Rebel Moon is not for me

 It is nice to hear Anthony Hopkin's voice. That is the nicest thing I have to say about Rebel Moon. This is Zack Snyder's latest movie and maybe his films aren't for me. This is his version of Battle Beyond the Stars. It is Battle Beyond the Stars without the charm. 

A woman gathers warriors to fight an evil invasion force. The woman goes around to various planets to recruit warriors. This is basically the plot to Battle Beyond the Stars (the hero of that movie was a young man who hasn’t left his planet before and was inexperienced). The major plot difference in this film is the woman has traveled to other planets/fought. 

I last interest in about half an hour or so. I know I bailed before an hour. I was not invested.

People like this movie. Cool, like what you like. Someone gave it four and a half stars on letterbox. I did not finish this. I saw some people say/post on social media to wait for the director's cut and it will be really good. Why would I want to see a longer version of a movie that I bailed on in less than a hour?  I did not feel interested or get invested in this film.  

The director of Subspecies V made a movie I like that was under 90 minutes.  Maybe I like shorter movies or I feel that post 2000s movies are too long.  I don't hate the idea of longer movies but maybe after 2 and an half hours, I think a movie is a bit long. 

Zack Snyder's films might not be for me. I did not like any of his DC films enough to watch more than once. His Man of Steel is a bad Superman film, I think it misses the point of the character. This is a movie where Pa Kent is not sure that Clark should have kids die in a bus crash or not. I think I did not finish his Justice League (that was four hours or so).  

 I don't even think I saw Army of the Dead. 


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