
Isn’t building worlds entirely of pre-existing worlds a little ridiculous? I wouldn’t call it cinema might be closer to Lego with an attitude. Zach Snyder has two movies of the particular mythology trilogy-Rebel Moon Part Two-The Scargiver and Rebel Moon: Part One A Child of Fire which seem very similar now as they both follow the same trends. Imagine a merger between the 1977 Star Wars, Seven Samurai, and Lord of the Rings We get this amalgamation of ideas that is unbelievable once you view it, it’s as though you’ve seen them all it is the Wonderful World of Theme Parks version. However, I was sadly restrained, as based on most media I was not kind toward a majority of ‘rebel moon part one’. Perhaps, Snyder has now become an Enemy of all They Stood For for them. As recently as four months ago, however, I recall vividly attending one of their battle parades hoping to enjoy a good helping of fast food.
I prefaced cutting “Part One” a good bit of slack, but at least I can say that “Part Two” does not have too much to offer. It is just a long ending leading up to the fight with Snyder all but assigning scenes to “fleshing out” characters who seem like dolls. Djimon Hounsou plays Titus a fallen general still looking to heal his past, Doona Bae plays Nemesis the cyborg sword master who wielded a light saber (and yes, a very simplified light saber), Michiel Huisman plays Gunnar the not-that-macho handsome hero who is supposed to capture the love interest, Jimmy the droid is voiced by Anthony Hopkins these are not multi-layered characters. She is Finess, and more than that Kora possesses an internal Pudding coating of Softness, which leads her to Wickd Pudding every time she is strong.
If you combine parts one and two, it would be easy to see that “Rebel Moon” is a 4 part movie but explains everything in 2 parts. It’s not particularly “enthralling”, to be honest, it’s just drawn out.
During the early parts of what is called “part Two” most of which takes place on the medieval farming moon of Veldt-A amber-waves-of-grain, in the sound of New Age Jungian type of background music, the movie basically just stands still and swings the sword as the peasants harvest their fields, not unlike the wheel of a telephone radio. There are moments of retrospectives that substantiate the acting role of the characters and provide us with some bits of information they are willing to blame themselves for. (For example, Kora who was a classic spinal bodyguard fostered by the commander of the Imperium Balisarius was specifically told to order her troops to kill the princesses called Issa).
Well, it all builds towards the climactic final fight, where Snyder excels. The last quarter hour of the movie was rather entertaining which is something Snyder has always managed to be a master of screen style like James Cameron in the eighties. I can already picture a voiceover for “Part Two: Rebel Moon” saying: “In a world where all the movies go boom, Zack Snyder goes “boom” the hardest.” He knows how to create an onslaught on metal, how to visually express an abstract thought, and how to create a setting and see it explode. This time, though, even the traditionally whiny fanboys might have to pretend to care.
At the end of “Part One” Kora who had gathered a motley crew to fight Motherworld had a duel and killed admiral Atticus Noble, the most evil character played by Ed Skrein with a Roman pig-tail fading who comes across as an amalgam of Freddie Mercury and an insane Shakespearean. However, even though Magee killed him, Motherworld technology brought him back to life. As “Part Two” starts, Morgan’s body is displayed in a tub filled with gel-like liquid, wires embedded in his body ( which reminds him of ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Dune’), but he is completely alive. He soon proves that he’s back to his old tricks by performing as Darth Atticus when he lifts a black metal mask henchman over his head as if he were Atticus himself. (This henchman, who advised Atticus to have more medical tests, was indecisive and had to pay for that with his skull.)
With its wherever evil victories, and somewhat messianic, Kora Killer brings the toys in “Part Two” into a storyline that couldn’t be smoother and simpler. Kora and her team, upon leaving Veldt and their second William Boston with them, prepare the myriad farmers to step up for war. As it is clear from their enormous police vessel, Atticus and his military machine are intent on visiting again to squash the insurrection with quite deadly contempt aimed at Kora’s assassination.
Atticus earned the nickname “Scargiver” for giving a gruesome circular chest wound to Atticus during their big duel.
The enormous Motherworld craft comes to hover above Veldt in daylight just like the last time, but Kora is ready this time. She and Gunnar board it in a mini-ship of their own. When she gets there, she knows exactly what to do as she places explosives and goes to find her arch-nemesis. The film then proceeds to show the battle below; a chaotic juxtaposition of rock ‘n’ roll-styled sci-fi space guns, brutal brawling, and the deeply satisfying sight of ships being blown up from the inside, set to ominous echoes reminiscent of Hanz Zimmer.
As a narrative, “Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver” is banal, although as a show, it has turbulence and cadence. Whereas acknowledging in advance that in the end, evil has fared poorly, utilitarianism is not evident. But what surprised me is that just as ‘Part One’ closed with the twist that Atticus Noble could come back, ‘Part Two’ finishes revealing that the character who was believed to be dead is actually alive. This is clearly a lead-in to “Part Three” so if you thought that it was the last of Zack Snyder and his astonishingly stirring whirlpool of intergalactic Netflix action fantasy, think again. There is a question that now has me in suspense more than most of the Marvel movie teasers do. And that is this What movies will he rip off the next time?
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