I don't really know where to start, but I must assume that I love this movie, and no critics will change my mind about that. But this movie is badly done that is for sure.
Okay so this movie is the equivalent of an American blockbuster in terms of production, an insane amount of people worked on this movie. But it's "Bad". It's badly filmed, the action is confused, the camera angle are rarely motivated and barely understandable. And the special effects, which the movie is full of, are dated, they look like pre-2010 CGI, and it came out last year ! The story telling is confused, and pretty clumsy. And the dialog are... Out of this world most of the time. And there are more flaws to this movie it's for sure.
But still I love it. Why ? Because it's fun ! This movie doesn't take itself seriously in the first place, it's not here to revolutionize cinema, or transcend it's public. It's a relaxed adventure movie like we don't do anymore ! There are jokes all the time. It's a movie that makes you feel good. And once you've accepted that your not watching the latest Nolan, and that you're here to have fun, you suddenly jump into the movie. And quite frankly even though a lot of the VFX are badly done, a lot of them are really interesting. And the costumes, the sets are really interesting to. For me this movie is a modern B series. It's not a "nanar", because as I said, it's not serious, so you laugh with the movie, not at the movie. And it reminds me a lot about these movies from the 80's, where they didn't take themselves to seriously, with jokes and a lot of "good vibes" (we have a French expression for this I can't get the English one), and a distance from their story. So despite all it's flaw, I love this movie, because it's fun, and it invites you to have fun with him in a huge universe of myth and legends. And it's refreshing. It's refreshing to see a movie like this, in contrast to all the dark movies that Hollywood is producing now, and that really can't be bothered with just putting some distance with their stories.
Okay so this movie is the equivalent of an American blockbuster in terms of production, an insane amount of people worked on this movie. But it's "Bad". It's badly filmed, the action is confused, the camera angle are rarely motivated and barely understandable. And the special effects, which the movie is full of, are dated, they look like pre-2010 CGI, and it came out last year ! The story telling is confused, and pretty clumsy. And the dialog are... Out of this world most of the time. And there are more flaws to this movie it's for sure.
But still I love it. Why ? Because it's fun ! This movie doesn't take itself seriously in the first place, it's not here to revolutionize cinema, or transcend it's public. It's a relaxed adventure movie like we don't do anymore ! There are jokes all the time. It's a movie that makes you feel good. And once you've accepted that your not watching the latest Nolan, and that you're here to have fun, you suddenly jump into the movie. And quite frankly even though a lot of the VFX are badly done, a lot of them are really interesting. And the costumes, the sets are really interesting to. For me this movie is a modern B series. It's not a "nanar", because as I said, it's not serious, so you laugh with the movie, not at the movie. And it reminds me a lot about these movies from the 80's, where they didn't take themselves to seriously, with jokes and a lot of "good vibes" (we have a French expression for this I can't get the English one), and a distance from their story. So despite all it's flaw, I love this movie, because it's fun, and it invites you to have fun with him in a huge universe of myth and legends. And it's refreshing. It's refreshing to see a movie like this, in contrast to all the dark movies that Hollywood is producing now, and that really can't be bothered with just putting some distance with their stories.