Rebel Moon

[Wendy Pleakley]

So, in a universe where a giant Dreadnought can just hover in the clouds, and spaceships have artificial gravity, the poor transport ships have to use thrusters/propellants. But that's OK. Zach is going to make transport ships the new TIE fighters.

So, let's go to timestamp remaining 2:04:11. The farmers are debating what to do with the galactic empire and a farmboy comes in running "they're coming!" and we hear a rumble from the ships.

So, let's cinematically establish the arrival of the empire officers in their totally cool transport ships...

2:04:07 Overhead shot of the shadow of the transports racing along the ground. Camera at the bottom of a ship looking down.​

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2:03:58 Camera lags back and lets the lead ship pass it. It looks up to see the ship skimming along the land. Thrusters firing kicking up clouds of sand. Wait a sec... why didn't we see clouds of sand when looking straight down? The thruster wash comes and goes without regard of height from the ground.​

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2:03:56 A "rousing choral anthem plays" (according to the CC). Total coolness!​

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2:03:48 A shot of "Father" looking up at the incoming ships​

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2:03:44 The lead ship is about to land next to the village. Thrusters straight down and descending. Throws up a *HUGE* amount of wash in a sand storm from up high, which didn't happen earlier when skimming the surface much lower.​

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2:03:40 Cora watching the ship descend. Apparently, she can keep her eyes open while being blasted with the sand cloud.​

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2:03:38 Camera on the ground looking up at the descending ships past the villagers are all shielding their eye from the thruster wash and sand.​

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2:03:36 Shot at eye level of the nice girl (the one who will be part of the attempted rape.. no, not that one... the *first* attempted rape of the movie). She's shielding herself from the wash in a thick sand cloud.​

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2:03:34 Say, what's happening with the farmer who sold grain to the rebels? Oh yeah, let's get shot of him shielding his eyes from the stand storm.​

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2:03:32 New shot... camera looking down on "Father" and the villagers on the bridge all shielding their eyes from the wash.​

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2:03:30 Eye level shot of the three ships slowly descending. Did I mention their thrusters are sending up a bit of sand in their wash?​

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2:03:28 Ground level shot of some villager's feet in a cloud of sand. Riveting.​

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2:03:26 Eye level shot of one of the ship's landing legs extending and touching down amidst the continuing sand wash.​

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2:03:23 Ground level close-up shot of that landing leg's foot-pad firmly touching down in the sand. This is where I just burst out laughing. That close up of the foot pad "establishing" that the ship is landing is so... unnecessary.​

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2:03:19 Back to "Father" and villagers holding up their arms to block the sand wash.​

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2:03:16 Eye level shot of one of the ships that has touched down, and another, closer ship also now touching down. Lots of wash, even coming at the camera!! Ramps coming down for the occupants to walk out.​

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2:03:05 Close up view of the feet of an officer starting to go down a ramp. Slo-mo! Pulls back to reveal the main protagonist.​

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2:02:57 Close up of "Father" looking back at his people seeming to say "do you all see them walking in slo-mo, too?" Surprisingly, no more cloud of sand and dust around him. It all moved to the background to bother the extras.​

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2:02:49 The Protagonist walks over the bridge toward "Father." The air is crystal clear.​

So, that 1 minute 20 seconds to establish the transport ships are arriving and it's occupants get out. And also establish just how much wash their thrusters create. I'm sure that will be a major plot point in Part 2.

And all done in 15 shots! For three ships to land.

What will the forthcoming director's cut add to this?

 

[networkpro]

What will the forthcoming director's cut add to this?

The items that Netflix wanted to keep out, namely most of the Snyder movie tropes:

• Slow motion
• Skulls
• Men on fire
• Awkwardly graphic 'love making'
• Screaming into the Camera While Falling to Your Knees

 

[MisterPenguin]

My guess where this is going:

Cora is the assassin. She saw the magical princess use her powers for evil, and so, she killed them to save the galaxy.

 

[WDWmazprty]

So if the farmers have a space ship, why do they sow crops by hand? They would grow more crops if they used technology and wouldn't be starving. Where are their weapons? At least in Battle Beyond the Stars the village said they were pacifists so had no weapons. How does one 90 pound girl take out twelve battle harden soldiers?

Yeah, a lot of things maybe don't make sense....but again, I think this is just one of 'those' movies...at least to me. The 90 pound girl destroying the soldiers makes sense because she used to be one of those soldiers.

 

[Phroobar]

My guess where this is going:

Cora is the assassin. She saw the magical princess use her powers for evil, and so, she killed them to save the galaxy.

She is the adopted daughter of the warlord that took control after the King was assassinated. She is probably the one that killed the family and then ran. Either that or Nobel is her long lost twin brother and they have dyad in the Force. Oh wait, wrong movie.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Jupiter Ascending was better. And that's saying something.

 

[sedati]

"Screw the critics, wait until it drops on Netflix and then watch the audience score," checks score since Rebel Moon "dropped".

 

[mf1972]

after watching it, it’s a boring mess

 

[MisterPenguin]

"Screw the critics, wait until it drops on Netflix and then watch the audience score," checks score since Rebel Moon "dropped".

Oh, since certain forumites learned 'the trick' to make the scores look even worse, the 'top critics' are at 8% Rotten and a 3.1 score.



Metacritic: 32

IMDB with 37K audience reviews: 57.


Snyder bros, tho, are claiming it's genius. Their proof:

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1. It was the number one show streaming on Netflix.​

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2. All the reviewers on RT were paid to trash it. Cause... reasons.​

 

[mf1972]

not to knock too much on snyder, but the only decent movie he’s made in awhile is probably man of steel, imo. it’s been downhill from there. for me to say BVS & JL are better than rebel moon is saying something. the 1 thing i did have to laugh at was when my wife said “hey look! buckbeak made a cameo!”

 

[MisterPenguin]

not to knock too much on snyder, but the only decent movie he’s made in awhile is probably man of steel, imo. it’s been downhill from there. for me to say BVS & JL are better than rebel moon is saying something. the 1 thing i did have to laugh at was when my wife said “hey look! buckbeak made a cameo!”

I'll add that to the list of stolen tropes.

 

[Phroobar]

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Oh, since certain forumites learned 'the trick' to make the scores look even worse, the 'top critics' are at 8% Rotten and a 3.1 score.



Metacritic: 32

IMDB with 37K audience reviews: 57.


Snyder bros, tho, are claiming it's genius. Their proof:

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1. It was the number one show streaming on Netflix.​

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2. All the reviewers on RT were paid to trash it. Cause... reasons.​

How hard is it to be the number one show streaming on Netflix? Most new stuff goes to #1.

 

[Phroobar]

Sofia Boutella was better in the Mummy with Tom Cruise.

 

[mf1972]

Sofia Boutella was better in the Mummy with Tom Cruise.

she’s the only reason why my wife watched this movie. she gets a kick out some female actresses kick behinds like milla jovovich or at the time, angelina jolie. she’s actually a pretty good dancer too.

 

[Phroobar]

she’s the only reason why my wife watched this movie. she gets a kick out some female actresses kick behinds like milla jovovich or at the time, angelina jolie. she’s actually a pretty good dancer too.

Good dancer. Good model. Bad actress.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Good dancer. Good model. Bad actress.

I couldn't tell if she's a bad actress in Rebel Moon given how she was given an awful script.

 

[MisterPenguin]

‘Rebel Moon’ Co-Writer Kurt Johnstad Talks Part One’s R-Rated Cut and Nonstop Action of ‘Part Two’

After decades of collaborations, the veteran scribe is used to Zack Snyder's process, but 'Rebel Moon' was a new beast: "in a lot of ways, we were shooting four movies at once."

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Phroobar]

If I didn't like the short version, why would I watch the long version?

 

[MisterPenguin]

If I didn't like the short version, why would I watch the long version?

Extended shots of the space transports landing!!

 

[sedati]

23/61
in some dark, alternate reality where Kathleen Kennedy didn’t persist, this is today’s Star Wars.