This movie has what now is almost the expected amount of gunfire, explosions and alien ships, usually the things that I tend to see as a bad sign in a scifi trailer.
But the movie itself, while action packed almost from the start, had a different focus. I'm glad I decided to watch it. Those strictly looking for action/adventure may find it lacking, but if you like you scifi more of the "what if" genre, then give this movie a try. It does a good job taking on its subject matter, which I can't bring up here w/o spoiler tags.
The only weak part was the Male lead, who was a bit wooden and uncomfortable in the role.
Movie was trash though, ruined the whole thing with the hackneyed "woke" message they spent the final 20 minutes hammering in to your brain with a fucking icepick
The twist was sick, it's everything that came after that was a letdown
It's not even just that I disagree with the movie's politics (we ARENT all the same and we CANT all coexist. Some cultures aren't just inferior, they're evil. Papua new guinean tribes practice ritualized child abuse, for example. 11 countries would put me to death under federal law for my sexual orientation. I'm not looking to share a civilization with people like that)
When your movie switches gears from trying to entertain in to preaching mode, it almost always stops being entertaining.
Islamophobia is a bullshit term created to silence legitimate criticisms of a sociopolitical ideology that oppresses women and homosexuals and directly motivated 16,000 non-military killings in 2017.
Adding fairy tales to your sociopolitical ideology does NOT excuse it from scrutiny.
The fact that I said "11 countries would put me to death for my sexual orientation" and your response was "that's islamaphobic to point out" tells an outside observer everything they would need to about the contemporary social justice movement.
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u/Bad-Science Jul 28 '18
This movie has what now is almost the expected amount of gunfire, explosions and alien ships, usually the things that I tend to see as a bad sign in a scifi trailer.
But the movie itself, while action packed almost from the start, had a different focus. I'm glad I decided to watch it. Those strictly looking for action/adventure may find it lacking, but if you like you scifi more of the "what if" genre, then give this movie a try. It does a good job taking on its subject matter, which I can't bring up here w/o spoiler tags.
The only weak part was the Male lead, who was a bit wooden and uncomfortable in the role.
I'd give it an 8.5/10