| Title | The Creator |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Action |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| Runtime | 02:13:00 |
| Release Date (USA): | September 29, 2023 |
| Director: | Gareth Edwards |
| Main Cast: | John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe |
| Summary: | Joshua, an ex-special forces agent, and his team of elite operatives are recruited to kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself. They journey into AI-occupied territory only to discover the world-ending weapon is in the form of a young child. |
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What an awesome movie. I’m not on board with transhumanism but I must say they still make you feel for the robots to some degree. You don’t have to buy into the ideology to enjoy this film.
Also, like, how the heck are child actors this good?? Like it should have been illegal for Madeleine Yuna Voyles to be as great as she was in this movie. Bravo.
Intrigued about this movie, I might go watch it the weekend, but not too sure.
Curious to see what other people think!
Yeah I’ll echo what everyone else is saying, the visuals and art direction are stellar, some of the best original sci-fi art in the last decade, rivaling Dune and Avatar - the story is as generic of an action movie as you can get. It’s a fun movie tho, I enjoyed my watch, but it’s not a “run out and see” kinda movie unless you’re a VFX nerd like me.
Convoluted and a mess of a movie. Felt super disconnected from the characters. Amazing world, special and visual effects. Wanted more of that. An absolute treat for the eyes and imagination but just that everything else was generic, lackluster, disappointing, nonsensical, not properly explained or the movie just jumps around willy Nilly and can be confusing to say the least. I really wanted to like it because I love sci fi and we don’t get enough of this sort of thing, but the end result isn’t greater than the sum of its parts. Perhaps a director’s cut is required/ necessary, as it really seemed like good chunks of the movie were missing.
Why create the discussion thread before the movies even released?
Movie was showing last night in some places.
My gf was going to see Barbie in imax but creator was playing at 7
Shoulda seen Barbie
She did. Just at a different time.
Creator looks cool but I’m not sure if it is cool.
World ending weapon in the form of a child? Never seen that before
looks like a mashup of call of duty, district 9, terminator, and misc super magical golden child stories
Wow. This was…bad. Visually stunning but that’s about it. Screenplay was trite and inept. John David Washington was awful. It’s quite frustrating because it could’ve been something more. The production design was so gorgeous and I generally enjoyed the world building. It’s the lack of any character development and the clunky screenplay that’s really dragging this down. What a disappointment.
Also, go home Hans Zimmer. That score was so heavy-handed, it drove me fucking crazy.
Just came out from the cinema with my girlfriend and had the same talking points on the way home. I would not say that it’s bad, the world building is awesome but we didn’t feel anything for the main characters.
It had too many ideas cramped into 2h running time, and the characters was highly uninteresting and many scenes didn’t make sense for the plot.
Dispite the 3rd arc, nothing will change, the status que is kept.
