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The visual effects leave much to be desired, giving the series an unpolished B-movie feel. The direction falls short as well. In contrast, the adaptation of another game, The Last of Us, sets a significantly higher standard.
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Upon viewing more episodes, my initial impressions remain regarding the direction and at times, the storytelling which can be a mess. However, the series begins to improve as it delves deeper into character development.Edit2:
Yeah, after watching the whole show, it's definitely worth a watch, I really loved it at the end. The display of the depravation from corporations is not something I expected and it's done beautifully.loading replies
Did we watch the same show? Only effects that didn't work was the de-aging.
I last only 15min, so I can't say much about it. :persevere:
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@brito-tiagos So you didn't watched and gave it a review? Cool, that's the most useless comment i've ever seen in this site.
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VIPOG12I waited months for this, I was so excited! But I guess my expectations were too high... Since sadly enough it turned out to be a bunch of meh... ! It was alright...
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@sopherian "Meh" is exactly how I'd describe it. I don't know how much money got sunk into this but there wasn't one rememberable thing about this show. I'm pretty sure thats the definition of failure when it comes to tv/movies.
Aladdin much? Not a hint of originality, nor songs.
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@zoloft I think this is more of an "adaptation" or a different iteration. The Aladdin story has a lot of iterations, not just the disney one.
Aladdin much? Not a hint of originality, nor songs.
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@zoloft It's very much an intentional adaptation of Aladdin. I should however point out based on your comment about "songs" that Disney did not create the story of Aladdin. It comes from a collection of middle-eastern stories called "One Thousand and One Nights" which had its first print in the year 1775.
Disney's Aladdin has major cultural significance in modern day, but people should be free to put a new spin on the original story should they choose to.
It would have been such an amazing movie to watch if i was 8, unfortunately I'm 19 so it's a piece of shit.
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@2111anixt wow, what a thoughtful comment. You're grown up 19 years old, I'm mid 30s and I like it. It's sad that you're obviously not a child at heart anymore.
For a premise as solid as this I really expected a much more fleshed out movie. The momentum of action is not sustainable throughout. Sure its a tad bit better than many other popcorn movies (6 Underground) but it does not even come close to Extraction which was also released earlier this year by Netflix.
The entire thing seems like a set-up for future movies. I don't know if I wanna watch sequels to a movie which is so pre-occupied with sequels that it fails to deliver on the movie at hand.
Charlize Theron is obviously great. She gives everything to this run of the mill expository script.
This is not a bad action flick per se but is sure as hell disappointing. Also, playing generic pop electronica at odd places throughout the movie does not help the cause.
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@cinebong you pretty much summed up my thoughts on this. I really liked the characters, but I wish we’d have gotten to know them better. Should have been like a 10 episode season instead of a movie. The plot premise was really interesting but I just wanted more from it than they could give in movie format time limit
For a premise as solid as this I really expected a much more fleshed out movie. The momentum of action is not sustainable throughout. Sure its a tad bit better than many other popcorn movies (6 Underground) but it does not even come close to Extraction which was also released earlier this year by Netflix.
The entire thing seems like a set-up for future movies. I don't know if I wanna watch sequels to a movie which is so pre-occupied with sequels that it fails to deliver on the movie at hand.
Charlize Theron is obviously great. She gives everything to this run of the mill expository script.
This is not a bad action flick per se but is sure as hell disappointing. Also, playing generic pop electronica at odd places throughout the movie does not help the cause.
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@darkangel913 yeah this would have been way better as a series
