was Jihae, not for the role itself but in general. She has three acting credits on her resume and I've seen her in two now. I would label her as a one expression actor, she always looks the same.
Now, for teenagers, and probably more so for girls, I can see where this movie has value. If you like CGI movies the same can be applied. All others should not expect to much.
A strong 7! Don't agree then suck it up buttercup.
Sinopsis Mortal Engines (2019) cinema film box office yang seru ini bercerita Ribuan tahun setelah peradaban dihancurkan oleh bencana alam yang dahsyat, manusia hidup beradaptasi dengan cara baru. Kota-kota besar yang dahsyat sekarang bertebaran di Bumi, dengan kejam mengincar daya tarik kota yang lebih kecil. Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan) yang berasal dari Lower Tier, kota traksi besar di London mendapati dirinya berjuang untuk kelangsungan hidupnya sendiri setelah menemukan buronan berbahaya Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar). Dua orang yang saling berlawanan, yang seharusnya tidak pernah bertemu, membentuk aliansi yang tidak mungkin dan ditakdirkan untuk mengubah jalan mereka dimasa depan kisah keren bioskop xxi Mortal Engines
A total surprise, I was not expecting to get hyped by this film, I entered the theater just to spend the night and maybe eat some popcorn, and everything captivated me.
The special effects and the majesty of the art blew my mind, the story is fast enough to get the attention of the viewer and it completed (the main story) at the right time, no hurry, the characters could be less predictables but they are quite suitable.
I do not always comment but I felt the need to write something for this (maybe I will exaggerate with this word) masterpiece, but has been quite a long time since any director/creator gave us an unique universe with such an epic distopic emotion.
This Movie looks like a Big Fat Turd
The writing and some of the acting wasn't exactly the best. And it kinda dragged out in the middle. Still, I liked the concept of moving, fighting cities, and I liked the characters. I don't usually like films with so much action, but I quite enjoyed this one.
I was soooo excited for this movie to come out! I love Peter Jackson his work and couldn't wait to see this. Let's start off with the graphics. They were everything we are used to when we think "Peter Jackson", so so beautiful. I think they might be my favourite part of this movie, to be honest. The characters are a close second though. You could relate to most of them which made it easy to form a bond (either love or hate). There could have been a bit more character development if you ask me (and as my friend said at the end of the movie "the biggest friendzone movie I've ever seen"). One thing I really missed while watching Mortal Engines was the history. I felt like they left out a lot of valuable and interesting information and filled that precious time with more action scenes. Which to me was a bit disappointing.
So, overall, a cool idea, a really beautifully made movie but lacking a bit of depth in the screenplay.
Shout by anthoney65BlockedParent2019-02-05T03:44:11Z
To be fair, there were parts of this movie that were fantastic. Some of the effects, the fighting, and the scope were good. The problem is these things were not brought together well. They started plotlines and then just let them dangle. They seemed to expect us to have some foreknowledge.
In some ways it seemed like there were several different movies edited together. The whole save and brought up by a Terminator was just out of the blue.