| mexichrist83 |
03-06-2015 06:55 PM |
Welp, I saw this last night and while it wasn't horrible it wasn't good either (if that makes any sense haha). There is a lot that works with it. It raises some good questions, is very funny at times, has some genuine heart to it and it is a well shot and good looking movie. The acting is good too including Yolandi of Die Antwoord. She actually comes off as genuinely sweet considering that her character is a not so smart criminal and she is really cute with her interactions with Chappie.
My problem with the movie is that it is annoyingly unsubtle in every way possible and kind of head scratching dumb at times. It also can feel inconsistent. It feels like it's not sure which characters it wants to spend time with. It either wants to spend time with Dev Patel and Hugh Jackman's characters or Chappie and Die Antwoord but it can't find a way to balance it out properly.
Another personal annoyance was how this movie really wants to pander to the fact that Die Antwoord are in the movie. They are major characters in the movie but that's not enough. It's like the movie is constantly saying to the audience "Hey. Do you know Die Antwoord? They're in this movie, you know. In case them being in most of the movie wasn't enough of a reminder we won't even make them characters in this world. They'll just be playing themselves. We won't even change their names. Here's a bunch of their music too. Not enough? Ok. We'll throw in an awkward and unnecessary close up shot of one of them wearing a Die Antwoord shirt with the logo so big it basically takes up the whole screen. DIE ANTWOORD, MOTHERFU*KERS!"
Thanks, movie. I got it.
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