I liked this cut of Part 2 more than Part 1. The novelization of Part 1 was great and it is based on the director´s cut. I hope that the final films won´t lose too much of the crazy after being pushed through the MPAA to secure an R. The most impressive aspect of this film is the Junkie XL 10/10 score. The least impressive aspect is the weird timeline of events and clearly missing information. The living god engines called Kali are only introduced in the full version of Part 1 for example but also play a role here. A scene only in Part 1´s director´s cut is for example presented to have happened during the 5 days of prep the village has in Part 2 making at all seem less credible. Because it actually isn´t! A main character will also die differently in the director's cut, something Snyder revealed in a post-screening Q&A so we are once again being dealt a VERY compromised vision on release. AotD too had timeline issues but that film rocked while Rebel Moon simply plays. Well, the second half more or less rocks. Admiral Noble was my favorite character in Part 1 but is outshone in Part 2 by General Titus. The dialogue flips between very strong and exposition.txt to name something split down the middle. Kurt Johnstad & Shay Hatten are no Chris Terrio or even David Goyer but their dialogue worked well through V. Castro´s filter in the novel. Some of the cheese is of course intentional. Both Snyder and Lucas (the PT specifically) pay homage to source material and styles that were already ancient before the scripting began.
And the action and cinematography? Mostly first class and the Vfx are equally strong! The current version´s one proper action scene is 50 minutes long. 300 on spray paint and chrome! Known action scenes in flashbacks are cut to almost nothing outside of Kora´s tale. To think that the real film will have an even longer climax, other action bits with varied settings and more complex balls-to-the-wall choreography that will push the gore as hard as the MPAA will allow, with Euro comic sex scenes on top. That´s why Snyder will never be out of work. No one squeezes blood from a stone like him.
I wonder how much these films truly cost. If Snyder indeed managed to make 2 three hour films with alternative material (!) for 2 two hour cuts on top for only 80-something million apiece then he needs to win a Producer´s Guild award. 2 Rebel 2 Moon: Bigger Longer Uncut drops both parts at once in late summer to fall 2024. If it´s as good as the book then we have an all-time cult classic on our hands and this second half is already good enough. Bring on the sequels and spin-offs but I will add that the Black Axe prequel comics didn´t grab me. Part 2 gets a B- for now. Part 1 gets a C but not for long, its novel is a B+.
And the action and cinematography? Mostly first class and the Vfx are equally strong! The current version´s one proper action scene is 50 minutes long. 300 on spray paint and chrome! Known action scenes in flashbacks are cut to almost nothing outside of Kora´s tale. To think that the real film will have an even longer climax, other action bits with varied settings and more complex balls-to-the-wall choreography that will push the gore as hard as the MPAA will allow, with Euro comic sex scenes on top. That´s why Snyder will never be out of work. No one squeezes blood from a stone like him.
I wonder how much these films truly cost. If Snyder indeed managed to make 2 three hour films with alternative material (!) for 2 two hour cuts on top for only 80-something million apiece then he needs to win a Producer´s Guild award. 2 Rebel 2 Moon: Bigger Longer Uncut drops both parts at once in late summer to fall 2024. If it´s as good as the book then we have an all-time cult classic on our hands and this second half is already good enough. Bring on the sequels and spin-offs but I will add that the Black Axe prequel comics didn´t grab me. Part 2 gets a B- for now. Part 1 gets a C but not for long, its novel is a B+.
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