Spoilers Rebel Moon-my spoiler review

[Paul Farquhar]

Special effects aside, I thought BBtS was better than Rebel Moon part 1.

I haven't seen BBtS since, I dunno, the 80s? And I didn't finish Rebel Moon part 1. But there you have it.

Who want's to take bets on Rebel Moon Episode 2 resolving in the same way as BBtS? The mercenaries die one by one until only the farm boy is left. Who then defeats the villain alone. Moral of the story: If you want a job done properly, do it yourself.

So long as I don't actually have to watch it to see if I'm right.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Wow.

I needed a mindless movie for my flu-induced haze, and even this was too mindless.

At one point, I realized I couldn't name a single character. There were a couple of cool scenes, I guess, but this might have been the dumbest movie I have seen in a long time.

 

[Homicidal_Squirrel]

Well...it wasn't bad. It wasn't great, but wasn't so bad that I would avoid part 2. In fact, I look forward to see what they will do with part 2 since this part didn't really solve any of the questions they started at the beginning of the movie with.

Wanting to watch part 2 is like wanting to continue watching a train wreck. It's a tragic and horrific event, but you can't stop watching just to see how bad it ends up being. I'm going to make a bold and super controversial prediction and say part 2 will be more of the same, and you'll just feel dirty for having watched it.

 

[Ryujin]

Wow.

I needed a mindless movie for my flu-induced haze, and even this was too mindless.

At one point, I realized I couldn't name a single character. There were a couple of cool scenes, I guess, but this might have been the dumbest movie I have seen in a long time.

I'm betting that you could likely point to other movies in which those "cool scenes" had already been done, as well. Did you spot the "Immigrant Song" scene?

 

[Perky the Dragon]

It's a sci-fi movie that isn't Star Wars or Marvel, so it's a win for me.

I get that's an extremely low bar, but I'll take any variety quite frankly.

 

[Hussar]

Here’s hoping the 3 Body Problem will be an improvement.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

It's a sci-fi movie that isn't Star Wars or Marvel, so it's a win for me.

I get that's an extremely low bar, but I'll take any variety quite frankly.

There is a pretty hefty back-catalogue of movies from the 50s through the 80s that fulfil these criteria whilst also being much better than Rubbish Moon.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

So during my enforced flu media diet, when I try to watch dumb movies (and occasionally a few not-so-dumb movies) that I pick pretty much at random, I watched Love and Monsters, all three Equalizers, Lucy, Sick, Flash, Blue Beetle, and Rebel Moon. (I also watched Asteroid City, but that was a good film).

Of all of those, Rebel Moon stood out for being breathtakingly dumb. The only one that even comes close is Lucy. Which was a terrible movie (don't even try to think of anything like, "How does the science work?") but at least it had a plot. And, um, interspersed footage from wildlife documentaries. Oh, Luc Besson.

(Side note- Blue Beetle was actually pretty decent. And Love and Monsters, which I had never heard of before, was a fun watch that I would recommend.)

 

[Zaukrie]

Agreed, Love and Monsters was quite good.

 

[Zaukrie]

I liked Flash. I get that not everyone agrees.