2018 Directed by Christian Rivers
Set in a world many thousands of years in the future. Earth’s cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the Outlands who will change the course of his life forever.
“Mortal Engines” might not be a particularly good movie, but it’s a BIG one, and sometimes that can be even more important. Adapted (on steroids) from Philip Reeves’ neo-Victorian steampunk fantasy of the same name, this $100 million holiday-season event starts off like a supersized remake of “Fury Road,” as two mobile cities shoot massive harpoons at each other in a death race through the post-apocalyptic wastelands of Europe as Junkie XL’s bombastic score yowls in the background. Yes, mobile cities. One of them is London, and the other is a quaint mining colony that doesn’t have a name worth remembering; they travel on giant turrets, stretch a mile into the sky, and mulch each other for fuel.
This —…
I was so bored during this movie I spent most of the last act trying to figure out the last movie that was this big that was also this bad. The answer I settled on was Battlefield Earth.
Full review at ScreenCrush.
Tatsächlich deutlich besser als die grausigen Trailer erwarten ließen. Sehr fantasievolles Produktionsdesign, schön gefilmte Action, tolle Panoramen und Setpieces machen eine wirklich spaßige erste Filmhälfte aus. Die unzähligen Klischees, blassen Figuren und das penetrant-aufdringliche Foreshadowing fallen da kaum ins Gewicht.
Leider schwächelt der hintere Part dann zunehmend. Der Ideenraub im übrigen Blockbuster-Oeuvre wird dann überdeutlich, die Handlung kommt zum erliegen, weil alles nur noch überlanger Showdown ist und am Ende will der Film dann einfach nicht enden.
Für eine Buchvorlage hat das hier alles relativ wenig Fleisch auf den Rippen - die Welt von „Mortal Engines“ scheint durchaus reichhaltig zu sein, viel zu sehen bekommt man aber nicht. Dafür bekommt die simple Rachestory einfach zu viel Raum. Aber immerhin - Potential für Fortsetzungen wäre da, wenn das hier an der Kinokasse funktioniert...wovon ich nicht ausgehe...
It’s a little rough in spots, but it’s also surprisingly fun and has a potentially great movie in there that pokes through from time to time. The acting is solid as far as genre movies go, the action and art direction is great, and the Junkie XL score is a nice throwback to melodramatic adventure soundtracks; and I wish it were tighter in the second half.
This could have been so, so good. There were some really interesting ideas, but I needed way more world building for a world this big.
Сюжет фильма я знал, так как читал книгу... Фильм отличный в смысле визуальный и довольно слабый по актерской игре. В итоге, даже young adult получилось не слишком удачно. Довольно обидно
Una chamaquita rebelde y berrinchuda, trata de vengarse del wey que mató a su madre y en el camino, trata de salvar a la Tierra de un futuro muy poco prometedor; todo esto en un futuro post-apocalíptico y con un look “steam punk”.
Uno de los problemas de esta película son sus protagonistas, ya que ninguno de los dos logra transmitir nada. Son dos chamaquitos desangelados que no logran sostener una película completa.
Los efectos especiales y el visual de un mundo en el que las ciudades son “mecánizadas” y van vagando por el mundo buscando maneras de subsistir, me parecen buenos, pero la trama que trata de “todo y de nada” echa por Tierra toda la premisa.
Si no tienen nada mejor que hacer, veanla, aunque no prometo mucho.
My sister and I just wanted to watch a movie and this was our only option. We take it. We likeeeee it.
Idk. This movie deserves kinda of better. It deserves a saga (?)
Adaptación de los productores de El Señor de los Anillos (Peter Jackson incluido, aunque no en la silla de director) sobre una saga de libros juveniles con temática post-apocalíptica.
Si bien el género está un poco desgastado, hay elementos muy originales en esta historia que hicieron que me interese particularmente: el concepto de las ciudades-imperio-móviles, la estética steampunk y la estructura narrativa de una aventura clásica remixada con personajes modernos y étnicamente diversos.
Es cierto que tiene algunos giros ex-machina y es altamente predecible, pero no siempre la impredictibilidad es algo bueno. En este caso, no afecta en nada al desarrollo de la historia, por el contrario, nos hace querer más a los personajes y confiar en ellos. Son arquetipos…
My first review for the Mancunion. Mortal Engines has cool world building imagery... and that's about all it has going for it. Peter Jackson's script feels rushed, the characters are painfully clichéd and there are no revelations to the audience in the final act, which ultimately boils down to 'hey, watch this super massive energy gun try and blow up that super massive wall'
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